A 21st Century Prolongation of Orientalism and Media BiasWestern Depictions of an Uncivil Arab Civilization Succeeds at Creating Prejudice and Division
Co-authored by Ziad M. Kurdi Orientalism, as described by Edward Said, is a manner of depiction that exaggerates and distorts differences of Arab peoples and cultures when compared to that of Europe and the U.S. According to Said, Orientalism dates back to the 19th century during the European Enlightenment and served as the rationale for