A Classist Mockery of the Middle East In the first scene where we see the main character Aladdin on the screen, he is presented as a “street rat” and a thief running away from the soldiers. It is an action-packed scene with Aladdin and his monkey, Abu, cleverly tricking the guards and avoiding them, all…
Month: October 2023
SAID’S ORIENTALISM: FIRST GO!
The reading so far is focused solely on Balfour’s speech to the House of Commons. It feels like a build up to a bigger claim, and I can slowly see, so to say, the different points come together to form a claim. What stands out as important is that Said takes a British man’s point…
Reflection: Vision and Justice
I attended the talk given by Professor Sarah Lewis about the “ethics of the image” or the importance of the foundational right of just representation especially in contexts of American history and racial prejudice. I found the topic wholely fascinating; how she talked about the lack of regard or recognition as a form of violence…
The Orient First Draft
In the first scene where we see the main character Aladdin on the screen, he is presented as a “street rat” and a thief running away from the soldiers. It is an action-packed scene with Aladdin and his monkey Abu cleverly tricking the guards and avoiding them, all while singing a song. It is in…
