S1 E7: Professor Evelyn Alsultany // RizTest Podcast

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This Ep is *next* level 💯

We are huge super-fans of our guest, Professor Evelyn Alsultany who is an Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

We speak to the good prof and delve deep into her experience researching Anti-Arab and Anti-Muslim representations in film and the media.
Show notes:

• Professor Evelyn's background and childhood
• The representations of Muslims Pre and Post 9/11
• The illusions of a post-race society
• Simplified complex representations, what this is and what it means
• We dissect the below tropes:
  - The Sympathetic Oppressed Muslim Woman
  - The Demonised Muslim Man
  - The Patriotic Arab/ Muslim Character
  - The Nominal Muslim (The Acceptable Muslim)
• The role of satire and comedy to highlight and magnify problematic themes
• Dr Jack Shaheen - his work, his insights and his legacy
• The Mena Arts Advocacy Group, Azita Ghanizada
• Our workshop at the University of East Anglia

Books discussed:

• The Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11 (Critical Cultural Communication) - Professor Evelyn Alsultany
• Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World - Edward Said
• Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and U.S. Interests in the Middle East since1945 (American Crossroads) - Melani Mcalister
• Reel Bad Arabs - Dr Jack Shaheen

Films & Shows discussed:

• 24
• Sleeper Cell
• Homeland
• The Siege
• Three Kings
• BBC Bodyguard
• American Sniper
• London is Falling
• Argo
• Master of None
• The Big Sick
• Ramy
• Four Lions