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…
Middle East Heading for a New Cold War?
CAIRO, 20 January 2007 — Bush administration efforts to forge a US-Arab alliance against Iran…
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…
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…
