1. Women In the Media Facing East Facing West
Dr Zahera Harb
City, University of London

2. “Continued investment made Orientalism, as a system of knowledge about the Orient, an accepted grid for filtering through the Orient into Western consciousness, just as that same investment multiplied—indeed, made truly productive—the statements proliferating out from Orientalism into the general culture” (Said, 1978: 6).

3. Pintak Lawrence (2014) Islam Identity and Professional values, Journalism
1596 Journalists
Indonesia, Pakistan and 14 Arab Countries
90 percent identified themselves as Muslims
50% of Indonesians identifies themselves as Secular Muslims
40% of Pakistanis identifies themselves as Secular Muslims
And 70% of respondents from Arab countries identified themselves as Secular Muslims.

4. The Orientalist ‘other’ and the oppressed Arab women

5. Rima KAraki

6. Rima KAraki
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7. Memri

8. Generalising gender in-equality
“Look! Here is a woman NOT being beaten, enslaved, force married or honour killed. How about that?” (Malik, the Guardian, 2015).

9. Counter Hate Speech against women

10. Harm and offence