Middle East – Lawrence Pintak

American & Islam Arab Media Indonesia Pakistan Research Articles

Report on Media and Policy in the Muslim World Retreat

Feb 10, 2012 Lawrence Pintak

(Feb. 10, 2012) Journalists across the Muslim world are in need of political and practical support in the face of…

Arab Uprising Egypt

The Opportunity and Peril for the U.S. in Egypt’s Rebirth (The Seattle Times)

Feb 4, 2011 Lawrence Pintak

(Feb. 4, 2011) “The birth pangs of a new Middle East.” That was how then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice described…

American & Islam Public Diplomacy

Obama starts well with Muslims but must do more (The Christian Science Monitor)

Mar 16, 2009 Lawrence Pintak

CAIRO (March 16, 2009) — Perceptions are a critical piece of the foreign policy matrix. From the perception of the…

Iran Saudi Arabia

Middle East Heading for a New Cold War? (Arab News)

Jan 20, 2007 Lawrence Pintak

CAIRO, 20 January 2007 — Bush administration efforts to forge a US-Arab alliance against Iran are threatening to produce a…

Egypt Iran Iraq Lebanon Saudi Arabia Syria War on Terror

Future History: A Glimpse of What U.S. Lebanon Policy Could Spawn (CommonDreams.org)

Aug 3, 2006 Lawrence Pintak

Published on Thursday, August 3, 2006 by CommonDreams.org It is very likely that the world will look back at the…

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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