Latin muhajjibah: Spitting Dialectal Analysis

wildunicornherd:

After doubts and investigations by Andy Carvin of NPR, Liz Henry, and Ali Abunimah and Benjamin Doherty of Electronic Intifada, Tom MacMaster confesses to fabricating Amina. Despite the title of the post, he is far from apologetic, declaring that “I do not believe that I have harmed anyone” and criticizing Western readers:

This experience has sadly only confirmed my feelings regarding the often superficial coverage of the Middle East and the pervasiveness of new forms of liberal Orientalism.

If passing yourself off as an Arab lesbian isn’t a “new form of liberal Orientalism”, what is?