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Jack Shaheen
American media scholar and journalist (1935–2017)
Jack George Shaheen Jr. (Arabic: جاك جورج شاهين; September 21, 1935 – July 9, 2017) was an American writer and lecturer specializing in addressing racial and ethnic stereotypes.
Reel bad arabs jack shaheen biography
He authored Reel Bad Arabs (adapted to a 2006 documentary), The TV Arab (1984) and Arab and Muslim Stereotyping in American Popular Culture (1997).[1]
Early life and education
Shaheen was born in Pittsburgh to Lebanese Christian immigrants, and grew up in Clairton, Pennsylvania.[2][3][4][5]
Shaheen graduated from Clairton High School in 1953.
In 1957, he graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. In 1964, he received a master's degree from Pennsylvania State University. In 1969, Shaheen received a PhD from the University of Missouri.[1][6]
Career
Shaheen's work focused on racism and orientalism, particularly in popular cul