American Heart

Novel, by Laura Moriarty, published by HarperTeen (2018) As Muslims across the

Sweetness in the Belly

Novel by Camilla Gibb, published by Random House (2007) Sweetness in

Hala

Hala, released today, December 6, on Apple TV Plus, follows a Pakistani-American hijabi teenager

The Moroccan Girl

Novel by Charles Cumming, published by St Martin’s Press (2019)

Tangerine

Novel by Christine Mangan, published by Little, Brown (2018).

Beneath a Burning Sky

Novel by Jenny Ashcroft, published by Sphere (2016)

Bodyguard (BBC)

I get it, it’s hard to resist the furrowed brow of principal protection officer

Queen of the Desert

Sand whipping against endless dunes.

Aladdin (2019)

It’s a battle between the heart and mind when it comes to Aladdin.

Elite

On first impression, this Spanish series seems to promise nuanced Muslim characterisation, and a dramatization that challenges the racism that Arabs face in Spain. Alas...

London Has Fallen

London Has Fallen (2016), a sequel to the 2013 Olympus Has Fallen, is little more than a tribute to the Good American/Bad Arab dichotomy that plagued the 90s.

Orange Is The New Black – Season 7

Stacey Meets the IS Brides – BBC Panorama

Stacey Dooley, a British reality show participant turned documentary maker, travels to northern Syria to speak with European women who had emigrated to live under ISIS rule, but who now live in Kurdish-run camps.