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By Joseph Richard Preville
8 February 2010
Saudi Gazette
Some books have perfect timing. This is one of them. According to a recent Gallup World Religion Survey, a majority of Americans have little or no knowledge about Islam. Also, the study revealed a disturbing American bias against Muslims. The contagious disease of Islamophobia can be cured, and a strong antidote may be found in John L. Esposito's new book, "The Future of Islam" (Oxford, 2010).
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By Rami Khouri, Arab Media Watch adviser, director of the Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut, editor-at-large of the Beirut-based Daily Star, and co-laureate of the 2006 Pax Christi International Peace Award.
8 February 2010
Of the many long-running conflicts that see two communities competing for the same piece of land, three in particular have always caught my attention: Northern Ireland, Cyprus, and Palestine-Israel. The first is on the way to being resolved through peaceful political negotiations, with another advance this week in the areas of police powers and administration of justice. The Cyprus conflict has long lost its military edge, and shows signs of moving towards a breakthrough, due to both internal leadership changes and external pressures and inducements.
The Palestine-Israel conflict remains mired in tension, violence and immense human suffering, even though it has enjoyed the most intense and sustained diplomatic attention. Two developments this week might provide clues to why this is the case, and what might be done to overcome this.
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During the week of 1-7 February 2010, Arab Media Watch chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Al Jazeera English about Tony Blair's questioning at the Chilcot inquiry; and a PhD student interviewed Nashashibi and AMW adviser Guy Gabriel for her thesis on media coverage of Gaza.
AMW published a study on British media portrayals of Yemen, which was then published by the Global Arab Network; the Evening Standard published a letter by AMW adviser Chris Doyle, entitled "Blair's hollow arguments on Iraq"; and Al Hayat, Asharq Al Awsat and Al Quds Al Arabi published adverts for AMW's panel discussion and launch of the book "Saving Darfur: Everyone's Favourite African War."
Independent columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown praised AMW adviser Sami Ramadani.
AMW helped Press TV with a documentary on Gaza; and AMW helped the Institute for Design Research at the Zurich University of the Arts with research on photos of Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes.
AMW adviser Haifa Zangana took part in a theatre, poetry and oud concert in aid of the children of Gaza.
AMW liaised with the BBC, Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mail, Reuters, CBS News, Al Jazeera English, Al Hayat, Al Quds Al Arabi, GAN, Arab News Broadcasting, Arab News, Cambridge Arab Media Project, IB Tauris Publishers, Amnesty International, and the Saudi, Sudanese, Syrian and Yemeni embassies.
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8 February 2010
The International Institute for Strategic Studies, the leading international think-tank on international affairs and conflict, has an editorial vacancy based at its regional office in Bahrain.
The IISS is seeking a native Arabic speaker for the role of Assistant Editor to oversee the translation and production in Arabic of selected IISS works.
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By Marian Houk
5 February 2010
Electronic Intifada
Citing "security reasons" - the ubiquitous and unanswerable catch-all phrase against which it is almost impossible to mount any defense - Israel's Ministry of the Interior has just issued a six-month travel ban on map expert Khalil Tafakji.
Tafakji, like almost all other Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, is a "permanent resident," but not a citizen of Israel.
He is frequently interviewed as an expert on Al-Jazeera satellite channel, as well as on Palestinian television and other media.
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