Tag: Orientalism
Misery memoirs: why is it different for Muslim women?
Samira Ahmed writes in this post why women writing about suffering in Islamic states are slated for supporting a patronising attitude towards those societies....
Muslims criticize ‘Lego’ Islamic terrorist toys
A range of Lego-style fighting figurines - including an Islamic terrorist militant - has sparked outrage among Muslims. The toy mini-figures, made by American...
Islamophobia: Making Muslims the Enemy
In the spirit of Edward Said’s Orientalism, this book graphically shows how political cartoons-the print medium with the most immediate impact-dramatically reveal Americans demonizing...