‘Amreeka’ serves to remind us of the far-reaching implications of American mass media
Amreeka Directed by Cherien Dabis Screenplay by Cherien Dabis 2009, USA There is an obvious correlation between the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the rise in Islamaphobia across the United States. Arabs (or anyone Arab-looking) who had already established their lives in the States before that year suddenly found themselves the target of racial prejudice, …