Hi Everyone,
We have all been watching American sitcoms, shows and movies for years, however no one really took a minute to look back at how this inflow of American media products affected our lives, beliefs, traditions and cultural identity. This week let us consider how watching American entertainment has affected us either positively or negatively. Do you think people in the Arab world, especially youth, watch American shows for mere entertainment and then discard all they've seen and firmly hold on to their cultural identity? Or are they affected in any way by what they watch, which in many occasions can be the extreme opposite of what they were taught throughout their lives. Think of yourself, how did watching American shows change you? And look closely at all the famous shows and movies and their messages. For example, do you think that Friends changed our (Arab youth) perception of relationships and did it make us more tolerant to relationships before marriage and so on?
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1?However, more than one third of youth remain illiterate in the Arab LDCs
... Hence the east- and especially southeast-coast boundary of Arab Africa
hasThe Arab world contains significant human resources capable of initiating
a ... society in an egalitarian manner, especially for youth with
disabilities.
2?As one of only two Muslims in a small Kentucky town one summer, it was
hard
not to notice the stares. Coming from a mostly Muslim setting, it was a
difficult adjustment for the sixth-grader visiting Christian relatives. "I
felt I went from being a perfectly normal, happy child with many interests
and friends, to something akin to a monster." Everything about her suddenly
became wrong; and so, beyond the eyes of the Ummah, some set about fixing
her. "The funny thing is that I was taught to have a healthy respect for
Allah's revelations. And that, in part, is what they used against me. I was
in a nightmare filled with emotional vampires and spiritual cannibals and I
knew this was not the teachings of the honorable Prophet Eesa alayhes
sallam.
But I wanted to be liked and accepted."
3? its mostly effect some people . that doesnt like what they watching
. or it effects their kids.becaouse their might be vilent words.
4?They are the groups closest to embracing new trends of change in the world
and to committing the
dedication and needed spirit to break the status quo and to ask for and
implement alternatives.so i think our friends can change
arab youth becaouse its a group among the arab population.
5?This seems to make us curious, aware that we see differently than others
and therefore more tolerant becasue we're not holding others to behave
1?However, more than one third of youth remain illiterate in the Arab LDCs
... Hence the east- and especially southeast-coast boundary of Arab Africa
hasThe Arab world contains significant human resources capable of initiating
a ... society in an egalitarian manner, especially for youth with
disabilities.
2?As one of only two Muslims in a small Kentucky town one summer, it was
hard
not to notice the stares. Coming from a mostly Muslim setting, it was a
difficult adjustment for the sixth-grader visiting Christian relatives. "I
felt I went from being a perfectly normal, happy child with many interests
and friends, to something akin to a monster." Everything about her suddenly
became wrong; and so, beyond the eyes of the Ummah, some set about fixing
her. "The funny thing is that I was taught to have a healthy respect for
Allah's revelations. And that, in part, is what they used against me. I was
in a nightmare filled with emotional vampires and spiritual cannibals and I
knew this was not the teachings of the honorable Prophet Eesa alayhes
sallam.
But I wanted to be liked and accepted."
3? its mostly effect some people . that doesnt like what they watching
. or it effects their kids.becaouse their might be vilent words.
4?They are the groups closest to embracing new trends of change in the world
and to committing the
dedication and needed spirit to break the status quo and to ask for and
implement alternatives.so i think our friends can change
arab youth becaouse its a group among the arab population.
5?This seems to make us curious, aware that we see differently than others
and therefore more tolerant becasue we're not holding others to behave
Nora Al Ali
For it seems to me we are blinded by the negative influence from the western society that we cannot see or even spot one negative influence that comes to us from our own society and culture. I have watched a Lebanese sitcom quite a while ago and I was shocked by the content, which was represented to a teenage generation. Drugs, sex, alcohol, rape, girls and guys living together, Muslims changing their religions in terms of love and this show did not represent all of this in a negative way as an awareness for the young generation to avoid it on the contrary, it presented those as part of our norms that we live with everyday. I am not denying its existence but they are definitely not part of our norms. Surprisingly, this show created no controversy, no negative critique. We are too busy blaming the American entertainment instead of fixing the flaws that we have in our own.
The level of affect that TV shows hold to us depends on the ways we have been taught by our parents or schools and as I mentioned in my post we only precise those TV shows as a mean for entertainment. If we were taught on the basic tradition of Islam, then I don’t think it would be possible for a bunch of fictional characters to change we have been taught.
The level of affect that TV shows hold to us depends on the ways we have been taught by our parents or schools and as I mentioned in my post we only precise those TV shows as a mean for entertainment. If we were taught on the basic tradition of Islam, then I don’t think it would be possible for a bunch of fictional characters to change we have been taught.
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