| Summary: | Since the period followed the September 11 in 2001 attack, and the second Palestinian uprising in
2000, Hollywood has produced many movies representing the Arab. The representation was shown in
certain positions and scenes in the movie to give a certain meaning. Further, most of these previous
studies have studied the personality in Hollywood movies combined with Arab characters. However,
this study seeks to explore the behavioural attributes of the Palestinian character represented in
Hollywood feature movies from the year 2000 to 2014 in detailed analysis. A literature analysis
reviewed Arab representations in Hollywood movies. The quantitative approach is adopted as well as
the data has been collected by employing the quantitative content analysis through using a coding
sheet. The sample selection of this study is total population sampling. The unit analysis is 71 scenes
that include and involve Palestinian character(s) within the five Hollywood feature movies. This study
has approved that after the second Palestinian uprising in 2000 and September 2001 attack, the
Palestinian behavioural attributes began to change. Thus, the behavioural attributes of The Palestinian
character have represented in more complexity than the previous representation. Additionally, this
study has observed that, after the September attack, Hollywood has modified the Palestinian
behavioural representation.
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