Jack Shaheen analyzes a long series of "demeaning" images of Arabs through his presentation of various scenes from different American movies which he has studied. He argues that this image is characterized by showing Arabs either as bandits or as a savage, nomadic race, or shows Arab women as shallow belly dancers serving evil, naïve, and greedy Arab sheiks.
Jack Shaheen examines a long series of "degrading" images of Arabs through his presentation of various scenes from different American movies that he has analyzed. He argues that this image is characterized by depicting Arabs as either bandits or a savage, nomadic race, or showing Arab women as shallow belly dancers serving evil, naive, and greedy Arab sheiks.