![]() ![]() The domination of Western capitalism reflects European/American culture as distinctive and liberal in comparison to other cultures. This neoliberal geopolitics, or neo-orientalist approach, has supported capitalistic economic ideologies in the way it has historically emerged. Thompson’s graphic novel presents a political message in the context of social activism that has advanced the rationality of post-9/11 escalatory foreign policy in the Middle East. This phenomenon created a polarized spectrum of power using a binary approach of West versus East. Consequently, societies have evolved ways of labeling inclusion and exclusion based on the following factors: economic, political, ideological, societal, and cultural domination of another population. The West, fueled by its power, has managed to control the East. ![]() For the past century, the political turmoil in the Middle East has been caused to a large extent by Western geopolitical interests in the region (Ehteshami 2007, 123). Author: Safa Al-shammary University of GranadaĬraig Thompson’s Habibi (2011) is an American graphic novel based on a romantic fable that is set in an imaginary and modern Middle Eastern country. ![]()
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