{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Twist Islamophobia","provider_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en","author_name":"Essraa Nawar","author_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/author\/essraa-nawar\/","title":"What nobody tells you about Muslims and Arabs - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"HjHNLjZEEa\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2016\/01\/15\/what-nobody-tells-you-about-muslims-and-arabs\/\">What nobody tells you about Muslims and Arabs<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2016\/01\/15\/what-nobody-tells-you-about-muslims-and-arabs\/embed\/#?secret=HjHNLjZEEa\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What nobody tells you about Muslims and Arabs&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"HjHNLjZEEa\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hijab-fav-500x374.jpg","thumbnail_width":500,"thumbnail_height":374,"description":"At times, being Muslim will mean to have to explain certain things about your religious believes to the rest of the world. This is a way of fighting misconceptions about this religion, those general wide\u2011spread, but terribly mistaken, assumptions people have about Islam. In this article, Essra Nawar develops some of the main aspects of Islam she feels that need the most explaining, including the relation between Muslims and\/or Arabs and Americans, the stance of Islam towards Muslim or the Muslims\u2019 rejection of terrorism: For a long time, media scholars and researchers across the world have been talking about\u00a0&#8220;The three B syndrome&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0in which Muslims and\/or Arabs\u00a0are always being portrayed as one of the three B&#8217;s: billionaire, bomber, and belly dancer. I can also add &#8220;terrorists, bedouins and uneducated.&#8221; It frustrates me as an Arab American to see that we are portrayed in a way that is far away from reality, and no matter how hard Arabs and\/or Muslims are trying to fight these misconceptions, it is still really a challenge to erase them knowing how effective the media is on every household whether we like it or not. According to\u00a0Dr. Sahar Khamis, Associate Professor of Communication at the University of ..."}