Saed Maher Adeeb Jnaidi1
Abstract
Since the period following the September 11 in 2001 attack, and the second Palestinian uprising in 2000, Hollywood has produced many movies representing the Arab, whether related totally to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict or partially related to the Palestinian character. The representation was shown in certain positions and scenes in the movie to give a certain meaning. Many studies have examined the integration of personality and the Palestinian cause in Hollywood movies combined with Arab characters. However, this study seeks to examine the Palestinian character’s narration represented in Hollywood movies from 2000 to 2014 in detailed analysis. A literature analysis reviewed the Arab representations in Hollywood movies. The quantitative approach is adopted as well as the data has been collected by employing a quantitative content analysis through using a coding sheet. The sample selection of this study is total population sampling which are 5 Hollywood movies. the content analysis identified the unit analysis is 71 scenes which involve Palestinian character(s) within them selected movie. This study found that, the depiction of Palestinian- related characters in these movies began to change after the period that followed the second Palestinian uprising in 2000 and the September 2001 attack, the Palestinian depiction began to change. Thus, The Palestinian characters’ narration was represented in more complexity than the previous representation. Additionally, this study has observed that, after the attack, Hollywood has modified the Palestinian characters’ narration. Generally, there is no agreement on one frame of the Palestinian characters’ narration among the filmmakers.