Throughout time, the Middle East has been through revolutionary changes and a Golden Age of evolution. Outside countries have various opinions about the Middle East describing it as a violent country filled with conflict that stems from the beginning of time itself. It is true that the suspicions of the Middle East are controversial. However, the proof of those suspicions come from the evidence provided by history and a biased opinion of all Arabians being the same as the terrorist groups in their home land of the Middle East. Although, media and social outlets portray the middle east as a violent country trapped in eternal conflict, this standard view of the Middle East is not an actual interpretation of the Islamics who are not involved with
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The movie was released on November 11, 1992. November 11, 1992 was not a significant day in history around the world. However, it was nine years before the events of 9/11. Aladdin takes place in the sandy country of Iraq. Iraq, at the time period of the 1990’s, has just entered the US-Iraq War. Coincidentally, Aladdin was released two years after the start of the war. The supposed kids movie is to teach the lessons of “personal integrity and honesty”. There is no problem that the movie is trying to entertain young children and teach them these lessons. However, the writers of the movie were also sneakily showing its audience subtle clips of propaganda of how they believed the Middle East was in reality. The movie begins with the song “Arabian Nights”. It’s sung by a merchant who is traveling the desert to a nearby …show more content…
Guards with scimitars, a genie’s lamp, belly dancers, are only a few examples of the stereotypical interpretation of the Arabic culture. In the first twenty minutes of the movie, we can see that the movie, even though it is a children’s movie, is based on stereotypes. It reveals the sub par knowledge we have about a culture that is actually the second most popular religion in the world with about 1.3 billion followers. At the time of the release of the movie, the situation was understandably different with the US-Iraq War. The movie was a way to tell US citizens the potential danger the opposing country could be to us. However, in the modern era, people who rewatch and analyze the movie now realize that this movie was made with spiteful intentions and paint a false picture of what Islamic culture is. The writers of Disney forgot the ability of humans to make their own choices. Not all Arabs are violent. In fact most of them today are ashamed of the actions of the extremist
The movie was released on November 11, 1992. November 11, 1992 was not a significant day in history around the world. However, it was nine years before the events of 9/11. Aladdin takes place in the sandy country of Iraq. Iraq, at the time period of the 1990’s, has just entered the US-Iraq War. Coincidentally, Aladdin was released two years after the start of the war. The supposed kids movie is to teach the lessons of “personal integrity and honesty”. There is no problem that the movie is trying to entertain young children and teach them these lessons. However, the writers of the movie were also sneakily showing its audience subtle clips of propaganda of how they believed the Middle East was in reality. The movie begins with the song “Arabian Nights”. It’s sung by a merchant who is traveling the desert to a nearby …show more content…
Guards with scimitars, a genie’s lamp, belly dancers, are only a few examples of the stereotypical interpretation of the Arabic culture. In the first twenty minutes of the movie, we can see that the movie, even though it is a children’s movie, is based on stereotypes. It reveals the sub par knowledge we have about a culture that is actually the second most popular religion in the world with about 1.3 billion followers. At the time of the release of the movie, the situation was understandably different with the US-Iraq War. The movie was a way to tell US citizens the potential danger the opposing country could be to us. However, in the modern era, people who rewatch and analyze the movie now realize that this movie was made with spiteful intentions and paint a false picture of what Islamic culture is. The writers of Disney forgot the ability of humans to make their own choices. Not all Arabs are violent. In fact most of them today are ashamed of the actions of the extremist