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