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(Feb. 4, 2011) "The birth pangs of a new Middle East." That was how then-Secretary of…
Obama starts well with Muslims but must do more
CAIRO (March 16, 2009) -- Perceptions are a critical piece of the foreign policy matrix. From the…
The Murrow Option for U.S. Public Diplomacy
By Lawrence Pintak and William Rugh CAIRO (Feb. 17, 2009): Almost 50 years ago, President John F.…
Misreading the Arab Media
(May 25, 2008) “ARABIC TV does not do our country justice,” President Bush complained in…
Middle East Heading for a New Cold War?
CAIRO, 20 January 2007 — Bush administration efforts to forge a US-Arab alliance against Iran…
Cairo Ignores U.S. Request to Pull Plug on Jihadi TV in Iraq
(Jan. 4, 2007) Sunni-Shia power politics and U.S.-Egyptian relations are at the center of a…
America’s Media Bubble
CAIRO (Oct. 19, 2006) — The United States no longer controls the script. That's a reality…
The Middle East: It’s all just too darned complicated
First Published: October 2, 2006 Memo: To Arabs and Muslims Re: The Middle East It’s your own…
Future History: A Glimpse of What U.S. Lebanon Policy Could Spawn
Published on Thursday, August 3, 2006 by CommonDreams.org It is very likely that the world will…
Lebanon: Black and White and Dead All Over
Tuesday 25 July 2006 (28 Jumada al-Thani 1427) Once more, US Marines are on Lebanese soil. Once…
Why all the fuss now?
16 - 22 February 2006 In a confused world of overlapping cultures, authoritarian and extremist…
Western, Arab Journalists Miles Apart in Cartoon Rift
DOHA, QATAR (Feb. 3, 2006) - It is a row that gives new meaning to the phrase, “publish and be…
