do Arab women need to be saved by Turkish TV?
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Bitch
- Magazine Year
- 2009
- Magazine Number
- 44
- Creator
- Mullaney, Annette
- Thesaurus
- soaps, Turks, islam, vrouwbeelden, normen, Arabische wereld, 2000-2009, 21e eeuw
- Description
- Summer 2008 saw a new phenomenon explode across living rooms of the Arab world: the Turkish television series. Noor, a Turkish soap opera, as well as its predecessor, Sanawat al-Daya, have struck an insistent chord with female viewers. The characters on Noor are Muslim. Though they fast during Ramadan, they also drink alcohol and have premarital sex.