Alhurra

Alhurra and the Arab Spring

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Radio Sawa, Arab Spring, Federal Government, Washington, Alhurra, Public Broadcasting, Walter Isaacson, Voice of America, Media News
Hussain Abdul-Hussain

There is one thing in common between Congress-funded Arabic TV, Alhurra, and countries of the Arab Spring. Both have unaccountable leaders, who have been in place since forever, and who look like they are staying indefinitely.

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Can G.I. Joey Tribbiani Take Down Osama Bin Laden?

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Friends, George W. Bush, Al Hurra, Propaganda, Media, Wikileaks, Desperate Housewives, State Department, Barack Obama, Alhurra, World News, Arabs, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Public Diplomacy, World News
Faisal J. Abbas

Let's face it, America doesn't need the Saudis to promote its culture. It always had and always will have fans around the world.

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Overhauling US Public Diplomacy Is like Beating a Dead Horse

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Iraqi Elections, Iraq, Peace, Alhurra, Bashar Al-Assad, Radio Sawa, Mithal Al-Alusi, Switzerland, fy2010 Budget, Moammar Gadhafi, Karen Hughes, Al Jazeera, Israel, Judith McHale, Public Diplomacy, James Glassman, Arabic TV, Senate, Syria, World News
Hussain Abdul-Hussain

"On March 6, the evening news on (Congress-funded Arabic TV) Alhurra labeled me as a Zionist agent," wrote Iraqi lawmaker Mithal Alusi, in an email to...

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Alhurra, US-Funded Middle East Propaganda Station, Watched By Only 0.5% Of Middle East Population

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alhurra, Media News

In the last two years, the budget of the U.S.-funded Alhurra satellite station has grown 20 percent. From 2008 to 2009, a poll found that Alhurra's vi...

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Critics Say U.S. Radio Program for Darfur Goes Soft on Sudan

Sheri Fink | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Humanitarian Aid, Frank Wolf, Radio, Darfur, Radio Afia Darfur, Alhurra, Sudan, Middle East Broadcasting Network, Broadcasting Board of Governors, World News
Sheri Fink

Funded by the U.S. State Department, Radio Afia Darfur, a half-hour shortwave radio program, is beamed three times a day into war-torn Darfur, Sudan, and refugee-packed eastern Chad.

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Alhurra TV: Uncle Sam's Boondoggle

Nancy Snow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadcasting, Dumb Power, Propaganda, Alhurra, Government Propaganda, Soft Power, Public Diplomacy, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Foreign Policy, Broadcast TV, Bbg, Media News
Nancy Snow

I've been sifting through several studies of Alhurra Television that dropped like a "cascade of candor," to paraphrase David Frost's hoped for outcom...

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Restore the Voice

Murray Fromson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Broadcasting, Radio Sawa, Voa, Alhurra, Cold War, Public Diplomacy, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Voice of America, Willis Conover, Politics News
Murray Fromson

The international buzz caused by President-elect Obama earlier in the month offers him an opportunity to revive what had been a valuable American resource for so many years.

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White House Paid Journalists To Go On Middle East Propaganda Network

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, White House Journalists, Al Hurra, White House Media, Middle East Media, Alhurra, Politics News

Alhurra, the U.S. government-funded Arabic news channel, paid former Bush and Clinton administration officials, lobbyists and high-profile Washington ...

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