Videos – Evelyn Alsultany

“How Did the ‘Us Versus Them’ Narrative That Targeted Muslims After 9/11 Get Started?” NBCLX, September 11, 2021.

This professor co-created a test that you can use to measure how accurately a film or TV show is depicting Muslims.

Since Sept. 11, she says, Hollywood's representation of Arabs and Muslims has been improving, but only because of protest. pic.twitter.com/jVkCbrczoS
— AJ+ (@ajplus) October 6, 2021

“Why Muslim Representation in Hollywood Matters,” Inside the Issues with Alex Cohen, July 21, 2021.

Abrar Al-Heeti, “Hollywood is slowly working to rectify decades of Muslim misrepresentation,” CNET, March 1, 2021.

Watch the full interview here

“Pop Culture Representations of Muslims: They’re Better, But How Can They Improve?” USC Dornsife College of Letters and Sciences, September 18, 2020.

Professor Alsultany scripted and voiced this educational video for the BBC’s The A to Z of Isms on Edward Said’s concept of “Orientalism,” October 19, 2018.

Professor Alsultany presenting on “How do we move from stereotypes to more complex characters?” as an invited panelist for Transforming Hollywood 7 Conference: Diversifying Entertainment, UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television and USC School of Cinematic Arts, October 21, 2016.