Thank you for this. I find striking the similarities between the horrific abuse you describe here and the way we, in the US treat BIMOC/BAME men. There is a particular aspect of cruelty to this horrible intersection of white supremacy/imperialism and patriarchy, in which men who do not happen to be white are assumed to be dangerous predators. The violence done to women and children - seen as nothing more than props, or objects available for manipulation - is alternately ignored or co-opted, depending on the usefulness of a given scenario at the time, but men are always assumed to be deserving of pre-emptive punishment, regardless of a complete lack of any indication whatsoever that they are anywhere near as dangerous as we, ourselves have proven ourselves to be.
Good article. The IDF infantry is not man enough to come out armed vehicles and tanks, and reliance on air strikes, to face the armed resistance head on. So being the cowards and bullies that they are, humiliate and demean unarmed Palestinian males. Furthermore the eager willingness of the media to uncritically accept and promote unverified and most likely fabricated stories of sexual violence by the armed resistance reflects a deep seated racism in our culture against Arabs and Palestinians in particular. As Nora Barrows-Friedman points out this relates back to the days of Emmett Till and the lynchings of African-American males because they were seen as dangerous to the virtue of white women.
Very well written ma sha Allah. It’s all so sad.. 😞 and knowing we’ll continue having to endure the pain of watching it play out over and over again until things change. If and when they do..
I don't know man. Edward Said wrote 'Orientalism' in the '70s a bit before all the 'terrorism' and wars to supposedly liberate women really got going. I think it was published in '78 before the revolution in Iran even happened. It's been a while since I read it but as I remember a large part of his critique of western orientalism was that it portrayed Arabs as weak and submissive and effeminate not as uberviolent terrorists. But maybe I am misremembering.
The fact that members of the US govt, and Israeli Americans put Israel before the well-being of US citizens and the country, on every level, is it not considered TREASON? They are betraying the country, weakening it and harming its citizens. Can we not bring a lawsuit against them all???
Thank you for this. I find striking the similarities between the horrific abuse you describe here and the way we, in the US treat BIMOC/BAME men. There is a particular aspect of cruelty to this horrible intersection of white supremacy/imperialism and patriarchy, in which men who do not happen to be white are assumed to be dangerous predators. The violence done to women and children - seen as nothing more than props, or objects available for manipulation - is alternately ignored or co-opted, depending on the usefulness of a given scenario at the time, but men are always assumed to be deserving of pre-emptive punishment, regardless of a complete lack of any indication whatsoever that they are anywhere near as dangerous as we, ourselves have proven ourselves to be.
Good article. The IDF infantry is not man enough to come out armed vehicles and tanks, and reliance on air strikes, to face the armed resistance head on. So being the cowards and bullies that they are, humiliate and demean unarmed Palestinian males. Furthermore the eager willingness of the media to uncritically accept and promote unverified and most likely fabricated stories of sexual violence by the armed resistance reflects a deep seated racism in our culture against Arabs and Palestinians in particular. As Nora Barrows-Friedman points out this relates back to the days of Emmett Till and the lynchings of African-American males because they were seen as dangerous to the virtue of white women.
Very well written ma sha Allah. It’s all so sad.. 😞 and knowing we’ll continue having to endure the pain of watching it play out over and over again until things change. If and when they do..
I don't know man. Edward Said wrote 'Orientalism' in the '70s a bit before all the 'terrorism' and wars to supposedly liberate women really got going. I think it was published in '78 before the revolution in Iran even happened. It's been a while since I read it but as I remember a large part of his critique of western orientalism was that it portrayed Arabs as weak and submissive and effeminate not as uberviolent terrorists. But maybe I am misremembering.
Thank you so much for this. I am so sorry the world has dehumanised Arab men. Like Said argued, it’s a projection from the west.
Thank you Khaled, for opening the eyes of a world that has been asleep for decades 🥲
The fact that members of the US govt, and Israeli Americans put Israel before the well-being of US citizens and the country, on every level, is it not considered TREASON? They are betraying the country, weakening it and harming its citizens. Can we not bring a lawsuit against them all???
Well said
7asbuna Allahu wa ni3ma lWakil. This is textbook dehumanization it’s sickening and nauseating.