Humanitarian/MilitaryInterventionRape andrescuefantasyveiledwomenbeing“freed”InterracialanxietyVirgin/Untouchedlands“Loveconquersall”WhitemansolvesmysteryArabWoman “inheat”(animalistic)light /darkdichotomyCulturallyunspecific“desertwear”The “chic”arab maleOppressedarabwomenMaps/Mapping of“untamed”land“Civilized”sheikTall, dark,anddangerousPost 9/11racialambiguityHarems!/PolygamyHomoeroticism/Queerbaiting:Lesbian HaremAncientdiscoverySitting onbarrels ofoil /bucketsof moneyFrigidWhiteWoman“Boy”:InfantilizationEroticizationof the Arab“other”“Lawlessbarbarian”Arab manHumanitarian/MilitaryInterventionRape andrescuefantasyveiledwomenbeing“freed”InterracialanxietyVirgin/Untouchedlands“Loveconquersall”WhitemansolvesmysteryArabWoman “inheat”(animalistic)light /darkdichotomyCulturallyunspecific“desertwear”The “chic”arab maleOppressedarabwomenMaps/Mapping of“untamed”land“Civilized”sheikTall, dark,anddangerousPost 9/11racialambiguityHarems!/PolygamyHomoeroticism/Queerbaiting:Lesbian HaremAncientdiscoverySitting onbarrels ofoil /bucketsof moneyFrigidWhiteWoman“Boy”:InfantilizationEroticizationof the Arab“other”“Lawlessbarbarian”Arab man

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