The Al Jazeera Revolution
(Feb. 2, 2011) As darkness fell on Tahrir Square the night of Feb. 1, a giant makeshift TV screen…
Arab Spring Interviews (Links)
NPR’s Here and Now: Libya’s Revolution: Made in Qatar? NPR's Here and Now: Al Jazeera…
The Opportunity and Peril for the U.S. in Egypt’s Rebirth
(Feb. 4, 2011) "The birth pangs of a new Middle East." That was how then-Secretary of…
What you need to know about the unrest in the Mideast: Experts explain
What you need to know about the unrest in the Mideast: Experts explain why what happens in that…
Arab Media Revolution Spreading Change
(Jan. 31,2011) Egyptians have overcome their fear of the police state. It is a seminal moment in…
Crowd-sourcing Tunisia: separating electronic rumor from reality
(Jan. 21, 2011) The Tunisian revolution is another reminder of the power of viral media. But it…
Reporting the Revolution: The New Voice of Arab Journalism
(Jan. 2011) The ouster of Tunisian President Zine El Abdine Ben Ali and the ongoing regional…
Border Guards of the “Imagined” Watan: Arab Journalists and the New Arab Consciousness
(Vol. 63 No. 2 Spring 2009) Media plays a fundamental role in the formation of national identity,…
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.…
Borderless Journalism in Gaza: BBC, CNN-I, and Al Jazeera English offer nuanced coverage of Gaza war
CAIRO (Jan. 21, 2009) – In television terms, Gaza has been déjà vu all over again. U.S.…
Lessons worth learning: The Indonesian model
Issue 6, Fall 2008 What a difference a few thousand miles makes. I spent the summer in Indonesia,…
