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5 years
Couple years ago I gathered so many videos of racism towards black people in Arab countries. Racism on live TV shows, movies, music, in public, etc. I approached Al Jazeera and other networks about it but I didn’t get a response.
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Now that Twitter is as important or more, man’s gonna do a whole thread. I just need to find that folder and if I don’t, I’m gonna do a new one (Dont worry, I have time for this).
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Ok here's the thread...
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5. Nafsana (TV Show) - In this episode, Entessar asks a songwriter "Do you think 'niggers' are the most successful people in music?" Fellow presenter Shaima comments that the term is racist and shouldn't be used. Yet Entessar insists on using the term and repeats the question.
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8. Block Ghashmara or The Block of Jokes ( Kuwaiti Comedy TV series), this series dedicated a whole episode to actors in blackface portraying Sudanese people as lazy and cynical.
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4. Hamati Bithibbeni - In this scene Sherif goes to look for his wife in a club with his mother-in-law. As he browsers around the floor and spots his wife, he says "What a black day..." and followed by "It's not so black" when he faces a black bodyguard standing behind him.
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6. Rayah El Madam (TV Series) - The main characters are in blackfaces portraying a negative stereotype of African-Americans in a club. One of them approaches a black woman at a bar, the other asks what he's doing. He says "I don't know I thought she matches what we're doing."
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12. Kuwaiti Sports Show - One of the guests brings a previous conversation and says about a guest seated across him who's black "another person said the black doesn't understand". The other guests telling him not to proceed with his racism but he laughs and insists on continuing.
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10. Africano (Egyptian Movie) - On their way to a night club in South Africa, Badr and Essam see a group of black people coming out of the club. This is when Essam comments, “Is there a power outage in there or what?"
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13. The presenter tells him to stop and remember that Bilal (RA), the Prophet's (SAW) companion who was black. The guest mocks this and refuses to stop his racism.
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11. Azmi We Ashgan - (characters in skin-darkening makeup and wigs). Saved by her new boss from a rich man who wanted to make sexual advances as a house-maid. Her father arrives in the house & her boss bursts “Did I get this house for fun or did I buy it to set free some slaves?”
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15. 7a7a W Tofa7a - In this scene, a woman goes to a cafe to call her sister in Somalia. The receptionist makes racist remarks"It's easier to get to Bin Laden than contact Somalia" & "I'd rather be single than marry a Somali" followed by the mocking of civil war & bombings there.
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I appreciate all the positive comments under this thread. I will make sure to put these videos and more together and make it into a documentary. In the meantime please subscribe to my YouTube channel for more content in the near future:
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@Dima_Khatib To expose the anti-blackness within Arab media and raise awareness about it.
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Good afternoon all except:
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Exactly about a year ago I posted this thread and promised I'd do a short documentary on the topic. I'm humbled to finally share it with you guys. 'Anti-blackness in Arab Media' is on YouTube now after hours of editing. Please check it out here
@AbzCaptures
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Couple years ago I gathered so many videos of racism towards black people in Arab countries. Racism on live TV shows, movies, music, in public, etc. I approached Al Jazeera and other networks about it but I didn’t get a response.
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16. El Nazer - In this scene, the main character goes to propose to a girl along with his mother. They find that she is ill when they get to their house and the girl's father explains to them that everyone has to get vaccinated. The mother says, "Why do look like Somalis to you?"
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14. Lawyer and Chairman of Zamalek SC (Mortada Mansour) calls on air and insults an Egyptian football player for writing against El Sisi. "Who is this maid? Who is this son of doorman?" referring to his skin colour as there are many dark skinned Egyptians who work in those jobs.
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21. Tash Ma Tash - One of the many episodes where Nasser Al Qasabi (Saudi actor) is seen in a blackface pretending to be Sudanese.
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22. Public video of a Saudi citizen angry at seeing black Saudis fighting. He says, "I don't know who brought you slaves, you could be bought for a bag of salt before and today you're arguing and fighting," and then insults a black Saudi cleric 'Al-Kalbani' calling him a 'slave'.
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@Dima_Khatib Thank you Dima and yes they are my target.
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19. Bushra - Kobra (a diss track to Egyptian actor and singer Mohamed Ramadan) In this music video Bushra uses a male model in a blackface referring to Mohamed Ramadan who is a dark skinned Egyptian.
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20. Entesaar (Egyptian Actress) - Once again using the N word, in this interview she gives her opinion on Mohamed Ramadan a dark skinned Egyptian actor and singer. She says, "he tries to portray an image of African-American niggers in his music."
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@LondonAffair Never seen this guy this happy 🤣🤣🤣
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