Word: arabize
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...scenes reminiscent both of Japanese internment in California during World War II and of the Nazi's seizure of Jews during the Holocaust, Devereaux rounds up all Arab men in Brooklyn and turns Yankee Stadium into a concentration camp. Eventually, the conflict between the public's civil rights and the nation's security comes to a head, with Hubbard and Kraft working against Devereaux to find the terrorist threat...
...Zwick intended his movie to explore the contradictions of an American culture "whose central founding myths involve liberty and tolerance," many Muslim- and Arab-Americans across the country feel it also perpetuates Hollywood's malignant portrayal of their religious and ethnic culture...
...watched the movie in the Sony Fresh Pond Cinema, my companions chuckled with annoyance at the parts they found offensive. In one scene, a Palestinian character makes much of a purported promise of 70 virgins awaiting a martyr in Heaven. Adeeb comments, "As a Christian Arab, I can observe potentially negative aspects of Muslims from a similar perspective as an American; [for example,] the '70 virgins' reference was unnecessary." Siddiqui agrees, "Judging by points where people laughed and `oohed,' it would have a largely negative impact...
Compared to past movies like True Lies and Executive Decision, Adeeb noted that this was "much less stereotypical," and for the first time, portrayed the existence of an everyday, unassuming, innocent Arab-American community.All the same, he cringed when Kraft had lineslike, "[Palestinians] seduce you with theirsuffering...
Mohamad M. Al-Ississ '99, president of theHarvard-Radcliffe Society of Arab Students, is aPalestinian refugee whose family has lived inJordan since the 40s, initially in a refugee camp."The movie should have paid more attention to why[the terrorists] are doing this," he says, and"should have focused more attention on thesubhuman living conditions in the camps, the feelof injustice and disappointment...You have to godown to the roots of the problem...