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Netflix: The School of Atheism, Obscenity

and Homosexuality

Martina Nabil
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generations get used to this type of ideas despite having well-
established values and principles, however, the influence of
Netflix started in 1997 as a video rental and media streaming company
these ideas has already begun to spread, especially for those
and gradually expanded until it had a global presence. It had its first
who do not have moral or religious constants, and from here
original production in 2012, so Netflix produces many programs,
we are facing an important dilemma, the fluctuation of
series and movies, also it shows other companies’ production on its
principles and values for the current generations will reflect
own channel online. Despite featuring stories thatattract millions of
negatively on the present and future generations.
viewers and a spectacular dramatic context, it puts ideas that don’t fit
with general values and principles specially with the Arab world
The idea of atheism is also encouraged indirectly, Netflix
viewers and try to plant those ideas gradually to be a natural situation
viewed and producedmore than one movie its basic idea is to
in a while. We found out that youth specially in the Arab world
ridicule and contempt of one of the divine religions, after the
directed to foreign programs, series and movies in a wide range.
first film was released in Brazil, itstirred up controversy and
over a million people signed to remove the movie, and yet it
Netflix contains a special section for homosexual movies and series, in
won the International Emmys in 2019 in the comedy category,
addition to the fact that most of the other series and films, if not all of
and another film on the same idea was shown as the beginning
them, publish ideas of homosexuality and obscenity, those who are
to reduce, this is considered asreducing the sanctity of divine
exposed to bullying, attract the viewer sympathy and attention, the
religions andmanipulating the ideas of young people in the
idea is instilled in this perspective in most ofthe series and films that
name of freedom of expression.
are viewed and produced on Netflix, by bringing in a homosexual
person who is being bullied and crystallizing the idea that his behavior
The lifestyle that the current generation chooses will affect
and ideas are justified and correct and a reaction to bullying so
future generations. Likewise, the system of values, principles
homosexuality must be accepted and contained,hence homosexuality
and ideas adopted by our generation are reflected in the future,
is encouraged and not finding a radical solution to that it, but rather
and it is the right of that generation to mature in a cohesive
over-supporting it, what is worth mentioning is that many problems
society, and each of us has an ethical duty that must be
have appeared in the Arab world in the current period, which included
preserved, and therefore discussion of ideas and various issues
support and defense of the idea of homosexuality, versus severe
are considered a necessity, but the duty is to try to reach
attacks on homosexuals, and even the use of violence and vulgar
solutions to these problems and ideas. In the end, there are
words as a mean to prevent the spread of homosexuality , but what
many opinions about what Netflix offers, and there is a
should be the matter is that rejection is to reject an idea and try to find
category that indicates that Netflix displays diversity in
Nourhan Osama, Youstina Ebeid, Maries Adel, Nadeen Hesham, Nouran Hossam, Mostafa Sayyed, Reem
a solution to it, not to reject the individual itself or use violence against
societies, and what is controversial is if diversity is presented,
him, and also the idea should not be supported and this is what must
then why are certain ideas encouraged and the real question is:
Omran , Zeina Tarek, Hana Henien, Hania Bahaa, Yassmine Gamal Hussein, Salma Bayoumi, Mariam Sultan,
be passed on to future generations. The first original production in the
Does it spread these ideas about homosexuality, obscenity and
Nada Hosny, Jozeph George , Farah Ezz Eldin, Aliyaa Assem, Assile Mostafa, Rana Doss, Mirna Ossama,
Arab world for Netflix was in 2019, it was a Jordanian series, and it
atheism for the sake of Commercial purpose or to inculcate
sparked controversy and criticism because it contained disgraceful
Farah Islam, Zeina Arafa. ideas and turn them into principles for future generations?
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