Women In the Media Facing East Facing West Dr Zahera Harb City, University of London Zahera.harb.1@city.ac.uk

“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).

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.

The Orientalist ‘other’ and the oppressed Arab women

Rima KAraki

Rima KAraki http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/femail/video-1165681/Rima-Karaki-shuts-scholar-tells-shut- up.html

Memri

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).

Counter Hate Speech against women

Harm and offence