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Media Literacy 101: Losing Our Ability to Listen to the World (in English)

Susan Moeller | Posted 11.02.2009 | Technology

Read More: Blogosphere, Arab Media, Bloggers, Icann, Knight Foundation, English, Domain Names, Global Voices, Chinese, America First, Globalization, Official Language, Technology News
Susan Moeller

The decision to allow Web addresses to be written completely in non-Latin alphabets isn't just a huge deal for most of Asia, the Middle East and wide swaths of the rest of the world. It's a huge deal for Americans.

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Robert Ménard Slams Door, or Booted Out, of Doha Center for Media Freedom?

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 07.31.2009 | Media

Read More: Al Arab Online, French, Cia, Jaber Al Harmi, Al Jazeera, Robert MéNard, Doha Center for Media Freedom, Arab Media, Usa, Arab World, Paris, Reporters Without Borders, France 3 TV, Al Sharq, The Economist, Afp, Sheikh Hamad Bin Thamer Al-Thani, On en Parle a Paris, Qatar, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Depending on whose version one believes, Robert Ménard, ex-director of the Doha Center for Media Freedom, pushed the press freedom envelope a bit too far, until he was shoved out the door.

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It Ain't Over till the Ayatollah Says So

Jamal Dajani | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Supreme Leader, Twitter, Mehdi Karroubi, Egypt, Middle East, Iran Election, Arab Media, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Democracy, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Media, Barack Obama, World News
Jamal Dajani

Some say tomorrow will bring another dawn and, the opposition will be back on the streets, but will they really show up? The Ayatollah may have put the nail in the coffin.

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An Analysis of Obama's Precedent-Setting Speech

Ray Hanania | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Arab World, Quran, Islam, White House, President Barack Obama, Palestine, Arab Media, Middle East Peace, Daid Axelrod, Palestinians, Change in Foreign Policy, Israeli Settlements, Israelis, Rahm Emanuel, Saudi Arabia, Cairo University, Two-State Solution, Speech to the Muslim World, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Ray Hanania

Obama is stating what many of his predecessors stated but with more substance and a clear understanding of the fundamentals of the Arab and Muslim World.

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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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Iraq: Stories You May Have Missed

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Middle East, Iraq-Six-Year-Anniverary, Aig Bonuses, Arab Media, Aig, Media, Iraq, Depleted Uranium, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, World News
Jamal Dajani

After six years and more than 4,000 U.S. casualties, the Iraq War seems to have disappeared from the national conversation.

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An Open Letter to President Obama on Future Appearances on Arab TV

Dean Obeidallah | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Arab World, Obama Al Arabiya, Obama Al Arabiya Interview, Arab Media, Barack Obama, Obama Arab Media, Dean Obeidallah, Dean Obeidallah Obama, Obeidallah, Dean Obeidallah: An Open Letter to President Obama on Future Appearances on Arab Tv, Letter to President Obama, Arab, Obama's Arab Tv Appearance, World News
Dean Obeidallah

If an Arab interviewer asks a question you don't like, take off your shoe and throw it at him. That will show everyone in the Arab world that you really understand us.

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Ramattan: Journalists Live Under 'Siege' Conditions To Air News From Gaza

Middle East Times | FELICE FRIEDSON and HAMZA M. EL ATTAR (the Media News Line) | Posted 02.15.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Jazeera, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ramattan, Gaza, Arab Media, Israel, Gaza Journalists, Gaza Media, Ramattan Gaza, World News

GAZA CITY, Gaza -- Outside, there is chaos. And to most, that is the story. The biggest challenge most ordinary citizens of Gaza face these days is ge...

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Americans Are Not Racists

Jamal Dajani | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Iran, Obama Wins, Election Day 2008, Middle East Politics, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Arab Media, Cnn, Election Day, Racism, Israel, Obama President, Al Jazeera, Barack Obama, HuffPost Election Reaction, Obama International Reaction, Media News
Jamal Dajani

As Americans celebrated Obama's victory in Chicago's Grant Park, Arabs, Israelis, and Iranians were sipping on their morning coffee, watching live coverage of Barack Obama's victory speech.

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DNC: From An Arab Prism

Jamal Dajani | Posted 09.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Democratic Convention, Dnc, Democratic Primary, Cnn, Arab Media, Jimmy Carter, Shalom Tv, Amy Goodman, Joe Biden, Israel, Al Jazeera, Wolf Blitzer, Barack Obama, Media News
Jamal Dajani

Several Arab networks dispatched their best anchors to Denver to beam a sliver of American politics to more than 300 million viewers in the region.

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What Did Bush Really See in Putin's Eyes?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Russia, Iraq War, Arab Media, George W. Bush, South Ossetia, Vladimir Putin, Georgia, Israel, Politics News
Jamal Dajani

There is no exciting debate or conversation on Arab TV that does not discuss the U.S. "double standards" in the region.

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Experts 'Mystified' As To Purpose Of Bush's Mideast Trip

McClatchy | Hannah Allam | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: War on Terror, George W. Bush Mideast Trip, Middle East Media, Bush Gulf Trip, Bush Mideast Trip, Middle East, George W. Bush Gulf Trip, President George Bush, Warwire, Arab Press, Arab Perception George Bush, Arab Media, Politics News

President Bush wraps up a weeklong tour of the Middle East Wednesday, leaving many Mideast political observers mystified as to the purpose of the visi...

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How The Arab Press Sees Bush's Mideast Trip

CBS News | Mark Phillips | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Arab Media, Arab Press, Arab Perception George Bush, Middle East, Middle East Media, Bush Mideast Trip, War on Terror, President George Bush, Media News

The President of the United States arrives in the Middle East saying he's trying to make peace one more time. At home, in a week of big political news...

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