It is worth to mentionmentioning that in the book we can find digression about Western nations that falsified news about the East for their gain. A lot of stereotypes have been spread across the WesternWest. He has described a relationship between Europe’s power over the East, and how the knowledge about the Orient has been shaped. The West has become better, humane, progressive, and Orient cruel, worse, unable to self-define. Napoleon should be saddled as an example; the one who led an expedition to Egypt in which more than 150 scientists also have takentook a part in it. Later, they became Orientalists who were responsible for protecting trade between Egypt and France. They all contributed to portrayedportray the Koran just to note that the French army had had great influence on the Oriental nation.
The orientalism
Orientalism
rules are still seen in the present life. The best example is „the"the concept of Arab”Arab" that shaped during the oil crisis (people think of ArabsArabs as less civilized to justify American intervention). Furthermore, I believe that everyone is aware of stereotypes among Muslims. Polarized media represent the Arabs as violent, and belonging to the religion which doesn’t identify them with western sensibilities. Said expresses the meaning of orientalism that doesn’t remain limited only to Asia and the Middle East but also reaches out into individual shaping community identities. The non-western world has been describingdescribed as the world of terror, demonization and even vulnerability.

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