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Media Literacy 101: Tom Stoppard and Laura, Euna and Atwar

Susan Moeller | Posted 09.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Salzburg Global Seminar, Journalism, Al Arabiya, Euna Lee, Laura Ling, Atwar Bahjat, Roxana Saberi, Tom Stoppard, Media, Salzburg Academy, North Korea, Cpj, Academy Awards, Tony Awards, Media News
Susan Moeller

This year already, 19 individuals have been killed around the world because of their work as journalists. We need to recognize the essential role journalists play in keeping us informed and in protecting our freedoms.

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Saudi Arabia: A Player in Middle East Elections

Jamal Dajani | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Lebanon, Al Arabiya, Middle East, Asharq Al-Awsat, Saudi King Abdullah, Lebanese Elections, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Media, Iranian Election, Barack Obama, World News
Jamal Dajani

It is a contradiction to mention Saudi Arabia and elections in the same sentence; however, no country in the Middle East, as of late, has been more invested in this democratic process than Saudi Arabia.

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Obama Dubbed "The Heir of Antar" As Reactions To His Cairo Speech Continue

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Al Watan, Jim Hoagland, Obama Middle East Trip, Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Adel Emam, Obama Cairo Speech, Barack Obama, World News, Chechan, Cairo, Israel, Palestine, Iraq, World News
Faisal J. Abbas

If there was a "reaction of the week" award, then it should go without any hesitation to popular Iraqi poet, Abbas Chechan.

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Why Are You Paying for TV No One is Watching?

Nadim Hasbani | Posted 06.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Al Jazeera, Tv, Al Arabiya, Mbc, Al Hurra, Dubai, Media News
Nadim Hasbani

The Arab-speaking world is in dire need of the kind of coverage Al Jazeera English provides. Western governments must do more than pour money into perceived propaganda machines.

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Art's Powerful Message for the Merchants of Death

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

Read More: Art, Sharjah, Ayman Al Zawahiri, Al Arabiya, War on Terror, Alqaida, Arab Media, Terrorism, Terrorist, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, New Media, Media, Alqaeda, Ayman Al-Zawahri, United Arab Emirates, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

The video installation by the Palestinian graphic artist Sharif Waked, sums up the sentiments of many Muslims who are repulsed by the "death industry" propagated by cowardly terrorists.

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Post Turkey: Obama's Challenges and Opportunities in the Muslim World

John L. Esposito | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

Read More: Obama and the Muslim World, Obama Middle East Policy, Social Justice, Al Arabiya, Kurds, Blue Mosque, Secularism, Secularizaion, Guantanamo, Obama Muslim, War-on-Terror, Modernization, G-20, g20, Lieberman, Muslim Heritage, Al-Arabiya, Headscarves, Shariah, Turkish Armenian Conflict, Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Haglia Sophia, Turkey, Palestinian-Israeli-Negotiations, Mustafa- Kemal- Attaturk, Barack Obama, War on Terror, Mustafa Kemal, Jewish Settlements, Turkey-Armenia-Conflict, Turkish-Armenian Relations, Attaturk, Ntanyahu, World News
John L. Esposito

Obama's performance in Turkey was flawless; he met the expectations of his admirers and won approval from many skeptics.

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Iraq Withdrawal Lite

Jamal Dajani | Posted 03.31.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Iran, Media, General Petraeus, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, Barack Obama, 100 Days, Obama First 100 Days, Al Arabiya, Live-Coverage-of-Obama-at-Camp-Lejeune, World News
Jamal Dajani

Can a withdrawal plan point to an "end" to the war while leaving behind a garrison of up to 50,000 troops in a hostile land?

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KCRW'S Left Right & Center 1.31.09

Huff Radio | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tony Blankley, Al Arabiya, Wall Street, Socialism, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, Robert Scheer, Matt Miller, Politics News
Huff Radio

Slipping into Socialism or Sliding into Protectionism?

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Iran: Strategy and Tactics

Richard Klass | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Barack Obama Policy Issues, Gaza, Al Arabiya, West Bank, Syria Israel Talks, Obama Al Arabiya Interview, Middle East Politics, Obama Administration, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Al-Arabiya, Israel-Syria Peace Talks, Middle East, Israel Syria, Tehran, Obama Al Arabiya, Syria, Politics News
Richard Klass

Iraq, Israel-Syria talks, Gaza and Lebanon all affect and are affected by the US-Iran imbroglio. The Middle East is one of the most interwoven political webs on the globe.

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Obama Used the Word Muslims Want to Hear: Respect

Deepak Chopra | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Obama Interview, Islam, Barack Hussein Obama, Al Arabiya, Middle East, World News
Deepak Chopra

Muslims may seem too eager to seize on Obama's middle name, but Hussein is more than a symbol -- it's a crack in the wall that has kept Islam apart for so long.

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Obama's Impressive Beginnings as an Honest Broker in the Middle East: The Psychology of Perspective-taking Where Perspective is Hard to Find

Drew Westen | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Al Arabiya Interview, Obama Middle East, Al Arabiya, Obama Al Arabiya Interview, 100 Days, Al Arabiya TV, Barack Obama Foreign Policy, Obama, Obama's First 100 Days, Obama Foreign Policy, World News
Drew Westen

Obama understands the essence of diplomacy: to step out of your own shoes and into the minds of the others around the table, with the goal of achieving your own interests by influencing their minds.

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Obama Goes A-Courtin'

Rick Horowitz | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Mitch McConnell, Al-Arabiya, Spending Cuts, John Boehner, Senate Republicans, 2008 Election, Tax Cuts, Congress, Bipartisanship, Republicans, Democrats, Barack Obama, House Republicans, Obama Administration, Gop, Tax Relief, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

"Hang on a minute, guys -- 'When the economy's bad, you need tax cuts.' Aren't you the same folks who used to say 'When the economy's good, you need tax cuts'?"

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Why Did Obama Choose Al-Arabiya for His First Major Interview?

Shadi Hamid | Posted 02.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Project on Middle East Democracy, Public Diplomacy, Al-Arabiya, Hisham Melhem, Barack Obama, Media News
Shadi Hamid

Obama's remarks to al-Arabiya showed a willingness to engage, to listen, and to move toward a dialogue where Arabs are spoken to not as victims or villains, but as partners.

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How al-Arabiya Landed Obama's First Interview

Time | Scott Macleod | Posted 02.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Obama Al Arabiya, Al Arabiya, Al-Arabiya, Hisham Melhem, Media News

How did a journalist for an Arabic-language broadcaster score the first television interview granted by President Barack Obama? Well, at first, Hisham...

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How al-Arabiya Got The First Obama TV Interview

Time | Scott Macleod | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Interview, Al Arabiya Interview, Al Arabiya, Barack Obama, World News

How did a journalist for an Arabic-language broadcaster score the first television interview granted by President Barack Obama? Well, at first, Hisham...

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"Abu" Obama's Muslim Stimulus Package

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Arab World, Muslim World, Al Qaeda, Casablanca, Layalina Productions, Al Arabiya, Morocco, Middle East, President Obama, Bin Laden, Public Diplomacy, Obama Al Arabiya Interview, Obama Al Arabiya, Obama Al Qaeda, Stimulus Package, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

The true test of Obama's presidency will not only be the innovative statecraft of its regional diplomacy, but also his ability to mobilize a comprehensive initiative to lift the Arab world out of its economic and social poverty.

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Obama Al-Arabiya Interviewer On How He Snagged President

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Al Arabiya Interview, Al Arabiya, Hisham Melham, Wolf Blitzer, President Obama, Obama Al Arabiya, Obama Interview, Politics News

CNN's Wolf Blitzer spokes with Hisham Melhem, the Al Arabiya Washington bureau chief who conducted the first television interview with President Obama...

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Al-Arabiya's Game Changing Interview with Barack Obama: A New Punctuation Point in US Foreign Policy

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Al Arabiya, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, US Foreign Policy, Olmert, King Abdullah, Palestine, Israel, Hamas, Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Public Diplomacy, Barack Obama, Muslim World, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Obama's interview has provided a new punctuation point in American foreign policy, and it is not "continuous" foreign policy at all. This is a new game and a very impressive new leader.

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OBAMA AL-ARABIYA INTERVIEW: FULL TEXT

Huffington Post | Posted 02.27.2009 | Home

Read More: Full Text Obama Interview With Al-Arabiya, Obama Interview Al-Arabiya, Obama Al-Qaida, Transcript of Interview With Al-Arabiya, Obama Al-Qaeda, President Obama, Obama First Interview, Obama Tells Muslim World: America Is Not Your Enemy, Al Arabiya, Home News

Here is the full text of President Obama's interview with Al-Arabiya Arab TV Network: INTERVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT BY HISHAM MELHEM, AL ARABIYA Map Ro...

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Sam Stein

Obama On Al-Arabiya: First Formal Interview As President With Arab TV Network (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Barack Obama, Al-Arabiya, Obama Al-Arabiya, 100 Days, Obama First Formal Interview, Obama 100 Days, Al-Arabiya Obama, President-Obama, World News

Scroll down for video Barack Obama struck a note of foreign policy confidence Monday night, telling an Arabic news station that al Qaida leaders and ...

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Lebanese Editor Defies Norms With Magazine Glorifying the Body

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 01.07.2009 | World

Read More: An-Nahar, Al Arabiya, Arab, Saudi Arabia, Body, Islamic Fundamentalism, Lebanon, Booker Prize, Joumana Haddad, Jasad, Raidy, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Joumana Haddad is provocative, sensual and dares the censors with a magazine aimed at shattering Arab taboos on eroticism, sexuality, and everything having to do with the human body.

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U.S. Election Fever Grips Arab Media

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Al Hayat, Gop, John McCain, An-Nahar, Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera, Cindy McCain, Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, The Daily Star, Barack Obama, Al Seyassah, Kuwait, Asharq Al-Awsat, Future TV News, Israel, Aipac, Al-Akhbar, Ralph Nader, Michelle Obama, HuffPost Election Analysis, 2008 Election, HuffPost Election Reaction, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Lebanese citizens interviewed on Lebanon's Future TV News channel were mostly for Obama, while Iraqis were waiting for the election's results to determine their country's fate, according to an FTV report.

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