DEARBORN, Mich.

The Arab American National Museum is opening an exhibit focusing on the generation of children who are growing since the 9/11 attacks. The project, “In the Heart of Arab America,” was sponsored by the Asian American Journalists Assn. and called The Living Textbook. The museum also has an online exhibit titled “Reclaiming Identity: Dismantling Arab Stereotypes.”

The museum notes that Turner Classic Movies is presenting “Arab Images on Film” on Tuesday and Thursday nights in July as part of its Race and Hollywood project.

Films include the silent era (“The Sea Hawk” 1924), Arabs as villains (“Sinbad the Sailor,” 1947), epics (“Lawrence of Arabia,” 1962), Arabs as a subject of ridicule (“Road to Morocco,” 1942), Arab maidens (“Kismet,” 1944), Arabs as sheiks (“The Wind and the Lion,” 1975), even-handed portrayals (“Five Graves to Cairo,” 1943) and images from outside Hollywood (“Battle of Algiers,” 1966).

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Detail: “Flame of Araby” Credit: Arab American National Museum

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