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Gaming Islam

@gamingislamshow.bsky.social

two professors (@ghenwa.bsky.social & @doostdar.bsky.social) talk about videogames and their complicated relationship to Islam, Muslims, and the Middle East tinyurl.com/IntroducingGamingIslam

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Dr. Stephennie Mulder @stephenniem.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Our panel Gaming Islamic History has made it to the first selection round for @sxsw.com! Want to see gaming embrace richer, more accurate representations of the Islamic world? Vote for us! @gamingislamshow.bsky.social sxsw: tinyurl.com/gamingislamS... sxsw edu: tinyurl.com/gamingislami...

An image from Assassin’s Creed: Mirage depicting a street scene with people in the foreground, a palm tree on the left, green domed buildings in the background, and the words Gaming Islamic History in white at center. Pink banners at top and bottom bear the text SXSW 2026 March 12-18, Austin, Texas: VOTE NOW PANEL PICKER PROPOSAL and Community Voting August 5-24

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Gaming Islam @gamingislamshow.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Do you want to hear more about Gaming Islam? Vote for our panel @sxsw.com, and @sxswedu.com ! SXSW: tinyurl.com/gamingislamS... SXSW edu: tinyurl.com/gamingislami...

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Gaming Islam @gamingislamshow.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Where does the iconography of flags in CoD come from? Learn more ‪@VideoGamingIslam‬ #cod #callofduty #gaming 🎮

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The Flags & Killers of Call of Duty

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Gaming Islam @gamingislamshow.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Who caused the Highway of Death? Why does Call of Duty use real-world events, but re-write their perpetrators? Watch @VideoGamingIslam to find out more! 🎮 #cod #callofduty

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Rewriting History in Call of Duty

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Gaming Islam @gamingislamshow.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

We break down the Orientalist imaginations behind gendered stereotypes. In the episode, we show how Heaven's Vault tries to push back against the image of the harem girl in its central character, Aliya Elasra. 🎮 #gaming #orientalism #sexuality

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Sex and Orientalism

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Gaming Islam @gamingislamshow.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Gaming Islam's first episode takes on the juggernaut Call of Duty: Modern Warfare www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtel...

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CoD: Modern Warfare - 1 Introduction

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Gaming Islam @gamingislamshow.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

We have a new episode on @gamingislamshow discussing orientalism in video games, with a focus on inkle studios' Heaven's Vault. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfHc...

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Heaven's Vault - 1 Introduction

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