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Egypt Iraq Palestine Public Diplomacy

Caught between Iraq and the hard guys (The Daily Star Lebanon)

Feb 28, 2006 Lawrence Pintak

February 28, 2006 The visit to the Middle East last week by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice brought with…

American & Islam Indonesia Islam Pakistan Public Diplomacy

Political Islam’s Democratic Face (CommonDreams.org)

Mar 23, 2004 Lawrence Pintak

Published on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 by CommonDreams.org Even as militant Islamists from Spain to Pakistan command headlines, the White…

American & Islam Indonesia Public Diplomacy War on Terror

Beyond Insensitivity: Bush Sends Mixed Signals to Indonesian Muslims (CommonDreams.org)

Oct 17, 2003 Lawrence Pintak

Published on Friday, October 17, 2003 by CommonDreams.org In the corridors of power in Washington and on the campuses of…

Indonesia Iraq Lebanon Terrorism War on Terror

Bush, Bali & the Beirut Connection (CommonDreams.org)

Oct 23, 2002 Lawrence Pintak

Published on Wednesday, October 23, 2002 by CommonDreams.org There has been much talk of the fact that the Bali bombing…

American & Islam Palestine Public Diplomacy

The Middle East’s Festering Wound (CommonDreams.org)

Oct 17, 2001 Lawrence Pintak

Published on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 A few days after the bombings, a former State Department Middle East �expert� in…

Buddhism & Eastern Religion Terrorism

The Terror Koan: American Buddhists contemplate violence (Beliefnet.com)

Sep 15, 2001 Lawrence Pintak

Sept. 2001 The image is seared into our collective consciousness: Buddhist monks setting themselves on fire to protest the war…

Lawrence Pintak is an award-winning journalist, academic leader and media development expert who has reported from four continents. He is dean of the Graduate School of Media and Communications at Aga Khan University and was previously the founding dean of The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University(2009-2016).

Pintak was named a Fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists in 2017 for “an extraordinary contribution to the profession of journalism” and received the AEJMC Senior Scholar award in 2019. His 2019 book, “America & Islam,” was a finalist for the Religion News Association annual book award. [Read More]

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