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DESCRIPTION:Link TV will broadcast a four-hour special, ARABS IN THE MEDIA, on Tuesday, 
 October 10th and Thursday, Oct. 19th beginning at 5p.m. PST and 8 p.m. 
 EST.\n\nSince 9/11, Arabs, Muslims and terrorists have become conflated 
 into one identity for many Americans, fed by stereotypes in the U.S. media. 
  In this 4 hour special, Link TV deconstructs how Hollywood portrays Arabs 
 in film and television; and shows how Arabs and Muslims are telling their 
 own stories—through new documentaries, and special programs during the 
 Holy month of Ramadan. The two present dramatically different pictures of 
 the Arab world.   \n\nIn the world television premiere of Reel Bad Arabs: 
 How Hollywood Vilifies a People, Professor Jack Shaheen examines Arab 
 stereotypes in the movies—from Bedouin bandits and belly-dancing maidens 
 to cruel terrorists and sinister sheiks—and looks at how these negative 
 images affect our real relationships with the Arab world?  Hosted by 
 journalist Gina Smith, this special also explores the impact of new films 
 by Middle Eastern directors that offer humorous, nuanced depictions of 
 Arabs.  Media professor, Dina Ibrahim, helps explore the roots of 
 stereotypes in film and television.\n\nLink TV’s original production, 
 Ramadan Primetime, takes a tour of Arab television, from call-in sheiks to 
 last’s year’s sensation, “Beautiful Virgins,” a 30-part miniseries 
 tackling terrorism in the Arab world.  What do these Ramadan specials tell 
 viewers about the tastes, preoccupations and perceptions of viewers in the 
 Arab world?\n\nAnd, in the new documentary, American Ramadan, we delve deep 
 into the American Muslim experience.  This film follows five American 
 Muslim families: from a divorced dad, a student coping with school, an 
 interracial couple, and an American convert, we follow the faithful who 
 fast through the holiest of rituals.  \n\nIn the studio, host, Gina Smith 
 examines the American Muslim experience with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, founder of 
 the Zaytuna Institute and host of a global Ramadan series, Journey with 
 Shaykh Hamza Yusuf.\n\nTune in for four hours of examining Arabs in the 
 media. Only on Link TV.\n\nLink TV is available on DIRECTV ch. 375 and Dish 
 Network ch. 9410 and on cable in select markets, including New York, San 
 Francisco and Washington DC.  See programs streamed on-line, and check out 
 our schedule at www.linktv.org.\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/09/18319192.php
SUMMARY:Arabs in the Media — 4 hour special on Link TV
LOCATION:Tune in to Link TV nationwide on DIRECTV ch. 375 and DISH NETWORK ch. 9410, 
 as well as on cable channel MHz3 in DC, VA and MD; eaTV (ch. 27) in San 
 Francisco; and KRCB (ch. 22) in Northern California.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/09/18319192.php
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