Eroticizationof the Arab“other”Sitting onbarrels ofoil /bucketsof money“Civilized”sheik“Loveconquersall”Homoeroticism/Queerbaiting:Lesbian Harem“Boy”:InfantilizationWhitemansolvesmysteryOppressedarabwomenveiledwomenbeing“freed”Maps/Mapping of“untamed”landAncientdiscoveryVirgin/UntouchedlandsHumanitarian/MilitaryInterventionlight /darkdichotomyFrigidWhiteWomanPost 9/11racialambiguity“Lawlessbarbarian”Arab manHarems!/PolygamyRape andrescuefantasyArabWoman “inheat”(animalistic)InterracialanxietyThe “chic”arab maleCulturallyunspecific“desertwear”Tall, dark,anddangerousEroticizationof the Arab“other”Sitting onbarrels ofoil /bucketsof money“Civilized”sheik“Loveconquersall”Homoeroticism/Queerbaiting:Lesbian Harem“Boy”:InfantilizationWhitemansolvesmysteryOppressedarabwomenveiledwomenbeing“freed”Maps/Mapping of“untamed”landAncientdiscoveryVirgin/UntouchedlandsHumanitarian/MilitaryInterventionlight /darkdichotomyFrigidWhiteWomanPost 9/11racialambiguity“Lawlessbarbarian”Arab manHarems!/PolygamyRape andrescuefantasyArabWoman “inheat”(animalistic)InterracialanxietyThe “chic”arab maleCulturallyunspecific“desertwear”Tall, dark,anddangerous

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