The Princess and the Facebook Girl
Issue 5, Spring 2008 Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, there lived a beautiful…
Boycotting Al Jazeera
CAIRO, Egypt (March 26, 2008) – It appears that Israel is taking a page from the George W. Bush…
Satellite TV News and Arab Democracy
Vol. 2 No. 1 Feb. 2008 -- The red and white banners of Lebanon's anti-Syrian protests in the…
Darfur: Covering the “forgotten” story
Issue 2, Summer 2007 There is no issue in Arab journalism today that is more controversial than…
Insurgent TV Coming to a Satellite Near You?
(Jan. 10, 2007) A controversial TV channel that is the voice of Iraq’s anti-American insurgents…
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…
Will Al-Jazeera English Find Its Groove?
Bad news is often good news for journalists. Last week’s assassination of Lebanese opposition…
Al-Jazeera English: Day One Report Card
Published on Thursday, November 16, 2006 by Der Speigel Call it the Un-CNN. Imagine that the BBC…
Al Jazeera’s Chief: “We are not politically-correct”
Published on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Al-Jazeera is neither a mouthpiece for Osama bin Laden…
America’s Media Bubble
CAIRO (Oct. 19, 2006) — The United States no longer controls the script. That's a reality…
Look Who’s Fair And Balanced
(Aug. 22, 2006) The summer of 2006 marked an important milestone for Arab media. Israel and…
Open Season on Journalists in the Middle East
The pen may be “mightier than the sword,” but in recent years, the sword has left a trail of…
