Oscars? When will we have “The Abdullahs?” Hollywood has been at war with the Arab World since it produced its very first movie. And it is has only gotten worse. Hollywood is one of the biggest contributory factors fueling anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism and hatred, despite their occasional words of “diversity.” Not since Vanessa Redgrave…
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American Arabs, Arab News, Bloggers, Commentary, Entertainment, Israel, mainstream, Movies, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, TelevisionAcademy Awards , anti-Arab , anti-Muslim , civil rights abuses , hatred , Hollywood Movies , Oscars , Palestine , Palestinians , racism , Vanessa Redgrave Only one Arab movie makes Oscar cut The Middle East war often flares up on the big screen between the forces of the racist communications savvy Israel and the oppressed people of Palestine and the Arab World. But this year, only one movie has made it to the partisan prejudices of the corrupt Western World,…
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Bloggers, Commentary, Lebanon, Movies, Opinion2018 , Academy Awards , Best Foreign Language Film , Last Men in Aleppo , Lebanon , movies , Oscars , The Insult A very special Oscar Night One of my personal favorite topics is the movie industry and the racism and bias that the industry allows based on politics. This incident involving Vanessa Redgrave back in 1978 impacted my life and characterized the injustices of the American media on so many levels By Ray Hanania (Originally published…
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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Entertainment, Israel, Journalism, mainstream, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, TelevisionAcademy Awards , anti-Arab racism , archive , Hollywood , Israel , movie industry , movies , Oscars , Palestine , Palestinians , Vanessa Redgrave Plight of Syrians competes for Oscar This year’s Academy Awards Oscar presentation of Hollywood Film Oscars includes only two submissions addressing Arab World issues, one on the plight of Syrian refugees and the terrorist war in Aleppo, Syria, and the other a historical drama set during the Algerian civil war of the 1990s. By Ray Hanania Once again…
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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Entertainment, Iran, Middle East, Movies, North Africa, Ray Hanania, SyriaAcademy Awards , Arab World , documentaries , films , Hollywood , Middle East , movies , Oscar , Oscars Now that the Oscars are over, can we have a real discussion about the absence of fairness, the racism, stereotypes and bias that consumes the Hollywood movie industry? And to be honest, African Americans have a lot to complain about here in America over the past 400 years for sure, but they really are the last…
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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Entertainment, Features, Movies, Ray HananiaAcademy Awards , chris rock , films , Hollywood , movie industry , movies , Oscars , Spike Lee , Will Smith The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan served as the backdrop for three Oscar nominated films in this year’s Academy Awards. Jordan has a long history as a setting for movies including Lawrence of Arabia, The Hurt Locker, Indiana Jones and the Lost Crusade and Zero Dark Thirty. This years entries include Martian, Theeb and A War. As…
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Oscars? When will we have “The Abdullahs?”
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Oscars? When will we have “The Abdullahs?” Hollywood has been at war with the Arab World since it produced its very first movie. And it is has only gotten worse. Hollywood is one of the biggest contributory factors fueling anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism and hatred, despite their occasional words of “diversity.” Not since Vanessa Redgrave…
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