Middle American Culture
Henry Duong
Political Science 139
Professor Bordenkircher
Analytic Paper
Pop American Culture Vs Middle East Culture
In Richard Poplak’s the Sheikh’s Bat mobile he shares with us a variation of stories about his two-year tour throughout the middle east. Poplak embarks on this trip in order to see what happens when our pop culture meets the Muslim world. Each country Poplak visits he shares his occurrences and exchanges with over hundreds of people. Richard Poplak wants to know how his American obsessions have made their way into the Muslim world. Through his interactions with influential Arabs and Muslims we were able to see a cultural homogenization. The diversity of these cultures and their adoption of American culture leaves us to consider …show more content…
This created a lot of problems for Disney so they worked to make films international for all audiences. These films were all were originally western films but translated and scripted to different languages for all audiences. This did bring both positive and negative repercussions because some audiences were offended and some weren’t. Poplak then meets with a man named Amro Hosny who also specialized in Arabizing many Disney movies and other projects. He works with pop-culture American and converts them to be sensible for Egyptians. Hosny argues that Egyptians are very similar to Americans because they are a mixture of different cultures. Unlike classical Arabic which is very pure and doesn’t accept images from different cultures. Poplak began to to understand where Hosny was coming from. Compared to Disney shows and movies, he felt that The American Dream was very important to the people. Through these shows they were able to understand what it was like to be an American. It helped them feel unified with the western culture because on these shows they often portrayed the way Americans would
Political Science 139
Professor Bordenkircher
Analytic Paper
Pop American Culture Vs Middle East Culture
In Richard Poplak’s the Sheikh’s Bat mobile he shares with us a variation of stories about his two-year tour throughout the middle east. Poplak embarks on this trip in order to see what happens when our pop culture meets the Muslim world. Each country Poplak visits he shares his occurrences and exchanges with over hundreds of people. Richard Poplak wants to know how his American obsessions have made their way into the Muslim world. Through his interactions with influential Arabs and Muslims we were able to see a cultural homogenization. The diversity of these cultures and their adoption of American culture leaves us to consider …show more content…
This created a lot of problems for Disney so they worked to make films international for all audiences. These films were all were originally western films but translated and scripted to different languages for all audiences. This did bring both positive and negative repercussions because some audiences were offended and some weren’t. Poplak then meets with a man named Amro Hosny who also specialized in Arabizing many Disney movies and other projects. He works with pop-culture American and converts them to be sensible for Egyptians. Hosny argues that Egyptians are very similar to Americans because they are a mixture of different cultures. Unlike classical Arabic which is very pure and doesn’t accept images from different cultures. Poplak began to to understand where Hosny was coming from. Compared to Disney shows and movies, he felt that The American Dream was very important to the people. Through these shows they were able to understand what it was like to be an American. It helped them feel unified with the western culture because on these shows they often portrayed the way Americans would