Middle East Media

De Niro Expands Tribeca Film Festival To Doha, Aims To Break Down Stereotypes

Diane Tucker | Posted 02.19.2009 | Entertainment


Diane Tucker

Craig Hatkoff: We'd like to see Doha become part of a larger hub -- a network that underscores the potential of the region.

Seth Colter Walls

Arab Media Impressed By Obama's Victory, While Skeptical Of Change

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics


Reaction to Barack Obama's victory over John McCain has been enthusiastic around the world, not least in the Arab-language press. But a few editorial ...

White House Paid Journalists To Go On Middle East Propaganda Network

ProPublica | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


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

US Funds Anti-American Arab Broadcasts

ProPublica | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


An Arab-language television network and radio station, founded by the Bush administration to promote a positive image of the United States, has aired ...

Mideast Suspicion Fertile Ground for Rumors

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media


Daoud Kuttab

A blogger reported on a lecture given by an advisor to McCain saying that the nominee plans to declare Jordan a Palestinian state. This supposed lecture, however, never took place.

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

McClatchy | Hannah Allam | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


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...

How The Arab Press Sees Bush's Mideast Trip

CBS News | Mark Phillips | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


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...