Critique Of The Munhannad Effect

1.Compare and contrast the protagonists in “Araby” and “The Man Who was Almost a Man”. “Araby” was about a young boy, who is the narrator, that lives in a black and white world. His life seems to be very drab and down until he finds this thing called love. He happened to fall in love with the girl across the street. One day he ends up talking to her and they make plans to see each other at an upcoming event.

The purpose of this essay is to analyse the original drama text with a newer film version, while comparing the

The media is the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that 's power. The article “Reality TV Goes Where Football Meets the Hijab”, published in the New York Times in November 2011, introduces how the media controls the minds of the masses. Media has become a major issue in our daily lives. We live in a world that we cannot have access to what is going around us, unless we refer to the media. For instance, in our daily routine we usually listen to the news in the morning or at night before we sleep. The news has already been reported and its being delivered to us that fast, but how do we know if what is being said is what is actually happening or if it has been manipulated for political/social reasons? In the beginning of the article, Porochista Khakpour the author of the article, Iranian born American reared, mentions: “If anything made me, an American, it was televisions.” TV, especially the reality TV, resembles the characters and movie stars the way they want to not the way they are. Khakpour said, "Darkness-dark hair, dark eyes, dark skin-always equaled trouble, as if it actually implied a dark side". When we watch TV, most of the movie characters are labeled, either by their gender, religion, or color. Khakpour reaches out to the "outcasts", to prove her point on reality TV shows shaping our beliefs towards each other, especially the "freaks”.

Popular culture is the artistic and creative expression in entertainment and style that appeals to society as whole. It includes music, film, sports, painting, sculpture, and even photography. It can be diffused in many ways, but one of the most powerful and effective ways to address society is through film and television. Broadcasting, radio and television are the primary means by which information and entertainment are delivered to the public in virtually every nation around the world, and they have become a crucial instrument of modern social and political organization. Most of today’s television programming genres are derived from earlier media such as stage, cinema and radio. In the area of comedy, sitcoms have proven

After several incidents that happened around the world, peoples view on Arabs changed. The media played a big role in “the stereotyping of Arabs”. It is one of the main reasons for people to think the way they are about Arabs. Many

MTVN catered to a huge market segment of nearly 2 billion people worldwide and was expected to provide global platform for Arab music and culture. It influenced young people all over the world and given them a voice and it would try to do the same in the middle east. MTV entered the middle east by tying up with a local partner Arab Media Group (AMG)Partnership. The MTV-AMG combine would not only provide entertainment to the region but would also take up social issues and try to contribute to Arab Society, according to the network. The company’s business environment is very difficult for western companies to venture because it is highly regulated by the government. The government has more say on the media and censor materials that do not fit their laws. The government could promote Anti-American sentiments which can prevailing through a large section of the population country. MTV decided that forming a joint ventures with ATN which was a part of ABN and AMG was excellent idea because it will be a win on both sides. MTV also spoke to the elderly in the society and figures of authority. They also choose not to only target the educated and private school people they appealed to the masses. They want to connect all age group in this venture. This proves the determination of the company and how much they wanted to succeed in this venture. Yes, MTV will be able to succeed in this mixed content

MTV is coming from the western world and it is well known for airing explicit sexually, open and provocative programs. MTV is very open and it carries an image of western pop culture along with it. As far as everyone may have noticed, Arab people are one of the most conservative people in the world today. Some Arab females are wearing clothed mask to conceal themselves, they are not suppose to show any part of their body to strangers. Family is highly value for the Arab, the head of the family has ultimate authorization in everything that is going on in the family. MTV value individualism and encourage people to speak and stand up for themselves. This image went contrary to the socially conservative culture of the Middle East, and it could be a key bottleneck to the channel’s acceptance in Arab Region.

The movie demonstrates a few details of how Middle Eastern is like, what they do and their culture. It show how how many men are barbaric and in the beginning of the movie you see how lower class oriental men are shown with swords and limited clothing, They are men that are ready to use their weapons at any time. For example when Jasmine fleas from the palace, she steals an apple and gives it to a poor little boy and when the merchant mean see that they start to get violent with her. One of the merchant men say “you know what happen when people steal” he emphasis the punishment is that whoever steals get their hands cut off. This shows how violent people are in this community.

Mishara's article allows the reader to quickly follow the plot of the novel while giving commentary on the feeling of guilt. This article begins by stating that there are many themes in the novel, though betrayal and the guilt that follows are the most important. This article also touches on Hassan’s undying allegiance and love for Amir and consequently Amir’s longing for redemption. This article then concludes by comparing these themes with events that are relevant in our society today. This commentary has been peer reviewed by many professors and Mishara herself is a PhD in English and an alumni at Cambridge University making this work heavily credible. For the purpose of this ISU it is undeniable that this article will provide very useful

The misrepresentation of minorities is frequent in Hollywood films and Arabs are one of the many minority groups Hollywood misrepresent. Arabs are portrayed negatively in films for long time even before 9/11. The Arabs characters are portrayed with always having accent, wearing traditional attire, untrustworthy, aggressive and almost always associated with terrorism. The continuously falsification could lead to stereotypes, misjudgment, and damage to Arabic culture.

One of the biggest challenges for MTV was the controversial content that it is used to show on their normal channel and regarding this the main difference they had to adapt. The sexuality, use of alcohol, politic criticism and religion criticism are some of the main characteristics of MTV on other countries that are not as conservative as Arabs. With these characteristics MTV has achieved success through the Western hemisphere, be- cause the black humor they use is normal among the youngsters and instead of feeling sensible with these, they see it in a humorous way. But, in the Arab community they still conserve the traditional values supported by their culture. In an effort to adopt the strategy of “Think Globally, Act Locally” MTVN (Music Television Networks) executives made it a point to learn the cultures and make shows that relate to the cultures as op- pose to exporting the American culture. In order to achieve this goal the channel adopted a decentralized

The novel often talks about the setting, time and theme in Egyptian culture through stories of various characters. The culture describes in the novel restricts the readers’ views on

Before launching, MTV needed to understand the cultural profile of the Arab world—one that consists of over 20 countries stretching from Morocco, across Northern Africa, to the Persian Gulf. These countries are religiously and ethnically diverse with a multitude of ethnic, religious and linguistic groups. To be an Arab is a cultural trait rather than a racial one and Arab history and culture are based

Though this drama is huge hit not only in turkey but in middle east and in asia , still I believe that it has some negative points as well . First of all this drama has so much of violence as it is action drama and ev y other scene is that criminal or someee other is using gun and other weapon. second

Throughout the various texts and films we observed this semester, there were a multitude of underlying themes associated with each. These themes do not live in a textual or film related vacuum, but rather offer major implications on given Middle Eastern cultures. In the fictional film Offside, directed by Jafar Panahi, he decides to zero in on the complex culture within Iran. He illustrates the culture within Iran by employing the 2006 World Cup qualifying soccer match between Iran and Bahrain as a metaphor of the various social dynamics attached to this sporting event and the country as a whole. That said, there are numerous underlying themes associated with this film. In this paper, however, I will