Jehan S. Harney
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Jehan S. Harney is an award-winning Egyptian-American TV journalist and filmmaker. Her blog, www.JehanPost.com, tracks Islamophobia in the media. Her films explore immigrant, women, social justice, and interfaith issues. Jehan is now finishing Dream of America, a documentary on the plight of Iraqi refugees in the U.S. Her films won national awards including a Christopher and Link TV. She was selected as a fellow of the CPB/PBS Producers Academy and of the Women's Media Center's Progressive Women's Voices. Jehan has an MA in International Journalism & Public Affairs from American University in Washington, DC.

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Media Double Standard Furthers Islamophobia

Posted October 19, 2010 | 10:37:26 (EST)

When iconic journalist Helen Thomas said that Jews should leave Palestine and go back to where they came from, she was being forced to retire abruptly after covering eight U.S. presidents. When CNN's Ric Sanchez said that Jews in America are not an oppressed minority and that they control the...

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Angle: Racking up Millions as She Spreads Islamophobia

Posted October 16, 2010 | 19:38:58 (EST)

Once again, the rhetoric of Sharia taking over America has been exploited this time by Nevada Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle.

In her recent interview with the Mesquite Local News, the Republican candidate said: "Dearborn, Michigan, and Frankford, Texas are on American soil, and under Constitutional law,...

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The Battle of the Sexes in US Mosques

Posted June 17, 2010 | 00:13:31 (EST)

Mosque pray-ins are springing up across the U.S. They're orchestrated by a group of Muslim women wanting to end gender segregation in nearly two-thirds of American mosques. To get their point across, some of these women are literally walking out from behind the seven-foot barrier separating men and women in...

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Are We Overreacting to Compromising Photos of the New Arab-American Miss USA?

Posted May 18, 2010 | 19:36:10 (EST)

For the first time in its history, an Arab -- a Muslim Arab -- has been crowned Miss USA. Most Arab-Americans reacted with delight to the news of the win. However, Miss USA Rima Fakih's day in the limelight was short-lived; it wasn't long before a deluge of Internet slurs...

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Should the French Veil Ban Concern the West?

Posted May 17, 2010 | 18:39:07 (EST)

It is small piece of cloth, known as burqa or niqab, covering the faces of nearly 2,000 veiled women in a population of five million Muslims in France. Yet it has been contested and debated extensively by French lawmakers, the parliament, and President Nicolas Sarkozy. Just last Tuesday a French...

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