LOS ANGELES -- A full house has turned out at the Directors Guild of America for the L.A. premiere of the new documentary Reel Bad Arabs, which makes the case that Hollywood is obsessed with the three Bs -- belly dancers, billionaire sheiks and bombers -- in a largely unchallenged vilification of Middle Easterners here and abroad.
In every movie they make, every time an Arab utters the word Allah? Something blows up, says Eyad Zahra, a young filmmaker who organized the screening this week with the support of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Arabs aren't always vilified in the movies.
In "Lawrence of Arabia," Omar Sharif, right, appeared as Sherif Ali with Peter O'Toole. LOS ANGELES -- A full house has turned out at the Directors Guild of America for the L.A.
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