Official selection of the Sundance Film Festival 2005

A trailer-esque montage spectacle of Hollywood's relentless vilification and dehumanization of Arabs and Muslims.
Inspired by the book "Reel Bad Arabs" by Dr. Jack Shaheen.

Out of 1000 films that have Arab & Muslim characters (from the year 1896 to 2000) 12 were positive depictions, 52 were even handed and the rest of the 900 and so were negative. [Hat tip: Samar]

Hollywood? hmm.. does this remind you of anything?

This report (Arabic) says that Riyadh will have it's first cinema theater launched by the first day of Eid Alfitr. The report says that the hotel hosted cinema will be big enough to take 1400 viewer at a time and will have three shows a day. That's all the good news. The bad funny news is the films. The cinema will show ONLY CARTOON MOVIES (in Arabic duologue). hahahaha... Hold on, hold on... the cinema will be dedicated to Females and kids ONLY.

It's really funny to hear this type of news. What are they afraid of? The type of content? In other words, adult sceneries (kisses, dance, boobs, etc...), or uncovered female head?

I just can't understand this double standards and closed mind Mullah's. Saudi businessmen (and officials) sponsors and owns the most wide and seen network of TV channels in the Arab world. All type of TV shows exist, starting from religious, to not less than xx movies and video clips. So, who will go to the cinema?