Orientalism & Popular Culture: Discussing the Repercussions of Female Discourse

The stigmatization that now comes with being associated with Muslims (post 9/11) has influenced the lives of many Muslim women as well as their cultural and personal relationships. Muslim men have now become tools in the demonizing and oppression of women of Islam through media scrutiny and imprecise illustrations. The depiction of aspects of Islam and its men by the Western media especially has aided in the many preconceived notions of Muslim women. Many people who are not aware of the background behind Islam have defined it by the truths they believe represent a collective group of men and women


After 9/11 the assumption that Muslim women were bound by their culture and its practices came into play as images of veiled women were produced on the covers of magazines, newspapers, and television screens