light /darkdichotomyEroticizationof the Arab“other”Humanitarian/MilitaryInterventionFrigidWhiteWomanveiledwomenbeing“freed”Homoeroticism/Queerbaiting:Lesbian HaremAncientdiscoveryOppressedarabwomen“Civilized”sheikHarems!/PolygamySitting onbarrels ofoil /bucketsof money“Boy”:InfantilizationRape andrescuefantasyPost 9/11racialambiguity“Lawlessbarbarian”Arab manInterracialanxietyTall, dark,anddangerousThe “chic”arab maleArabWoman “inheat”(animalistic)“Loveconquersall”Maps/Mapping of“untamed”landWhitemansolvesmysteryCulturallyunspecific“desertwear”Virgin/Untouchedlandslight /darkdichotomyEroticizationof the Arab“other”Humanitarian/MilitaryInterventionFrigidWhiteWomanveiledwomenbeing“freed”Homoeroticism/Queerbaiting:Lesbian HaremAncientdiscoveryOppressedarabwomen“Civilized”sheikHarems!/PolygamySitting onbarrels ofoil /bucketsof money“Boy”:InfantilizationRape andrescuefantasyPost 9/11racialambiguity“Lawlessbarbarian”Arab manInterracialanxietyTall, dark,anddangerousThe “chic”arab maleArabWoman “inheat”(animalistic)“Loveconquersall”Maps/Mapping of“untamed”landWhitemansolvesmysteryCulturallyunspecific“desertwear”Virgin/Untouchedlands

Orientalist Fantasy - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. light /dark dichotomy
  2. Eroticization of the Arab “other”
  3. Humanitarian /Military Intervention
  4. Frigid White Woman
  5. veiled women being “freed”
  6. Homoeroticism/ Queerbaiting: Lesbian Harem
  7. Ancient discovery
  8. Oppressed arab women
  9. “Civilized” sheik
  10. Harems!/ Polygamy
  11. Sitting on barrels of oil /buckets of money
  12. “Boy”: Infantilization
  13. Rape and rescue fantasy
  14. Post 9/11 racial ambiguity
  15. “Lawless barbarian” Arab man
  16. Interracial anxiety
  17. Tall, dark, and dangerous
  18. The “chic” arab male
  19. Arab Woman “in heat” (animalistic)
  20. “Love conquers all”
  21. Maps/ Mapping of “untamed” land
  22. White man solves mystery
  23. Culturally unspecific “desert wear”
  24. Virgin/ Untouched lands