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"The Turkish Soap Opera "Noor", More Real than Life" - Qantara

Julien Paris-2008-08-21-OpenEdition (OpenEdition)
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" From Saudi Arabia to Morocco: Every evening the Turkish series "Noor" draws millions of people to their television sets. The show is about love, intimacy and equality; no social taboo is ignored. Some see in "Noor" proof of social change, others only fiction. Alfred Hackensberger reports [...] This is male behavior that women here only know from Western film productions and that does not occur in Arab TV productions. For many female viewers gentle Mohannad is a male ideal. "Our society", ex...

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" From Saudi Arabia to Morocco: Every evening the Turkish series "Noor" draws millions of people to their television sets. The show is about love, intimacy and equality; no social taboo is ignored. Some see in "Noor" proof of social change, others only fiction. Alfred Hackensberger reports [...] This is male behavior that women here only know from Western film productions and that does not occur in Arab TV productions. For many female viewers gentle Mohannad is a male ideal. "Our society", ex...

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TurkishTabooOperaEveningIdeal (ethics)Social lifeMedia studiesSociology

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