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Maha Shahid

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#artificial intelligence Preprint Jun 2026

Computational Orientalism: Measuring Structural Discourse Bias in Large Language Models Using the Middle East Cultural Sensitivity Score (MECSS)

The Middle East Cultural Sensitivity Score (MECSS) is introduced, a framework that turns Said's seven Orientalist operations into measurable dimensions, and the term "Said-washing" for a specific failure: a model that disclaims generalization, then reproduces the structure it disclaimed.

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