I completely agree that American Media has had a great affect on us Arabs. Of course some more than others! Some become obsessed with American culture and end up not being able to tolerate Arab culture and move to the States where they can express this freely without being criticized and called an American ‘wannabe’! Some know where they are from but because they have become so used to American TV find things like, pre-marital relationships normal which wouldn’t have been in the past, before the explosion of media. And lastly there are some young Arabs that are attached to their culture and realize that Americans act in a different way to them.
I believe that we do watch these American shows for entertainment but without us noticing, things that we would have found not culturally acceptable are, as a result of us being exposed to it all the time.
Being exposed to all this media is something gradual, that you develop from being a child. You can’t just turn on the TV one day and say that you want to leave your culture behind and act in a certain way!
I have had some friends that have been so taken over by the media convincing them that America is perfect and so on that they leave their culture and family and peruse a new life in the States. I think this wrong because we can act against our culture in some cases, but you can’t change who you are completely.
He television comedy show FRIENDS definitely changed the way people think about open pre-marital relationships. For example, my friend and I have all grown up watching friends religiously and none of us have a problem with relationships. Actually when we are around some one who does think so, we automatically think of them as different, not us who are the different ones.
I am sure if I had grown up in a place where I was not exposed to so much television I would find many thing that I find perfectly normal not.
Sara Saddig
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