Ryerson University Digital Commons @ Ryerson Theses and dissertations 1-1-2008 New Orientalism: Depictions of Muslims in the Canadian Media Hanan Harb Ryerson University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ryerson.ca/dissertations Part of the Race and Ethnicity Commons Recommended Citation Harb, Hanan, "New Orientalism: Depictions of Muslims in the Canadian Media" (2008). Theses and dissertations. Paper 96. This Major Research Paper is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ Ryerson. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Ryerson. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. NEW ORIENTALISM: DEPICTIONS OF MUSLIMS IN THE CANADIAN MEDIA by Hanan Harb BA, University of Toronto, 2007 A Major Research Paper presented to Ryerson University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in the Program of Immigration and Settlement Studies Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2008 © Hanan Harb 2008 Author’s Declaration I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this major research paper. I authorize Ryerson University to lend this paper to other institutions or individuals for the purpose of scholarly research. ___________________________________ Signature I further authorize Ryerson University to reproduce this paper by photocopying or by other means, in total or in part, at the request of other institutions or individuals for the purpose of scholarly research. _______________________________________ Signature ii NEW ORIENTALISM: DEPICTIONS OF MUSLIMS IN THE CANADIAN MEDIA © Hanan Harb 2008 Masters of Arts Immigration and Settlement Studies Ryerson University ABSTRACT This paper seeks to examine the topic of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism that is currently present in reports of mainstream media and the implications it has on the lives of people in the Muslim community in Canada.