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Re: [B]ممثل سودانى للاشتراك فى عمل بالبى بى سى ( BBC )[/B] (Re: wedzayneb)
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dear Tariq a.k.a wedzayneb ... e thanks for commenting on this complex issue of Western media and the representation of other cultures within it.... and, without diverting the post from its intended aim, I want to say that the issue, as I see it, is rather more complex... your careful sentence about (hidden agendas of some major Movie Industries in the West about any thing to do with Islam, in general, and Arabs, in particular....seems to indicate that you do appreciate the complexity of the issues involved anyway... though I was a bit reluctant to leave without commenting on the faint shades of “conspiracy theories” in the last part of your sentence...Apart for outright false and unfair representations you do find in Western media, you also sometimes find works that “idolise” their subjects or glamorize the “foreign” way of living of such and such nation (Arab Bedouin tribes for example) which, for me, is another face of the same coin of failing to look at other cultures on equal footing as your own! that's why it is indeed a complex issue to discuss... I think some filmmakers, never mind the good intentions, take issues of representation just a bit too lightly (echoes of Edward Saied's Orientalism has to resonate in the background of any discussion of the sort, of course)… and there are also some wonderful articles written by Hassan Musa, from slightly different point of view, on Sudan for All website, which I find fascinating and revealing
I promise to talk and discuss this more with you in another opportunity (just don't want to divert this post too much)... mmeanwhile, acept my warmest greetings
H>K
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