the history of “belly dancing” and how a cultural/traditional dance became fetishized by the rest of the world 🧵 Belly dancing is a traditional dance from Egypt and dates back to Ancient Egyptians. The name itself is a western name since it’s actually called Raqs Baladi in Egypt and has different styles. The traditional clothing of the dance is more covered and not the westernized costume.

Disney’s long history of oreintalism/racism towards West Asians + Egyptians and erasure; a thread 🧵



Orientalism, based on the definition by Edward Said, is a "created body of theory and practice" which constructs images of the Orient or the East directed toward those in the West.

rewatched aladdin, a thread about everything wrong w that movie and how it harms arabs especially arab women🧵



DISCLAIMER: this thread focuses on the characters ethnicity NOT to claim the movie (its VERY racist), but to have a conversation about the harmful stereotypes that went unnoticed for far too long

Everything wrong with this “costume”; a thread 🧵

This thread will b focusing ONLY on this costume. There are many ways that women in swana are sexualized and fetishized and this is only one of them.

The image the west painted about arabs and SWANA ppl centuries ago, how is it still used today, and why is that image harmful to SWANA groups🧵 First of all, what is Orientalism? based on the definition by Edward Said, orientalism is a "created body of theory and practice" which constructs images of the Orient or the East directed toward those in the West.