Dr. Jack Shaheen Discusses Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People
Richard H. Curtiss is the executive editor and Delinda C. Hanley the news editor of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.
Dr. Jack G. Shaheen is just about as excited as he's ever been and, for those who know this expert on media stereotyping of Arabs and Muslims, that's very excited. After 20 years of research Shaheen's latest book, Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People, is complete, and Interlink Books, Inc. has given it a June 2001 release date. (Previous books include The TV Arab and Arab and Muslim Stereotyping in American Popular Culture.)
The timing of Reel Bad Arabs …