Walt Disney asked to stop insulting Arabs and Muslims
Regional, Business, 10/11/1997

The Artistic Professions Syndicate issued a statement in which it warned Walt Disney against producing more works containing insults to the Arabs.

The Chairman of the Syndicate Abdel Gaffar Aouda called on the Arab League to take the necessary measures to force the company to respect the Arabs in its works. The statement stressed the importance of correcting the image of the Arabs in the western media.

Walt Disney's work "Aladdin" contained insults to Arabs and a song that describes the Arab world as one in which women¹s ears are torn in a brutal way. Walt Disney also produced other works in which the Arabs are shown as barbarians and having no conscience.

The statement criticized the Arab companies that deal with Walt Disney. The statement called on all companies and institutions to stop all kinds of dealings with the company and to stop the participation of the Arab artists with their voices in Walt Disney¹s programs as these programs are distributed on the computer systems with insults to Arabs.

There are growing calls for the adoption of economic sanctions against Disney such as an official boycott of the company's products, and the growing desire to send a clear message to other media outlets. "the Arabs will no longer tolerate such constant and unbalanced portrayals of them in the US dominated world-media to the benefit of Hollywood insiders whose agenda is to damage Arab political and other interests at every opportunity," said one one member.

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