AMW panel on media coverage of Arab world: 23 September
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. 30 August 2010 Looking around the Arab world this week, it is difficult to know what are our real priority challenges, because multiple issues stand out as problems, vulnerabilities, weaknesses or threats. Most of the problems in our region can be traced to local incompetence, or, in the worst cases, criminality and irresponsibility in the seats of power -- though everywhere there is also an element of foreign involvement or manipulation that should not be ignored. The regional picture is not pretty.
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.
30 August 2010
Looking around the Arab world this week, it is difficult to know what are our real priority challenges, because multiple issues stand out as problems, vulnerabilities, weaknesses or threats. Most of the problems in our region can be traced to local incompetence, or, in the worst cases, criminality and irresponsibility in the seats of power -- though everywhere there is also an element of foreign involvement or manipulation that should not be ignored. The regional picture is not pretty.
During the week of 23-29 August 2010, Sky News requested a meeting with Arab Media Watch; and AMW met with the UAE Embassy. AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the BBC about its coverage of Iraq. AMW helped Press TV find an interviewee on Fox News coverage of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero in New York. Al-Kawthar TV requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Sky News, Daily Telegraph, Arab News Broadcasting, the Global Arab Network, Libya's JANA news agency, and the Sudanese Embassy.
During the week of 23-29 August 2010, Sky News requested a meeting with Arab Media Watch; and AMW met with the UAE Embassy.
AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the BBC about its coverage of Iraq.
AMW helped Press TV find an interviewee on Fox News coverage of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero in New York.
Al-Kawthar TV requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Sky News, Daily Telegraph, Arab News Broadcasting, the Global Arab Network, Libya's JANA news agency, and the Sudanese Embassy.
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. 25 August 2010 It is hard to be excited or optimistic about the prospects for resumed direct Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations next week. All the important factors comprising the diplomatic process are either politically anemic or totally absent. Nevertheless, there are also some intriguing elements that could come into play once the discussions start, so there is not much to lose in seeing if this new round of talks will go anywhere.
25 August 2010
It is hard to be excited or optimistic about the prospects for resumed direct Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations next week. All the important factors comprising the diplomatic process are either politically anemic or totally absent. Nevertheless, there are also some intriguing elements that could come into play once the discussions start, so there is not much to lose in seeing if this new round of talks will go anywhere.