In this article, the author focuses on the issue of terrorism—especially its performative aspect—and how media representations deal with the loaded image of the Palestinian female suicide bomber and her message. With regard to Western media, the author aims is to show the constructed nature of the label terrorist, especially as it stands in stark contrast to the highly coded and constructed label woman. The author claims that both terms represent ideological expectations of performance rather than reflect actual actions or natural (maybe even essential) states of being in the world. In the case of the Arab media, the term shaheeda (martyr) enables people to bypass the loaded deviation from traditional gendered roles and as such mythicizes actions taken rather than engaging with their gender politics. In contrast to news media, filmic representations from Israel and Palestine provide a much more nuanced and complex view of terrorism and the place of women in it. Those images sometimes challenge media stereotypes and sometimes employ them to diverse political ends.