Comments on: Sex and the City 2: Orientalist Boogaloo

By: What We Missed.

What We Missed. — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:31:52 +0000

[...] to. via Racewire, “BREAKING: Feds Target Oil Spill Workers in Immigration Probe” The writers at Muslimah Media Watch take on SATC2. Sady Doyle critiques the idea of the “boyfriend myth,” as put forth by Caitlin Flanagan [...]

By: muslim girl

muslim girl — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:24:43 +0000

i think SATC succeeded in portraying the image of the Arabs.

I think SATC is a message for Arab women to start a revolution against men in their society. And as a Muslim girl i totally agree, cause we cant bear this prison we are in anymore.

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By: Are you copying me, sweety? « Uplift Magazine

Are you copying me, sweety? « Uplift Magazine — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:48:20 +0000

[...] Media Watch calls it ‘Orientalist Boogaloo‘ By: Sarah Barnes, 08.07.2010 | Comments (0) Tagged: [...]

By: Mariam

Mariam — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:18:15 +0000

Hi everyone at MMW,
I absolutely loved this dialogue. I’m so glad to see that there were other Muslim women who were offended by the film in some ways, but enjoyed it in others.

I quoted and linked this dialogue in a piece I wrote for Sapna Magazine. You can find it at http://sapnamagazine.com/2010/sex-and-the-city-2-anti-muslim/. I would really appreciate your feedback and comments.

Thank you and I look forward to reading more of your commentary!
Wasalam,
Mariam

By: Sex and the City 2: Anti-Muslim? | Sapna Magazine : For South Asian American Women

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:51:14 +0000

[...] the release, muslimahmediawatch.org posted a discussion between four Muslim women reacting to the movie. “Rather than realizing [...]

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Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:20:01 +0000

[...] You remember the Muslim Media Watch - I posted a write from there yesterday. I decided to check in and see if Fatemeh had any comments to say about the movie, and she did. In fact they had an open dialogue between a few girls, that I found quite interesting. I won’t get into it, but if you want to read their take on the flick, click here. [...]

By: Yara

Yara — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:40:53 +0000

I’m an arab woman (Lebanese) who has had to travel to the UAE (in addition to Kuwait, Oman etc..) for work and I can honestly say that watching this movie was like deja vu. At first, Dubai seems glamorous, exciting and open but then you see what it’s really all about. I was visiting a male colleague at another hotel so we could prepare for a meeting we would be having later in the day with a customer. I went to his hotel room and 5 minutes later, there was a knock on the door and we were asked to exit. It was incredibly embarrassing.

The message this movie gives about the UAE is perfect – beneath the hype this is just another backward muslem country. Good for Samantha giving them all the finger. Oh, and the video of moslem women wearing the latest designer fashions under their burkas? Very true, I’ve seen it and so have some of my other female colleagues..

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By: Iany

Iany — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:43:31 +0000

“… this movie affirms every stereotype you have ever heard about the U.S. and The Middle East.”

Oh My God, this is so entirely true, this conversation hits the nail on the head. They don’t just simplify cultures outside their own and walk the neo-colonialist, US-centric whatever, they even screw up their own background into a horrific parody. Whatever complexity they used to have is gone and they walk over other the Middle East and other women in pointy stilettos.

By: Zahra (with a Z)

Zahra (with a Z) — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:30:59 +0000

Wild horses could not drag me to this film, but I did enjoy reading your opinionson it, and I like the editorial decision to give us 4 Muslim women’s perspectives instead of just one review. Great job!

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:10:42 +0000

What people fail to realize is that SATC2 is a film, and by that, I mean it’s a form of art which is portraying a resemblance of reality. I do agree that the film was very much Orientalist, but why are people attacking the four women so much? I don’t agree with their views either about the Middle East, but guess what, that’s the reaction that most Americans have when they go to the Middle East. They will look at a woman eating French Fries because they don’t see that everyday! Some parts were unrealistic and inaccurate, but the characters’ reactions I thought were realistic. I think that North Americans are ashamed to admit that and would rather condemn the writes for showing that reality about Americans.