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Jack Shaheen(1935-2017)

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Against the chaotic backdrop of ongoing war and conflict in the Middle East and rising fears of terrorism in the West, the makers of the critically-acclaimed documentaries Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land and Edward Said: On Orientalism have produ
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Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006)
Jack Shaheen was born on 21 September 1935 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for Syriana (2005), Gibran: Beyond Borders and Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006). He was married to Bernice. He died on 9 July 2017 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
BornSeptember 21, 1935
DiedJuly 9, 2017(81)
BornSeptember 21, 1935
DiedJuly 9, 2017(81)
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Syriana (2005)
Syriana
6.8
  • Additional Crew(as Dr. Jack G. Shaheen)
  • 2005
Gibran: Beyond Borders
Gibran: Beyond Borders
  • Production Department
    Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006)
    Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People
    7.4
    Video
    • Writer
    • 2006
    Dee Bradley Baker, Farnaz Esnaashari-Charmatz, Alina Foley, Eva Bella, and Isabella Crovetti in Shimmer and Shine (2015)
    Shimmer and Shine
    5.2
    TV Series
    • Additional Crew(as Jack G. Shaheen Ph.D.)

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    • Dee Bradley Baker, Farnaz Esnaashari-Charmatz, Alina Foley, Eva Bella, and Isabella Crovetti in Shimmer and Shine (2015)
      Shimmer and Shine
      5.2
      TV Series
      • cultural advisor (as Jack G. Shaheen Ph.D.)
      • 2015
    • Syriana (2005)
      Syriana
      6.8
      • technical consultant (as Dr. Jack G. Shaheen)
      • 2005

    Writer

    • Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006)
      Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People
      7.4
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2006

    Production Department

    • Gibran: Beyond Borders
      • production advisor
      • Pre-production

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    Reel Bad Arabs
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    Reel Bad Arabs

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Jack G. Shaheen Ph.D.
    • Born
      • September 21, 1935
      • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Died
      • July 9, 2017
      • Charleston, South Carolina, USA(cancer)
    • Spouse
      • Bernice1966 - July 9, 2017 (his death, 2 children)
    • Other works
      Hosted, with Robert Osborne, Turner Classic Movies' festival "Arab Images on Film". Each Tuesday and Thursday during the month, they introduced and discussed a number of movies featuring various Arab stereotypes.

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      Received a bachelors degree from what was then Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. After Army service in Germany, he earned a master's degree in theater from Pennsylvania State University and a doctorate in communications from the University of Missouri.

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