Reel Bad Arabs
العرب السيئون على الشاشة
The Media Education Foundation documentary built on Jack Shaheen's book documenting Hollywood's stereotyped portrayal of Arabs and Muslims across a thousand films.
At a glance
- Identifiers
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- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Muslim minorities under non-Muslim ruleImages of Islam
Screening Room
- Format
- Documentary · Muslim history or life carries the story
- Released
- 2006 CE · 1427 AH†
- Countries
- US
- Languages
- en (original)
- Approach
- documentary
- Depiction of sacred figures
- The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
- Titles in other languages
- Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a Peopleالعرب السيئون على الشاشة
Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.
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Connections
- Features
- Jack Shaheen
- Directed by
- Sut Jhally
- Written by
- Jack Shaheen
People and things also explored
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Sources
- Wikidata
- IMDb
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Reel Bad Arabs”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/al-arab-al-siyu-al-hollywood-2006/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.