Mohamed Mohyeldien
Bad Girls M.I.A, Ban On Women Driving
Hello, I want to show you a video of M.I.A, Maya is a British rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and activist. What I want to point out for our class is how media can reveal and raise awareness for a change in the world and particularly in the developing countries.
The video was shot in Ouarzazate, Morocco in 2013. M.I.A asserts her message of female empowerment.
1) In 0.31 from the video time M.IA is surrounded by backup dancers wearing one article referred to as hipsters hiabs, the hijab is a sensitive image in a video aimed to western audiences because it is often used in the Middle East as evidence of the oppression of women in the Middle East, this perceived oppression …show more content…
For all male audience, the stunt performance refers to the Saudi practice of tough heat or drifting a common underground and illegal practice among Saudi men by bringing this into our video M.I.A is adding another element of rebellion to her female characters not only will they drive but they will also drive just as dangerously and breathtakingly as their male do. It is also visible in the video that all men wear solid black and white, while the women are very colorful this contrast highlights the assertive of female individuality which M.I.A puts forth in her video.
5) The cars used also points another resistance against stereotypes whereas many Western depictions of the Arab world portray oil wealth, this shows a less wealthy area populated by the old BMW'S status symbols of another time suggesting as much of M.I.A does that the values of global capitalism have not had a positive impact on the third world.
6) Another commonly criticized image is the one which a man is riding horse which critics say plays on the kind of Arab stereotypes seen in films like Lawrence Of Arabia; however, the juxtaposition of the man on the horse and a women driving a car behind him suggests an element of modernization as the car inevitably closes in on the horse so will M.I.A, More progressive ideas do away with the anti-women established
Bad Girls M.I.A, Ban On Women Driving
Hello, I want to show you a video of M.I.A, Maya is a British rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and activist. What I want to point out for our class is how media can reveal and raise awareness for a change in the world and particularly in the developing countries.
The video was shot in Ouarzazate, Morocco in 2013. M.I.A asserts her message of female empowerment.
1) In 0.31 from the video time M.IA is surrounded by backup dancers wearing one article referred to as hipsters hiabs, the hijab is a sensitive image in a video aimed to western audiences because it is often used in the Middle East as evidence of the oppression of women in the Middle East, this perceived oppression …show more content…
For all male audience, the stunt performance refers to the Saudi practice of tough heat or drifting a common underground and illegal practice among Saudi men by bringing this into our video M.I.A is adding another element of rebellion to her female characters not only will they drive but they will also drive just as dangerously and breathtakingly as their male do. It is also visible in the video that all men wear solid black and white, while the women are very colorful this contrast highlights the assertive of female individuality which M.I.A puts forth in her video.
5) The cars used also points another resistance against stereotypes whereas many Western depictions of the Arab world portray oil wealth, this shows a less wealthy area populated by the old BMW'S status symbols of another time suggesting as much of M.I.A does that the values of global capitalism have not had a positive impact on the third world.
6) Another commonly criticized image is the one which a man is riding horse which critics say plays on the kind of Arab stereotypes seen in films like Lawrence Of Arabia; however, the juxtaposition of the man on the horse and a women driving a car behind him suggests an element of modernization as the car inevitably closes in on the horse so will M.I.A, More progressive ideas do away with the anti-women established