Riz Khan - Arabs in Hollywood - 14 Jul 08 - Part 1

[pcjenkin]

Check out the "Jack Hunter" movies on Hulu. They honestly show Arabs and Muslims in a more positive light. The movies show exotic middle-east locations, with beautiful woman, supporting Arab cast members, etc. The movies are like a modern Indiana Jones if you will.

[SosoMeno]

And some come and say Arabs are terrorists

hollywood had made a lot of crimes against arabs and muslims for over a century

they ARE the terrorists

[PaloGirl94]

stupid hollywood and the american media against muslims and arabs.

[duhjuce]

omar sharreef

[draged8888]

Just want to point out that Abdullah Omeish is Libyan and born and bread in Libya before he moved to the US 1982. Such a young Talent indeed. He is making us all Arabs and Alla Libyans proud :-) and not to of course forget Jack Shaheen and Ahmed Ahmed, they are, too

[VioletRose85]

There's no such thing as an Arab hero. They are evil and eat babies.

[supersuper18]

@VioletRose85 seriously !!!!! give me some facts shit head !

[hardlyknown79]

what part of "as well" dont you understand

I never defended arabs & I will never do it

Ppl r getting killed everyday in 2009 & world leaders earn noble piece prizes every year with the help of Israel & USA

I came across a vid that you commented on & I saw that u mentioned ur "half arab" twice

if u r really much into it then look up what the history of ur ancestors & jews is instead of giving what u call information piece by piece

and I dont blame church, look what they did... its a fact

[hardlyknown79]

you think?

the spread of roman catholicism was made upon a road of chocolate,honey and love, wasnt it?

Have you ever heard of the medieval ages of europe? have you ever heard of someone called Richard Lionheard king of england?

Jews exterminate people as well its no news to anyone. they also stole, lied, betrayed, raped throughout history so basically I think they deserve it

oh please lighten me up on Sudan? what country did they invade?

Im still waiting for my "real proof"

[hardlyknown79]

YES Im blaming church but Im not defending any religion... especially Islam. its as shitty and pathetic as catholicism and Judaism, matter of fact ALL religions are the cause of conflicts and obviously you did prove my point.

no you dont know anything about the medieval era... you just "heard about" it

[hardlyknown79]

"dont fiorget that the arabs resisted the two - state solution."

I wouldnt blame them after what happened in 1948, 1956, the 80's, the 90's and now.

[hardlyknown79]

u have to be kidding me

dont argue with me on the basis of "the Hollywood insider" u watch on telly

Egypt faught israel in Sina (egyptian land)

Lebanon faught israel in south lebanon and bairouth (lebanese land)

Syria faught israel in "Golan" (thats also Syrian land)

so who invaded whom?

Israel would have never been invaded if they didnt "claim" their "so-called" holy land

they were all scattered around the world like mindless hoodlums & just now in the new age u want them 2 be a country?

[hardlyknown79]

look... I dont search for jews to hate them

and why am I a hypocrite? was I stating then changed my mind?

do you know how much land Israel wanted based on the Balfour promise to jews? its from the nile till euphrates. so the 20% is... you do the math

Personally I would think they deserve zero%

and by the way with all due respect to you, as a good fellow debater... do you think being half or even full arab plus knowing one or two... is sufficient to make you realize whats going on there?

[hardlyknown79]

again Ive things 2 do than hating jews

Haganah, Ashkenazi, black, white, blue makes no difference.thre all jews

& you still dont get it

"we r now approaching 2010 & jews still talk about the past as it was yesterday & trying to blame EVERYONE on this planet for what Hitler did" is what annoys me

commiting crimes then rubbing FALSE accusations into others faces & calling em terrorists then play the Holocaust card is no fair play my friend

& its socialwise as it is political ordinary civils do it

[hardlyknown79]

at least the Palestinian suffering is STILL GOING ON

kopts & berbers are the intern affairs of their country... they didnt complain to the whole world about it "like some people i know"

i think if arabs had the privilages that jews have nowadays... well it might be a suckier world but they wont at least invade other countries like what Israel anf the USA did

[hardlyknown79]

what kind of a statement is that? do arabs even have rights

you obviously dont know whats going on in the middle east

you know what jews have gone way too far

maybe if they werent the way they r now there wouldnt have been a bloody holocaust & ppl would have treated them like humans but NO theyre just whiney attention whores who cry abt being the scape goat of the era, earning money & power for it & the world shut up abt shit they do & yet whine abt 2-3 million tht died in a war like any other

[hardlyknown79]

and give me an example of arab invading another country.... I'll just give you Iraq invading Kuwait but thats about it.... naming countries wont prove anything... its just... country naming

[hardlyknown79]

how many times have you heard about the war between Rwanda and burundi? its not just jews that have lost a war

the Myanmar dictator spilled the blood of more than 4 million of his own people, Saddam killed millions, egyptian president... its everywhere. but the most important is the holocaust isnt it well not that everyone is paying for it then i guess its only fair that jews should give all a break and be a little quiet

[hardlyknown79]

no they dont suffer I dont know where u got info from but there r NO JEWS OR CHRISTIANS in Saudi

800 000 jews r nothing compared 2 christians or moslems who were terrorized, killed & forced out their land

after formation of Israel & immigration, none of them was to be touched or looked at

1-2 major terrorist attacks happened in USA leading to loss of several 000s if not less

USA attacks-> led by Israel = jew attack -> how much do u think victims in iraq, syria, leb let alone asian countries

[hardlyknown79]

since the f***er Saddam invaded kuwait till 92' (about 2 years) nearly 500 000 moslims military & civilians were killed on both sides afterwards (1993-1998) when america provided this law that deprives iraq importing food and medication, many died out of famine and sickness

(2002-present) America enters Iraq & war starts killing 2 million only in ?"bakoba" islamics killed both christians & moslems 4 ransom + terrorist causes

look up "christian families in iraq" here on youtube if u want proof

[nitejrny]

When was the last time you saw an Arab Terrorist as the villain in a Hollywood movie? ANGELS & DEMONS? The "terrorist" was Danish. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3? An American arms dealer. CASINO ROYALE? African Warlords and a Belgian Banker. PHELAM 123? A New York Stock Broker. And every Tom Clancy adaptation miraculously revives the Russians as the villains. (The only example I can think of pre 9/11s TRUE LIES.) If anything Hollywood goes out of its way to avoid stereotyping Arabs or Muslims as villains.

[hardlyknown79]

apparently you dont watch many movies... do you?

[nitejrny]

If I'm wrong, please correct me with examples.

[hardlyknown79]

if ur wrong about what?

[nitejrny]

I'm asking for examples of Hollywood movies with Arab Villains. I can't think of hardly any. Am I wrong? Please list them.

[nitejrny]

I'm not trying to be combative. I'm honestly asking for a list of Hollywood movies with Middle-Eastern Villains. Because post-9/11, I can only think of 1 (IRON MAN), and they weren't even the real villains: The real bad-guy was the American corporate weapons industrialist, played by Jeff Bridges. So what other movies has Hollywood produced with Middle-Eastern terrorists in the past 10 years?

[hardlyknown79]

I dont know... Im actually not into this subject I was just trying to prove a point about jews and Israel to someone

but in that documentary there are many movies that you might want to know about... I dont know any names and Im definitely not looking cuz they all end in one thing

and yet maybe there arent any that are specific of what you want... Im sorry I just gave you what I know

[DarkAngelrace]

Fuck Hollywood!!!

They should blow the whole damn fucki** place up!!! :D

[Ocean3589]

When arabs stop doing all this then they won't be terrorists in movies.Stop playing the victim card arabs. You made yourself like that.

[DlABL0]

your an idiot

[Ocean3589]

I speak the truth diablo and if I'm an idiot for it then it's fine and you're mexican y do u care?

[TheFarCenter]

actually, the film 'Kingdom' does have a Saudi 'hero' type police officer in it or some thing like that.

[mfondini]

What a stupid premise. "How often do you see an Arab Hero in a hollywood block buster movie?" You never see Chinese, Arab, Japanese, Indian, Nepali, Philipino etc heros in these movies either. Well, we've gotten to the point of having African American and to some extent even Latinos in the movies. Arab's time will come but they need to stop behaving better. Hehehehe. Most of the Arab stereotypes are true. I like Ahmed Ahmed. He is my man. He is on the money.

[bosstweed429]

i hate arabs

[DlABL0]

go fuck your self , you dont know shit about us you disgusting racist bastard

[bosstweed429]

Persian Pride muthafuckkka

[samergdesigner]

Interesting that many movie talk about Arab muslims, but nothing about Arab Christians. That is why many Americans are confused think there are no Arab Christians.

[NafeesLACC]

the worst are the arabs/middle easterners who take these roles, utterly sickening.

[besmb2105]

SexciiAsad, are u suggesting that Holocaust is a joke?!

What is going on in the middle - east is terrible, but it has nothing to do with the historical Holocaust.

Often in history the most u can base ur information on is whats been said.

Its hard to contradict that Holocaust did happen, when millions of withnesses are confessing exactly the same - the mistreatment the killings, etc.

Its hard to contradict something so proven.

[MountainDew20099]

I HATE PEOPLE THAT WEAR TURBANS

[jet200sx]

i hate ur mom u racist fuck, typical american who doesnt no shit about arabs excpet what they hear in the jew controlled media u and the jews are all terrorists hididng behind the sucked up media

[besmb2105]

lol..u call other people racist, yet u are racist urself.

[DlABL0]

your not even close to funny ,,, what the fuck was that

[CoombsCW]

How is presenting the racial,traditional, and culteral characteristics of a bunch of shitskin subhumans a stereotype? Arabs are not people like us whites they are monkeys like everybody else that isnt white. Throughout ancient and modern times, its been proven that Europeans are superior to Arabs and every other that is brown,yellow, black,copper,and khaki. 14/88

[hostaden]

u live in the states still u don't write proper English. you are the real monkey .

[SexciiAsad]

wat holocast?

wat holocast dat was a myth u kno that rite

it was framed as a real event by the jews and americans so that the world can have sympathy and give jews their own country in palestine

[afrircans1970]

DON'T EVER BE SURPRISED WHEN - People the hate people who hate them!

That's life. You can't run around screaming about "KILL AMERICA" - "DEATH TO AMERICA" & not expect Americans to NOT hate Arabs when they see the demonstrations, etc. This is NOT a one-way-street. When Muslims demonstrate in the street and use the term AMERICA instead of "Present Administration"; that's saying all Americans are viewed as garbage to all Arabs. In that case you going to get back all the hate you give!

[HammedShakrah]

I don't know what reason there is to lie..

but Ahmed Ahmed is lieing. Check out his body language.. gives him away directly. He isn't saying what he's thinking.

Keeps looking down to the left, and touches his face over and over.

Humans that are lieing try to cover or touch their ears, eyes and/or nose very often, and he's the definition o it!

[VinceP1974]

United 93 was stereotyping Islamic terrorists? LOL

[zoolrule]

These are not stereotypes, you are evil.

[manwiththecalicobag]

good show Riz Khan, well thake god it not the red man any more

[manwiththecalicobag]

peace be with u

why the f did we get draged in to this racest fight between jews and any one who wont kiss there beep

[manwiththecalicobag]

Riz Khan , it called ,,,,racism ,or jewish proper gander ,,

[mrshutter77]

Let´s not forget, Arabs, like other asian peoples, still don´t consider the entertainment industry a place to work and thrive. I mean it´s improving but still for many Arabs, or other Asians for that matter persuing a career in the entertianment industry is ...well...an ordeal would be an understatement. Both at home or in Hollywood or Europe. And the Ordeal starts at home usually!

[ChristianLove2008]

why not Just Muslims and Arabic countries Bann Hollywood movies? no Money for Hollywood then. It will be better and why are these Arabs playing in Hollywood movies but then complain as to why they are being protraid as terrorists?

[mrshutter77]

Good point! Most of what hollywood makes is junk anyways. People spend their money go se it, and come onut of the theatres complaining that the movie sucked.

[ChristianLove2008]

Khan is a Pakistani/Mongolian/Turkish Name. it isn't an Arabic Name.

[ItsStillBill]

This is so fucking racist. This idea you can't use an arab terrorist in a movie w/out stereotyping the whole race. Most the arab characters in The Kingdom are good, and fucking hell United 93 is a true story. Muslims attacked Manhattan, but as usual large segments of the Arab/Muslim world is in denial, and just wants to attack anyone who doesn't pretend these things don't exist.

[wrader2001]

You should watch "Reel Bad Arabs". He's not saying there shouldn't be ANY arab terrorists on film, he's just saying that Hollywood needs to stop making ALL Arabs seem evil and awful. They aren't!

[ItsStillBill]

I have seen the trailer and other YouTube clips. It's simply not fair. Most clips are from old, small movies that have not held up w/ time (some sex comedy) or just a short clip from a legit movie (like Raiders of the Lost Ark which has a main character who is Egyptian, and good)

[bawain]

it was said in the quraan,

"Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with thee unless thou follow their form of religion. Say: "The Guidance of Allah,-that is the (only) Guidance.

Bin Laden or who ever have nothing to do with whats going on right now, Bin Laden just came a few years ago

no matter what the Muslims do the jews n the christians will always see us as their sworn enemies, just look at history

[rezasantorini]

The Jews are in Hollywood because they built the business from way back when...the days of the silent movies and before. They were their even during the times of Nazi Germany. No one stopped Mel Gibson from his anti-Jew movie. Maybe Muslims should complain that Jews have control of corned beef.

[Sultan1923]

"No one stopped Mel Gibson from his anti-Jew movie."

You care to explain which movie was that? And please don't tell me Passion of the Christ.

[wrader2001]

He wouldn't be the first person to say that film was anti-Semitic... I personally haven't seen it, but rest assured that is the film he's talking about.

[Sultan1923]

I know it's been called that, and for very unjustified reasons too.

There's nothing Passion of the Christ shows that hasn't been taught by Christians since the birth of their religion.

[xxashyy]

I would like a see jews portrayed in hollowood like the arabs are. Have them on the screen being extremely paranoid about everything. Also have very decadant rabbi's or jewish con artists, etc. Let's be balanced here. How bout a movie portraying the buffoonery of the Israeli government which happens in reality. Who runs hollywood anyways?

[rezasantorini]

In the film Borat, Jews are not portrayed very nicely and the people who speak about the Jews don't speak very nicely of them. Secondly, Jews are not taking part in terrorist acts except, according to Muslims, outside of Israel which Arabs consider Palestine. Cosidering the size of the the whole world Israel is really a small piece of land. It is not the US's fault that Jews are 2% of their population. What is the Muslims suggestion, that they kill the Jews?

[rezasantorini]

Yes, Jews are always portrayed as cheap, hook nosed etc. Actually, Borat portrayed the world opinion of Jews and it wasn't pretty. In many parts of the world cartoons portray them in a negative way...they just don't whine.

[no34567]

Yes, because when they are portrayed as cheap people don't attack them, or been called terrorist.

Don't start with the whining thing, HOLOCAST please there is like 20,000 movies about that.

[hardlyknown79]

oh please... Jews dont whine????

I might agree with you that ppl nowadays when mocking jews... gets arrested but dont tell me that a Jew wont stand under your nose and just bla bla bla about, jews, being jewish, money and the Holocause. if anything a jew is good at is... well, all of the above :|

[besmb2105]

I can understand the Holocaust. Millions of jews where treated in the most horrific ways, more than u can imagine.

And arabs dont whine? I hardly hear any arab or muslim who speaks out against islamism(who has caused more death among muslim than any palestinian killed by Israel), or racist stereotypes of jews in the middle east. How many people really know how many has become victims of islamists attack in the muslim world, like Lebanon, Sudan, Algeria, etc?

[hardlyknown79]

1st of it ddnt take many yrs for jews 2 suffer during WWII

pisses me off that ppl only talk about it

Arabs DO whine but r they in position of power like jews?

tell me something if u were an arab being shut up by ur gov then run away to the west where u get treated like shit cuz 1 or 2 broke the law would u be happy

moslems ddnt cause war in Lebanon it was Israel

my point is Jews suffer NOTHING now on the contrary most r rich & control the world

they might as well shut the hell up

[hardlyknown79]

"than thats ur problem"

ok sorry I "mis" said that, I meant that they rub it in our faces

the Holocaust didnt happen because of everyone it was Hitlers fault yet jews blame practically everyone on earth for it

the most famous heart sugeon in GB is egyptian, why didnt he get a prize for his field? Obama sets foot in presidency fr only 6 months & hes already got one for nothing thx but no thx so it doesnt mean anything & that doesnt mean arabs cant earn cuz theyre dumb it means they r inhibited

[hardlyknown79]

if u leave my whole comment & just answer to just 1 sentence out of it like u've been doing 4 the past hour then i should be the one calling you backwarded

& by the way I dont care if obama was an arab or african he is the president of the USA which means the jew congress got it for him

WITHOUT HIM DOING NOTHING

sad for you as well im not an arab or moslem

[jerkinp]

I have to agree with the fact that Arabs are depicted badly in movies. As a kid I used to think all Arabs were scum because they would always be depicted as the villain or the the guys who are greedy and betray the hero. When exposed to such things especially in action packed movie series involving Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and other actor heroes it can have affect on the perception of Arabs especially when your a young...

[4zion4life]

fuck islamo-fascist savages

[lastnymleft]

Four Arabs talking for 12 minutes about the portrayal of Arabs by Hollywood, yet not one of them dares to raise mention of the elephant in the living room: control of most of Hollywood by Jews, and Zionists.

It's a serious, and valid subject, and I'd have hoped Al Jazeera would have been able to raise it in an intellectual way. Such a discussion would no-doubt be quickly labeled "anti-semitism" by those with something to protect, but it's a real issue, that needs to be discussed properly. Weak.

[electango]

And how are Jewish people portrayed in films produced in Arab States or Iran? Only in the most Anti Semitic of ways. Maybe outreach efforts should be made by Arab and Persian film producers to get more accurate portayals of Jewish people in their films. But don't hold your breath. Arabs ask for fairness but deliver NOTHING in return.

[rezasantorini]

I see we can't address this issue...

[electango]

We can't? Are you afraid of the truth?

[thutmoseIII]

Khan is not arab.

[lastnymleft]

"Khan is not arab."

Fair enough. I stand corrected. He's a Brit born in Yemen of Pakistani extract. He is at least understanding of, and perhaps sympathetic to, the Arab position, making that four similar people talking.

And yet my point is still valid. In this 22+ minutes, not one mention of the elephant in the room: potential discrimination against Arabs, be it willful or otherwise, by Jews ubiquitous throughout the power structures of Hollywood.

[funcki]

ther 3 arabs n 1 paki

[super8hogan]

not all muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are muslim....thats why you see art imitating life by showing arabs in a bad light by casting them as villains

[simply2ghetto]

"not all muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are muslim."

Pretty ignorant comment buddy. You ever looked up ETA, or the IRA?

[super8hogan]

that was ignorant of me, sorry. I meant to say that all terrorists in THIS day and age are muslims. Muslims that interpret the quran literally are evil and backward thinking. My country has never been attaked by ETA or IRA that I know of. Many religions and cultures have been terrorists at one time or another, like christians in the Crusades. Thanks for the correction :)

[lastnymleft]

"I meant to say that all terrorists in THIS day and age are muslims"

Dude, you should have quit whilst you were behind! You are showing you ignorance.

There are HUNDREDS of conflicts going on around the world at present using "terrorist" tactics. You only get to hear about the ones that the MSM deign you should hear, because they fit the current narrative. The largest number of "terrorist" attacks in the world happens to be from the Tamil Tigers whom are most definitely NOT Muslim.

[LadyDamorea1]

The United States Government, the IRS, the Israeli Government and others are, by definition, terrorists. The vast majority of Muslims are just people doing the things that regular people all over the world do. They work, go to school, take care of their families, etc. They are just people...just like the majority of the rest of us humans.

[rezasantorini]

The vast majority of Jewish people are not working in Hollywood. They too are just people.

In fact in the world, very few Jews are in the oil business. Should Jews complain about this?

[xxashyy]

Well the higher up's in hollywood is very jewish. Also jews in hollywood make the final cut for most hollywood movies. At least you admit they built Hollywood. Most jews and theyre supporter wildly claim there are no jews in hollywood. Jews also do take part in terrorist acts just with US made weapons. Especially when they lobby are government for more sanctions on Iran.

[rezasantorini]

Yes, less than 15 million Jews control the world that consists of 2 Billion Muslims and myriads of others who do not support Judaism. No Muslims ask for sanctions against the US or Israel.

[xxashyy]

When will Hollywood make a movie about the crimes Israel commits on a daily basis to its neighbors? We all know the answer dont we. Im glad you also say that jews are 2% of us population. It doesnt reflect the reality the disproportionate amount of jewish influnce in Washington DC especially on the issue of foreign policy. Also they have a LOT influnce in the mainstream media here in the US. Thats just the fact of matter.

[rezasantorini]

Oh puhlease...you hear Jewish and go crazy. There are so many Muslims in this world, billions and you are afraid of 14.5 Jews. I am afraid of the effect of the oil rich Muslims...look what they are doing to the world economy and Americans. I expect they will ask us to kill off Jews.

[no34567]

I think you confused, the american economy is getting worse because of the war is killing the government's bugdet.

Also America doesn't buy most of its oil the Arabic countries.

yes there is only 14.5 Jews but they are backed up by the west..., there you go that makes billions.

[rezasantorini]

No, I'm not confused, I'm real. As a person who is from what you call Palestine, a Christian, I don't disagree the war is killing our budget as is the high prices we are paying for Muslim oil as punishment for supporting the minority Jews.

So what if we choose to back them, they are a minority...and they all vote, think and fight as a block, thus the billions in their block.

[rezasantorini]

Notice you don't like this statement. Even though it is truth....

[engsamash]

man ur comment is weird !! saudis will ask americans to kill jews!! this can't be used even for comedy movie script!!

[hardlyknown79]

I agree

[rezasantorini]

When Pallywood stops making their movies...see them all over the Arabic TV.

Well I don't believe in Islam...and I hate their demands to change the laws of other countries. Maybe the Jews are right and that is why it seems their influence is so strong.I'm sick and tired of this garbage, just because your opinion isn't the opinion of this country ... just do like everyone

else..vote. Each person has one vote and Jews are the minority.

[rezasantorini]

too bad if Jews are disproportionately educated and smart.

[rezasantorini]

Negatives because of truth?

[HaloedG]

Was Timothy McVeigh Arab? Cho Sung Hui? The Unabomber? Columbine assassins?

[mintou89]

This comes from an ignorant mind from an ignorant person who lives in ignorance. Look at your history first before judging others.

[mintou89]

You should thank the contribution of the islamic civilisation which triggered the renaissance in Europe (Chemistry, Algeria, Astronomy, Cryptography etc ..). The arabs have taught the europeeans how to wash themslves too.

[justletuslive]

at last some news actually talk about this.