![]() Early Hollywood films such as “ The Sheik” and “ Arabian Nights” portrayed the Middle East as a monolithic fantasy land – a magical desert filled with genies, flying carpets and rich men living in opulent palaces with their harem girls. Orientalism in Hollywood has a long history. A movie poster for the 1921 film ‘The Sheik.’ Library of Congress
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