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posted on 2014-08-14, 09:27 authored by Mahfoud AmaraThe aim of this paper is to explore and to compare different international media
accounts about the presence of veiled athletes in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
In other words, to uncover whether the discourse of clash of cultures or that of
cross-cultural dialogue has shaped their position about Islam, Muslim identities,
Muslim women and the Muslim world in general. Furthermore, from the
perspective of media in the Arab and the Muslim world, the purpose of
the analysis is to explore their responses to international media, and to investigate
their positions in relation to the host nation (China), Asian culture and the
Olympics.
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