In Evelyn Asultany's introduction the her book "Arabs and Muslims in the media", she speaks about how the group was represented before and after the events of 9/11. Before, they were represented with lots of negative Arab men were usually displayed as crazy oil sheiks. Later that image evolved into rich oil sheiks that were terrorist. On the other hand, the women at first were represented as over sexualized belly dancers and oppressed women. Later their image had change to sneaky and dangerous terrorists and bombers.