A daily sample of AMW media activity:

2007

December 31 - AMW liaised with Reuters and Al Arab.

December 30 - AMW liaised with Reuters, the Financial Times and Al Arab.

December 29 - Al Arab published AMW's press release commending the BBC and ITV for excellent programmes on Bethlehem and Palestinian Christians.

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2007\12\12-29\zopinionz\960.htm

December 28 - AMW issued a press release to the media, commending the BBC and ITV for excellent programmes on Bethlehem and Palestinian Christians, to which a senior BBC figure replied saying "thank you so much for the praise."

http://tinyurl.com/29m72j

December 28 - AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi was interviewed by Al Hiwar TV about her latest book on Palestine entitled "Married to Another Woman."

December 28 - AMW liaised with Press TV and the Moroccan News Agency.

December 27 - AMW met with senior figures at Reuters and the Financial Times.

December 27 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, ABC News, the Canadian National Newspaper, and IB Tauris and Seven Stories publishers about our launch of books on Iraq by Guardian columnist Jonathan Steele and AMW adviser Haifa Zangana.

December 26 - AMW liaised with Arab News Broadcasting.

December 25 - AMW liaised with the BBC.

December 24 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by the BBC World Service on Bethlehem and Palestinian Christians.

December 24 - AMW liaised with the India Times.

December 23 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Arab News Broadcasting, and the French Institute about co-organising a festival for Arab women in film, literature and music.

December 21 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed twice by Press TV on a range of topics, including Iraq.

December 21 - AMW met with Dr Makram Khoury-Machool, lecturer in media studies at Cambridge University.

December 21 - AMW liaised with Reuters, the Daily Telegraph, ABC News, and the French Institute about co-organising a festival for Arab women in film, literature and music.

December 20 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift was interviewed by Press TV on Iraq.

December 20 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Arab newspaper, Arab News Broadcasting, Press TV, and Dr Makram Khoury-Machool, lecturer in media studies at Cambridge University.

December 19 - AMW liaised with Dr Makram Khoury-Machool, lecturer in media studies at Cambridge University.

December 18 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed for a documentary on Hamas that will be aired on Channel 4.

December 18 - AMW liaised with the British Council and Arab News Broadcasting.

December 17 - Two AMW members got letters published in the Times following AMW's Action Alert urging members and the public to complain against columnist Michael Gove's article entitled "Bethlehem and bigotry." The Times published five letters on the subject, four of them critical of Gove.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article3059528.ece

December 17 - AMW liaised with the Palestinian Embassy, Arab News Broadcasting, Palestinian film-maker Saeed Taji Farouky about interviewees on Hamas, and IB Tauris regarding our launch of the forthcoming book by Guardian columnist Jonathan Steele entitled "Defeat: Why They Lost Iraq."

December 16 - AMW liaised with Arab News Broadcasting.

December 15 - AMW helped Press TV arrange interviewees on Lebanon.

December 15 - Sahar TV requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

December 15 - AMW liaised with the French Institute about co-organising a festival for Arab women in film, literature and music.

December 14 - Al Arab published an article by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and adviser Guy Gabriel about the devastation brought on Bethlehem by Israeli policies.

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2007\12\12-14\zopinionz\960.htm

December 14 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Times about an article by columnist Michael Gove entitled "Bethlehem and bigtory."

December 14 - Al 'Alam TV requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

December 14 - Press TV requested AMW's help with arranging interviewees on Lebanon.

December 14 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, Al Arab, Arab News Broadcasting, with the French Institute about co-organising a festival for Arab women in film, literature and music, with Turnaround publishers regarding our launch of Guardian commentator and AMW adviser Haifa Zangana's forthcoming book on Iraq entitled "City of Widows," and with IB Tauris regarding our launch of the forthcoming book by Guardian columnist Jonathan Steele entitled "Defeat: Why They Lost Iraq."

December 13 - AMW sent to the media an article written by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and adviser Guy Gabriel about the devastation brought on Bethlehem by Israeli policies.

http://tinyurl.com/yoo5ym

December 13 - AMW issued an Action Alert against Times columnist Michael Gove for an article entitled "Bethlehem and bigotry."

http://tinyurl.com/yrb3y2

December 13 - The Jewish Film Festival invited AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi to be part of a panel discussion after the screening of Bridge Over the Wadi.

December 13 - AMW liaised with ABC News, Verso Books, and with IB Tauris regarding our launch of Guardian columnist Jonathan Steele's forthcoming book "Defeat: Why They Lost Iraq."

December 12 - AMW adviser Nadim Shehadi was interviewed by the BBC on the political situation in Lebanon.

December 12 - AMW liaised with Verso Books regarding books by or about Arab women, and with Turnaround publishers regarding our launch of Guardian commentator and AMW adviser Haifa Zangana's forthcoming book on Iraq entitled "City of Widows."

December 11 - AMW helped a journalist with a major British radio station with info regarding the legal status of the Gaza Strip.

December 11 - AMW liaised with the Financial Times and IB Tauris.

December 10 - A senior BBC editor emailed AMW to say "thank you for a splendid evening," referring to our media buffet dinner.

December 9 - AMW liaised with the Arab Media Centre at Westminster University, and the French Institute about co-organising a Middle East and North African film festival for female directors.

December 8 - AMW liaised with the French Institute about co-organising a Middle East and North African film festival for female directors.

December 7 - AMW liaised with the Independent, the Daily Telegraph and Al Hayat / LBC TV.

December 6 - A senior figure at the Times emailed AMW to say "how much I enjoyed the reception at Arab Media Watch" that was held the previous day, with "marvellous Arabic food", "the warmth of the hospitality", and "a good turn-out."

December 6 - A senior figure at the Independent emailed AMW saying the media buffet dinner hosted the previous day was "most enjoyable."

December 6 - AMW liaised with the Times, ABC News and IB Tauris about launching the forthcoming book on Iraq by Guardian columnist Jonathan Steele.

December 5 - AMW hosted a buffet dinner for the media, with senior journalists and editors from the BBC, the Guardian, the Independent, the Times, the Financial Times, the Daily Mail, the Daily Express, Reuters and Asharq Al Awsat in attendance.

December 5 - A Financial Times journalist requested AMW's help in finding info on the Saudi company Olayan.

December 5 - AMW liaised with the Times, the Financial Times, Al Jazeera English and the Palestinian Embassy.

December 3 - The Islam Channel requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on the Annapolis Middle East conference.

December 3 - AMW liaised with the BBC, the Guardian, Press TV, IB Tauris, Hoona London magazine, and the Palestinian and Saudi embassies.

December 2 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was invited by Muslim News to attend a dialogue on foreign policy at the House of Commons with Foreign Secretary David Milliband and the Conservative and Liberal Democrat representatives, as well as recommend three others.

December 2 - AMW liaised with Dr Makram Khoury-Machool, lecturer in media studies at Cambridge University.

December 1 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was part of a panel on Press TV discussing "Is there a future for Palestine." Other panellists included Guardian Middle East editor Ian Black and Dr Makram Khoury-Machool, lecturer in media studies at Cambridge University.

November 30 - AMW adviser Chris Doyle got a commentary on the Annapolis Middle East conference published in the Guardian, entitled "All we need is a miracle."

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/chris_doyle/2007/11/all_we_need_is_a_miracle.html

November 30 - AMW adviser Dr Dina Matar was a chair at a conference entitled "The cultural politics of 'terror' in the Middle East," which included sessions on "The construction of 'terror' in the media" and "'Terror': propaganda and counter-propaganda."

November 30 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote a letter to the Daily Express editor-in-chief, asking for clarification as to what the newspaper meant when it said in an editorial the previous day that "the Islamification of parts of our major cities" is "a threat to our way of life which should be stopped in its tracks or, better still, reversed."

November 30 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, ABC News, Press TV, and BBC News 24 in response to its request the previous day for help in arranging an interview on the case of Gillian Gibbons in Sudan.

November 29 - AMW sent a press release to the media announcing the publication of our report on British media coverage of the Saudi state visit to the UK, to which someone from the Economist replied: "Thank you, this looks extremely interesting! I look forward to reading it."

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Portals/0/documents/media/20071128SaudiReportFinal.pdf

November 29 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Al Jazeera English on Iraq and other Arab issues.

November 29 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi chaired a panel discussion on "Journalism in the Middle East," with BBC Middle East and Islamic Affairs analyst Roger Hardy, and Asharq Al Awsat current affairs journalist Mina Al-Oraibi.

November 29 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and adviser Chris Doyle were invited to speak at a conference on "The Arab Peace Initiative." Other speakers include Tony Blair; the Russian, Norwegian, Palestinian, American, Moroccan, Spanish, Japanese and French ambassadors to the UK; Al Hayat editor-at-large Jihad Khazen and columnist Baria Alamuddin; Al Arabiya general manager Abdul Rahman Al Rashed; former Iraqi president Ayad Allawi; Jewish Chronicle foreign editor Daniella Peled; Times leader writer Michael Binyon; Asharq Al Awsat columnist Mina Al-Oraibi; Guardian Middle East editor Ian Black; UK Foreign Secretary David Milliband; and several MPs.

November 29 - BBC News 24 requested AMW's help in arranging an interview on the case of Gillian Gibbons in Sudan.

November 29 - AMW liaised with Arab News Broadcasting, Press TV, and the New Statesman and Independent about Sudan.

November 28 - AMW liaised with the BBC, the Financial Times, the Times, the Guardian, the Independent and New Statesman about Sudan, Al Jazeera English, Reuters, the Daily Express, the Daily Mail, Asharq Al Awsat, Al Hayat, the media section of the Palestinian Embassy, IB Tauris about launching Guardian columnist Jonathan Steele's forthcoming book on Iraq, and the French Institute regarding co-organising a Middle East film festival for female directors.

November 27 - Al Jazeera English requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on Iraq and other Arab issues.

November 27 - AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi got a letter on the Annapolis Middle East conference published in the Guardian.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2217476,00.html

November 27 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, the BBC, the Daily Mail, Al Jazeera English and the Jewish Chronicle.

November 26 - AMW arranged an interview for GMTV with Palestinian Ambassador Manuel Hassassian.

November 26 - AMW liaised with Press TV, and the Arab Media Centre at Westminster University.

November 24 - AMW held its music concert Al Hurrieh - Freedom. People from the BBC, Al Jazeera English, Harpers, and the media sections of the Syrian and Palestinian embassies, among others, were in attendance.

November 24 - Al Hayat published an advert for AMW's music concert Al Hurrieh - Freedom.

November 23 - AMW arranged an interview on Lebanon for Al Jazeera English with AMW adviser Hassan Khalil.

November 23 - Al Jazeera English requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on the forthcoming Middle East conference in Annapolis.

November 23 - Al Jazeera English requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi as part of the Listening Post's Christmas specials.

November 23 - Enigma magazine published an article with pictures on AMW's 2007 fundraising dinner.

November 23 - Al Hayat and Kazbah published an advert for AMW's music concert Al Hurrieh - Freedom.

November 23 - AMW liaised with IB Tauris about launching a forthcoming book on Iraq by Guardian columnist Jonathan Steele.

November 22 - The BBC contacted AMW requesting the use of the musicians from our concert Al Hurrieh - Freedom for their programme The Ticket.

November 22 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English and the media section of the Tunisian Embassy.

November 21 - AMW met with the French Institute regarding co-organising a Middle East film festival for female directors.

November 21 - Press TV requested AMW's help in finding Arab-Israeli interviewees to discuss the difficulties faced by their community.

November 21 - Press TV invited AMW to participate in a debate entitled "Is the international policing of nuclear weapons fair?"

November 21 - AMW liaised with ABC News, Arab News on Palestine, and IB Tauris about launching a forthcoming book on Iraq by Guardian columnist Jonathan Steele.

November 20 - AMW adviser Chris Doyle got a letter on Palestine published in the Guardian entitled "Roadblocks on the path to peace."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2213885,00.html

November 20 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Al 'Alam TV about the EU's role in the Middle East.

November 20 - Al Arab published an article about AMW's forthcoming music concert Al Hurrieh - Freedom.

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2007\11\11-20\zarabaffairz\999.htm

November 20 - AMW sent a press release to the media announcing our forthcoming music concert Al Hurrieh - Freedom.

November 20 - AMW liaised with the BBC, the Independent, Al Jazeera English, Al Arabiya, and the media section of the Saudi Embassy.

November 19 - Al Quds Al Arabi published an advert for AMW's music concert Al Hurrieh - Freedom.

November 19 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, IB Tauris about launching a forthcoming book on Iraq by Guardian columnist Jonathan Steele, and the French Institute regarding co-organising a Middle East film festival for female directors.

November 18 - AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi chaired a session at a conference entitled "Challenging the Boundaries: A Single State in Israel/Palestine." Other participants included Haim Bresheeth, chair of media and cultural studies at the University of East London.

November 18 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Jazeera English and the media section of the Tunisian Embassy.

November 17 - AMW adviser Sami Ramadani was a speaker at a conference entitled "War, Truth and the Media Today." Other speakers included Guardian columnist and former Independent on Sunday editor Peter Wilby; National Union of Journalists President Michelle Stanistreet; BBC documentaries maker Sean Langan; Time magazine correspondent and former Foreign Press Association President Catherine Mayer; "The First Casualty: The War Correspondent from the Crimea to Iraq" author Phillip Knightley; and Evening Standard columnist and former BBC correspondent Andrew Gilligan.

November 17 - AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi chaired a session at a conference entitled "Challenging the Boundaries: A Single State in Israel/Palestine." Other participants included Haim Bresheeth, chair of media and cultural studies at the University of East London.

November 17 - AMW liaised with the BBC, and the French Institute regarding co-organising a Middle East film festival for female directors.

November 16 - AMW chairman Sharf Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Tunisia's Al Sabah newspaper about AMW.

November 16 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Tunisian TV about a terrorism conference he attended in Tunis.

November 16 - AMW liaised with the BBC, and the French Institute regarding co-organising a Middle East film festival for female directors.

November 15 - AMW liaised with the Independent, the BBC, ABC News, Al Jareea TV, Press TV, Tunisia's Al Sabah newspaper, the media sections of the Syrian Embassy and the Palestinian Delegation, and Iraqi film director Ja'far 'Abd al-Hamid.

November 14 - AMW adviser Chris Doyle got a letter published in the Independent entitled "UK fails to speak out over Gaza."

http://comment.independent.co.uk/letters/article3157762.ece

November 14 - ABC News invited AMW staff to appear on a programme entitled "Onward to Annapolis: Can the Middle East peace conference deliver?"

November 14 - AMW liaised with Amnesty International, Al Jareea TV, the Jewish Film Festival, and Iraqi film director Ja'far 'Abd al-Hamid.

November 13 - AMW sent a press release to the media announcing our forthcoming music concert Al Hurrieh - Freedom.

November 13 - AMW arranged for Husam Zomlot, political adviser to the Palestinian Delegation in the UK, to speak at the Jewish Film Festival as a replacement for AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

November 13 - AMW liaised with the Independent, the Evening Standard, the media section of the Tunisian Embassy, and Iraqi film director Ja'far 'Abd al-Hamid.

November 12 - AMW liaised with the media section of the Tunisian Embassy.

November 11 - AMW adviser Guy Gabriel was interviewed on Press TV about Palestine.

November 10 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Al Jazeera English about casualty figures in Iraq.

November 10 - AMW liaised with Al Quds Al Arabi and Aaram News Publishing.

November 9 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Al Jazeera English about casualty figures in Iraq.

November 9 - AMW member Saleh Mamon got a letter published in the Guardian entitled "Terrorism and the politics of fear."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,2208001,00.html#article_continue

November 9 - Press TV requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

November 9 - AMW liaised with the French Institute regarding co-organising a Middle East film festival for female directors, and the media section of the Tunisian Embassy.

November 8 - AMW liaised with ABC News, and the French Institute regarding co-organising a Middle East film festival for female directors.

November 7 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi got a review published in Al Quds Al Arabi about the movie The Kingdom, in which a major terrorist attack is committed in Saudi Arabia by Saudis against American civilians.

November 7 - AMW liaised with Al Arab and the media section of the Tunisian Embassy.

November 6 - AMW liaised with Al Arab, and the French Institute regarding co-organising a Middle East film festival for female directors.

November 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Al Jazeera English about casualty figures in Iraq.

November 5 - AMW adviser Guy Gabriel was interviewed on Press TV about US Secretary of State Condolleeza Rice's visit to the Middle East.

November 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Times to point out the poor journalism and lack of substantiation in an article on casualty figures in Iraq.

November 5 - AMW was invited to the 2007 Awards for International Journalism.

November 5 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English and the media section of the Sudanese Embassy.

November 4 - Press TV invited AMW to participate in a programme entitled "Is the UN a waste of time?"

November 3 - AMW liaised wih Asharq Al Awsat.

November 2 - Press TV requested an interview wih AMW about US Secretary of State Condolleeza Rice's visit to the Middle East.

November 2 - AMW liaised with Al Hayat, LBC TV and Press TV.

November 1 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift was interviewed by Press TV about US and UK policies in Iraq.

November 1 - AMW liaised with ABC News and Press TV.

October 31 - Journalist and broadcaster Lauren Booth linked her website to AMW's, and we reciprocated.

October 31 - AMW liaised with Arab News Broadcasting and Press TV.

October 30 - BBC Radio 4 requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on the Saudi state visit to the UK.

October 30 - AMW arranged interviews for Channel 5 on the Saudi state visit to the UK.

October 30 - Press TV requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about the Saudi state visit to the UK.

October 30 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, the Economist, the Financial Times, Press TV, and the media section of the Saudi Embassy.

October 29 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi got a review published in the Guardian entitled "One Good Arab" about the movie The Kingdom, in which a major terrorist attack is committed in Saudi Arabia by Saudis against American civilians.

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/sharif_nashashibi/2007/10/one_good_arab.html

October 29 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Press TV about the Saudi state visit to the UK.

October 29 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi interviewed the Tunisian Ambassador to the UK.

October 29 - AMW liaised wih the Guardian, the Financial Times, Al Quds Al Arabi, the Jewish Film Festival in London, and the media section of the Saudi Embassy.

October 28 - AMW liaised with the Guardian.

October 27 - AMW liaised with Al Arab.

October 26 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi gave his opinions on the film The Kingdom, in which Saudi terrorists target American civilians, to a journalist who approached him for his views for an article in the forthcoming magazine The Arab.

October 26 - AMW liaised with the Daily Mail, the Guardian, the media section of the Sudanese Embassy, and Iraqi film maker Ja'far 'Abd al-Hamid.

October 25 - AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi got a commentary published in the Guardian entitled "Intellectual terrorism," about the pro-Israel lobby.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/Analysis/tabid/75/newsid395/4253/Intellectual-terrorism/Default.aspx

October 25 - Al Quds Al Arabi and Al Arab published AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi's article "From the ashes of fundamentalism," about Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury's views on pan-Arabism.

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2007\10\10-24\zopinionz\960.htm

October 25 - AMW provided the Sudanese Embassy with a list of contact details of relevant media people to invite to a conference in Sudan on the peace deal signed between the government and eastern rebels. 

October 25 - Press TV invited AMW to participate in a programme entitled "Is Iran inviting attacks?"

October 25 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, ABC News, Al Quds Al Arabi, Al Arab, the media section of the Saudi Embassy, the National Free Press about the book "Voice of Hezbollah," the French Institute about co-organising a Middle East film festival, and a masters student in international journalism at Westminster University about Al Jazeera's English's first year of operation.

October 24 - The Press Gazette published an item about AMW's successful complaint with the Press Complaints Commission against the Daily Mail over an editorial on Palestine.

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=39253&c=1

October 24 - A journalist requested AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi's opinion of the film The Kingdom, in which Saudi terrorists target American civilians, for an article to be published in the forthcoming magazine The Arab.

October 24 - AMW liaised with every British broadsheet and tabloid, as well as the Economist, the New Statesman, the BBC, ITN, Channel 4, Al Jazeera English and Al Arabiya.

October 23 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was among several UK-based media people invited by the Sudanese Embassy to a conference in Sudan on the peace deal signed between the government and eastern rebels.

October 23 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by a masters student in international journalism at Westminster University about Al Jazeera's English's first year of operation.

October 23 - AMW provided US-based contact details to a journalist writing an article for the Guardian on similarities and differences between Arab and Muslim lobbies in the US and UK.

October 23 - AMW had a meeting with Oxfam to discuss cooperation.

October 23 - AMW liaised with the Times, the Financial Times and Al Jazeera English.

October 22 - Verso Books requested AMW's advice on film screenings to highlight the worsening situation in the Middle East, and encourage discussion of how the media deals with such violence.

October 22 - The Islam Channel asked AMW to arrange an interview for them with acclaimed Syrian actor Ghassan Massoud.

October 22 - Daniel Brett, AMW member and chairman of the British Ahwazi Friendship Society, was interviewed by award-winning German news website Telepolis about the persecution of Iran's Arab community.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/Analysis/tabid/75/newsid395/4242/Interview-with-AMW-member-on-Iranian-Arabs/Default.aspx

October 22 - AMW liaised with every British broadsheet except the Daily Telegraph, every tabloid except the Sun, as well as the BBC, Al Jazeera English, Channel 4, Reuters, the New Statesman, the editor of the book "Voice of Hezbollah," and a masters student in international journalism at Westminster University about Al Jazeera's English's first year of operation.

October 20 - AMW liaised with award-winning investigative journalist and New Statesman regular columnist John Pilger.

October 19 - AMW adviser Chris Doyle got a letter on Islamophobia published in the International Herald Tribune.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/19/opinion/edlet.php

October 19 - AMW responded to a request by Al Jazeera English for info on various Palestinian organisations in the UK and US.

October 19 - AMW was asked for help with interviewees for a forthcoming article in the Guardian on the similiarities and differences between Arab and Muslim lobbying efforts in the UK and US.

October 19 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, the BBC, Channel 4, the Guardian, Al Arab, Human Rights Watch about a screening of a film on Iraq, the French Institute about co-organising a Middle East film festival, and the UK distributors of the award-winning Moroccan / Algerian film Days of Glory about a possible film screening.

October 18 - AMW published an article by chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on press freedom in the Arab world, based on the Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007 published by Reporters Without Borders.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/Analysis/tabid/75/newsid395/4232/Arab-press-freedom-struggling/Default.aspx

October 18 - Al Jazeera English requested AMW's help with info on various Palestinian organisations in the UK and US.

October 18 - AMW met with a media lecture from the School of Oriental and African Studies to discuss AMW's work.

October 18 - Press TV invited AMW to a programme discussing the topic "Do Muslims get a fair deal from the British media?"

October 18 - A masters student in international journalism at Westminster University requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi for a radio report on the anniversary of the launch of Al Jazeera English.

October 18 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, Channel 4, ABC News, Asharq Al Awsat, the media sections of the Saudi and Lebanese embassies, the French Institute regarding co-organising a Middle East film festival, and award-winning investigative journalist and New Statesman regular columnist John Pilger.

October 17 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, the Guardian, Asharq Al Awsat, Al Hayat, Al Quds Al Arabi, and the French Institute regarding co-organising a Middle East film festival.

October 16 - AMW helped Al Jazeera English with contacts for a programme on the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

October 16 - AMW provided photos for an article in Al Quds Al Arabi on an interview between AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury.

October 16 - AMW had a meeting with the Centre for Arab and Muslim Media Research about coordination between the two organisations.

October 16 - AMW liaised with the Associated Press and Al Jazeera English.

October 15 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi got a commentary published in the Guardian entitled "From the ashes of fundamentalism," about his interview with award-winning Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury, and the latter's views on pan-Arabism.

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/sharif_nashashibi/2007/10/from_the_ashes_of_fundamentalism.html

October 15 - A PhD student requested AMW's help with contacts at Al Jazeera English, Press TV and Al 'Alam.

October 15 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera, the Guardian, the BBC, the Independent, the Daily Mail and the Daily Express.

October 13 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi spoke on British media coverage of the proposed academic boycott of Israel at a conference on academic freedom in Palestine.

October 13 - AMW liaised with Al Arab, Al Quds Al Arabi and Press TV.

October 12 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed for an article in the Guardian on similiarities and differences between Arab and Muslim lobbying efforts in Britain and the US.

October 12 - Press TV requested AMW's help in getting an interview on Palestine.

October 12 - AMW liaised with Reuters, the BBC, the Guardian, Al Arab, and the media section of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and the Centre for Arab and Muslim Media Research.

October 11 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi interviewed award-winning Lebanese novelist and journalist Elias Khoury at the French Institute.

October 11 - AMW liaised with the Independent, the Guardian, ABC News, Al Hayat, the department of media studies at Royal Holloway University, the media section of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Al Hiwar, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam.

October 10 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, the New Statesman, award-winning investigative journalist John Pilger, and the media section of the French Embassy.

October 9 - Press TV requested an interview on Guantanamo Bay with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

October 9 - AMW liaised with the Times, the Financial Times, the Daily Mail, the Guardian, the New Statesman, the BBC, the Independent, Al Jazeera English, the Mail on Sunday, award-winning investigative journalist John Pilger, Oxfam, Press TV, and the media section of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

October 8 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was invited to write an article for the Guardian's Comment is Free section on his forthcoming interview of Lebanese novelist and journalist Elias Khouri.

October 8 - Press TV requested AMW's help in finding interviewees on Syria.

October 8 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, and the media section of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

October 7 - Al Jazeera English requested AMW's help in getting interviewees for a programme on Yasser Arafat.

October 7 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Press TV about the day's headlines, including Israel's bombing of Syria and the situation in Iraq.

October 7 - AMW liaised with Nicholas Noe, editor of Mideastwire.com and the book "Voice of Hezbollah."

October 6 - AMW liaised with Al Arab and Oxfam.

October 5 - AMW adviser Chris Doyle got a letter on Palestine published in the Jewish Chronicle

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/4200/Jewish-Chronicle-publishes-letter-by-AMW-adviser/Default.aspx

October 5 - AMW was invited to a Eid reception organised by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

October 5 - Press TV requested 2 interviews from AMW. 

October 5 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Jazeera English, Al Arabiya, the Middle East Journal of Culture & Communication, Al Arab, Press TV, and the media section of the French Embassy.

October 4 - AMW liaised with the BBC, the Press Complaints Commission, ABC News, and the media section of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

October 3 - AMW liaised with Al, Jazeera English, the Guardian, Al Hayat, Oxfam, and the media section of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the French Embassy.

October 2 - AMW had lunch with a senior editor at the Financial Times, and then met with a regular columnist at the newspaper.

October 2 - AMW helped Al Jazeera English arrange an interviewee on Egypt.

October 2 - AMW issued an Action Alert urging members and the public to thank Daily Star regular columnist Dominik Diamond for apologising for any offence caused by his statement: ""There must be some NHS staff who aren't Arab terrorists, surely?" AMW had previously issued an Alert to complain against this statement, and Diamond responded personally and apologised. Read his public apology at:

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/ActionAlerts/tabid/74/newsid397/4196/Thank-Dominik-Diamond-for-apology/Default.aspx

October 2 - AMW helped Press TV arrange interviewees on US foreign policy in the Middle East.

October 2 - Press TV requested an interview on US foreign policy in the Middle East with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

October 2 - AMW liaised with the Financial Times, Al Jazeera English, the media sections of the French Embassy and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Iraqi film director Ja'far 'Abd Al-Hamid, and the Press Complaints Commission regarding a complaint against the Economist on the status of Jerusalem.

October 1 - AMW helped Press TV arrange interviewees on Iraq.

October 1 - Press TV requested an interview on Iraq with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

October 1 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, and the media section of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

September 30 - AMW liaised with Nicholas Noe, editor of Mideastwire.com and the book "Voice of Hezbollah: The Statements of Sayed Hassan Nasrallah."

September 29 - Daily Star regular columnist Dominik Diamond apologised for any offence caused after AMW members wrote to him in response to our Action Alert:

"I got a few complaints after my Wednesday column when I joked that there must be some NHS workers who weren't 'Arab terrorists.' I hope readers would not have thought for one second that I meant a slur on all Arabs by using that phrase, any more than I would have meant a slur on all white people if I had used the phrase 'white supremacist morons', or football fans if I'd used the phrase 'football hooligans', or all teenagers if I had used the phrase 'teenage thugs'. But if normal, peaceful Arab people living in Britain were upset, I apologise."

September 29 - AMW adviser Chris Doyle got a letter published in the Daily Star:

"Dominik Diamond's column (Let the Beeb run the NHS, they can handle a cat-astrophe) is a disgrace, stereotyping an entire community as terrorist and incapable of speaking English. It is an appalling insult to the thousands of British-Arab doctors in the NHS and who were appalled at the actions of those who carried out the recent atrocities.  Some of them indeed, have been directly or indirectly victims of terrorism."

September 29 - AMW liaised with Nicholas Noe, editor of Mideastwire.com and the book "Voice of Hezbollah: The Statements of Sayed Hassan Nasrallah."

September 28 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi got a letter on Palestine published in the Daily Mail, correcting an inaccuracy in an editorial. After the newspaper's initial rejection of the letter, AMW took the matter to the Press Complaints Commission, which prompted the Mail to resolve the issue directly with AMW, resulting in its eventual publication:

"It's incorrect to talk of 'the democratically elected Fatah government' being 'wrecked' by Hamas (Mail). Though the democratically elected Palestinian President is a Fatah member, the government in question contained no one from Fatah. It was formed by a Hamas prime minister and approved by the parliament, consisting predominantly of Hamas MPs. Fatah lost the last parliamentary elections and joined a national unity government only through negotiations with Hamas."

September 28 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, the BBC, the Financial Times and Al Hayat.

September 27 - A senior editor at the Financial Times requested a meeting with AMW.

September 27 - A senior editor at the Daily Mail agreed to a meeting with AMW.

September 27 - AMW issued an Action Alert urging members and the public to write to Daily Star regular columnist Dominik Diamond for stating a day earlier: "There must be some NHS staff who aren't Arab terrorists, surely?" This elicited a strong response.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/ActionAlerts/tabid/74/newsid397/4181/Email-Dominik-Diamond-re-Arab-terrorists/Default.aspx

September 27 - AMW liaised with Channel 5 News, the Daily Mail, Al Jazeera English, ABC News, and the media section of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

September 26 - Al Hawadis magazine published an article on AMW's fundraising dinnner of September 8, with pictures of the BBC's former Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston, Al Hayat regular columnist Jihad Khazen, and the Lebanese, Egyptian, Kuwaiti and UAE ambassadors, among others.

September 26 - AMW adviser Chris Doyle contributed a foreward for a Times supplement entitled "Friendship Through Trade," which included articles on Arab finance, tourism, politics and women.

September 26 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, the BBC, Al Arabiya and the Press Complaints Commission regarding a complaint against the Daily Mail concerning Palestine, as well as about a comment by a regular columnist in the Daily Star that we deemed racist against Arabs.

September 25 - The BBC's former Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston emailed AMW thanking us for the hospitality and welcome shown to him at our fundraising dinner, at which he received our 2007 award for excellence in journalism.

September 25 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Saudi TV about AMW's study of British media coverage of the proposed academic boycott of Israel.

September 25 - Channel 5 News requested an interview with AMW member Angharad Yeo.

September 25 - AMW met with Press TV.

September 25 - AMW liaised with the Jerusalem Post and the media section of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

September 24 - A BBC employee emailed AMW urging us to "keep up the great work."

September 24 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera, the media section of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and the Press Complaints Commission regarding a complaint against the Daily Mail concerning Palestine.

September 23 - AMW liaised with the BBC and Al Jazeera.

September 22 - Press TV invited AMW to its Eid celebration.

September 22 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Arab, and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.

September 21 - AMW helped Al Jazeera English arrange an interview with Egyptian-Iraqi comedian Saif Abu Kandil.

September 21 - AMW liaised with the media section of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the Daily Mail, the Press Complaints Commission and Al Arab.

September 20 - AMW liaised with ABC News.

September 19 - A Daily Express journalist who attended AMW's fundraising dinner on September 8 emailed us to say it was "a very impressive evening, and I'm glad I went."

September 19 - Press TV aired a report on AMW's three-month study on the amount of coverage given to Israeli and Palestinian viewpoints in news articles.

September 19 - AMW liaised with Asharq Al Awsat, Gulf News, Press TV, the media section of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and the Press Complaints Commission regarding an AMW complaint against the Daily Mail concerning Palestine.

September 18 - A senior editor at the Times who attended AMW's fundraising dinner on September 8 emailed us to say it was "great" and she "very much enjoyed it."

September 18 - A CBS journalist with who attended AMW's fundraising dinner on September 8 emailed us to thank us for "the very lovely evening. I had a great time and you had a good crowd. Also the venue was fabulous!"

September 18 - A journalist with Al Jazeera English who attended AMW's fundraising dinner on September 8 emailed us to say he had "a really good time," and is "a big fan" of our "very important work."

September 18 - AMW adviser Karma Nabulsi got a commentary on Palestine published in the Guardian entitled "It is unjust and absurd to apply economics to this hell."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,,2171420,00.html

September 18 - AMW liaised with the BBC, the Times, the Daily Express, Al Jazeera English, CBS, the Daily Mail, Press TV, and the media section of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

September 17 - AMW provided Saudi TV with AMW's study of media coverage of the proposed academic boycott of Israel, as requested a day earlier.

September 17 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, the New Statesman, Saudi TV, Press TV, the media section of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and the Press Complaints Commission regarding an AMW complaint against the Daily Mail concerning Palestine.

September 16 - Saudi TV requested information from AMW regarding the proposed academic boycott of Israel, and AMW's study of media coverage of the subject.

September 16 - AMW liaised with Gulf News.

September 15 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English.

September 14 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi was interviewed by BBC Arabic about AMW.

September 14 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi appeared on Al Jazeera English's Listening Post programme, commenting on the Egyptian media.

September 14 - An AMW delegation had several meetings with the BBC World Service and BBC Arabic, during which numerous new contacts were made.

September 14 - A BBC employee emailed AMW to thank us for our "wonderful hospitality" at our fundraising dinner on September 8.

September 14 - AMW liaised with the BBC, the New Statesman, ABC News, and the media section of Oxfam.

September 13 - AMW issued a press release to the media announcing the publication of a 3-month study into the amount of coverage given to Israeli and Palestinian viewpoints in news articles.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/4137/AMW-study-Palestinian--Israeli-viewpoints-in-the-media/Default.aspx

September 13 - An AMW delegation attended the summer party of the New Statesman.

September 13 - AMW had 2 meetings with Al Jazeera English, as well as with journalists working for the Independent and Channel 4.

September 13 - The Daily Star expressed its interest in writing an article about AMW.

September 13 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, Channel 4, the Independent, Gulf News, Al Arab, and the lawyer of Al Jazeera camerman and Guantanamo detainee Sami Al-Hajj.

September 12 - AMW liaised with the Sunday Times regarding Al Jazeera cameraman and Guantanamo detainee Sami Al-Hajj.

September 11 - Asharq Al Awsat published an article about AMW's annual fundraising dinner.

September 11 - A New Statesman employee emailed AMW to say our fundraising dinner on 8 September was "a fun night."

September 11 - AMW liaised with Reuters, the BBC, Al Jazeera English, the New Statesman and Press TV.

September 10 - The New Statesman invited AMW to its annual summer party.

September 10 - A BBC employee emailed AMW to say our fundraising dinner on September 8 was "very enjoyable."

September 10 - A New Statesman editor emailed AMW to say our fundraising dinner on September 8 was "fantastic."

September 10 - Al Hayat published an article about AMW's annual fundraising dinner.

September 10 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Jazeera English, Asharq Al Awsat, and the media section of the Israeli embassy.

September 9 - The BBC World Service reported:

"The BBC's former Gaza correspondent, Alan Johnston, who was held hostage for almost four months, has won a further award for his reporting from Gaza. The British-based media monitoring organisation, Arab Media Watch, presented Mr Johnston with its annual award for excellence in journalism at a ceremony in London.  He was released from captivity in Gaza on July the fourth; hours later, Amnesty International named him as one of the winners in its awards to honour journalists who had highlighted  human rights abuses. The Arab Media Watch chairman, Sharif Nashashibi, descibed Alan Johnston as an exemplary journalist who had humanely and objectively reported the suffering of the Palestinian people. In May, while still being held in Gaza, Alan Johnston was named Broadcast Journalist of the Year by the London Press Club. Arab Media Watch is an independent watchdog body set up in 2000 to campaign for objective coverage of Arab issues in the British media. Alan Johnston paid tribute to everyone who campaigned for his release, especially Palestinians."

September 9 - AMW liaised with the BBC.

September 9 - Press TV requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on the 9/11 anniversary.

September 8 - AMW liaised with Al Arab and Press TV.

September 7 - The Independent interviewed AMW adviser Rime Allaf about an Israeli military sortie over Syria.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2938965.ece

September 7 - AMW liaised with the Daily Mail, Al Jazeera English, Sky News, the Economist, the BBC, CBS, Al Arab, Press TV, and the media section of Oxfam.

September 6 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Al Jazeera English on the media in Egypt.

September 6 - Al Hayat published an advert for AMW's fundraising dinner on September 8.

September 6 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, the BBC, ABC News, CBS, Press TV, and the media section of Amnesty International.

September 5 - AMW met with journalists from the Times, the Daily Mail and the Economist.

September 5 - Sky News contacted AMW requesting an interview with former BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston.

September 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Iraq by ABC News along with a correspondent for Le Monde.

September 5 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi was interviewed by Al Hiwar TV and ANB about AMW.

September 5 - Press TV requested an interview with AMW about relations between the US and Iraqi governments.

September 5 - Press TV asked AMW for help arranging interviews on the anniversary of 9/11 and its repercussions in the Middle East.

September 5 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Jazeera English, the New Statesman, Press TV, the media sections of Amnesty International, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Qatari, Egyptian and Palestinian embassies, the Arab League, the Catholic Herald, and a freelancer for the Daily Telegraph.

September 4 - A producer for Sir David Frost's programme on Al Jazeera English requested a meeting with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

September 4 - Asharq Al Awsat and Al Quds Al Arabi published adverts for AMW's fundraising dinner on September 8.

September 4 - AMW liaised with the Daily Mail, Channel 4, the BBC, Al Jazeera English, the New Statesman, and the media section of the Libyan, Syrian, Egyptian and Palestinian embassies.

September 3 - Al Jazeera English requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

September 3 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Press TV on Iraq.

September 3 - AMW liaised with Channel 4, the Independent, Al Jazeera English, the Daily Express, the media section of the Saudi Embassy, Muslim News and Lauren Booth, regular columnist for the New Statesman and Mail on Sunday.

September 2 - Press TV requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

September 2 - AMW liaised with Al Arab, Press TV, and Palestinian film-maker Saeed Taji Farouky.

September 1 - Press TV requested an interview on Iraq with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

September 1 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Reuters, Al Arab, the media section of the Palestinian Embassy, a former Middle East correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, and Nicholas Noe, editor of "Voice of Hezbollah: The Statements of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah."

Rest of August NA

August 17 - Press TV requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

August 17 - AMW liaised with ITN, Channel 4, More 4, Al Quds Al Arabi and Al Arab.

August 16 - AMW member Abe Hayeem got a letter published in the Financial Times entitled "'City of David' project an obstacle to Palestinian state."

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5c540856-4b90-11dc-861a-0000779fd2ac.html

August 16 - AMW issued a press release announcing the publication of our report entitled "Lebanon: The Lingering Effects of Israel's 2006 Invasion."

August 16 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Channel 4, ITN, More 4, the Independent, the Guardian, the Financial Times, Al Jazeera English, Al Arabiya, the New Statesman, CBS News, ABC News, Lebanon's Daily Star, Gulf News, LBC, Al Hayat, Amnesty International, Moroccan TV 2M, Morocco's Assabah newspaper, InterTrade Media, and the media section of the Saudi Embassy.

August 15 - AMW issued a press release to the media announcing its forthcoming annual fundraising dinner.

August 15 - AMW liaised with Channel 4, the New Statesman, Al Jazeera English, the Times, the Independent, the Financial Times, Al Arabiya, Al Quds Al Arabi, Rotana, Al Arab, the Islam Channel, the Jewish Chronicle, and the media sections of the Yemeni and Sudanese embassies.

August 14 - Al Arab published an article announcing AMW's forthcoming annual fundraising dinner.

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2007\08\08-14\887.htm

August 14 - AMW issued a press release announcing the launch in the UK of the Arabic TV channel Rotana Europe.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/4076/Arab-TV-channel-goes-UK/Default.aspx

August 14 - The press office of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office invited AMW to a press conference by a British Muslim delegation returning from Sudan and Saudi Arabia.

August 14 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, the Jewish Chronicle, Rotana, Al Arab and Press TV.

August 13 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Press TV on British policy vis-a-vis Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq.

August 13 - AMW liaised with the BBC.

August 11 - AMW adviser Tim Llewellyn was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 about Lebanon's General Michel Aoun.

August 11 - AMW liaised with Aaram News.

August 10 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English and Al Arab.

August 9 - AMW sent a press release to the media regarding the Associated Press's problematic coverage of Lebanon's death toll from last year's war.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/4050/AP--Lebanons-death-toll/Default.aspx

August 9 - AMW liaised with the BBC, the Guardian and ABC News.

August 8 - AMW liaised with Amnesty International.

August 7 - AMW liaised with Asharq Al Awsat, Access Media Advisory, Press TV, Business Monitor International, the department of media arts at Royal Holloway University, the Journal of Media Practice and the Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication.

August 6 - AMW arranged interviewees on Lebanese by-elections for Al Jazeera English.

August 6 - AMW liaised with Reuters, Asharq Al Awsat, Rotana, Business Monitor International, the department of media arts at Royal Holloway University, the Journal of Media Practice and the Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication.

August 5 - AMW liaised with Aaram News.

August 4 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English and Aaram News.

August 3 - AMW liaised with the Times, Al Jazeera English, the Daily Mail and Aaram News.

August 3 - AMW adviser Guy Gabriel was interviewed by Press TV.

August 3 - Al Jazeera English requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

August 2 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Press TV about media ownership and coverage of the Arab world.

August 2 - AMW liaised with the BBC, the Times and the media section of the Saudi Embassy.

August 1 - AMW liaised with the Jewish Chronicle, Press TV and the media section of the Saudi Embassy.

July 31 - A Financial Times regular columnist emailed AMW to say "thanks very much" for help with contacts in Israel/Palestine, who he spoke to and met while visiting the region. "It's all been very useful."

July 31 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi had lunch with an editorial writer at the Times.

July 31 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, the Financial Times and the media section of the Saudi Embassy.

July 31 - The Islam Channel requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on Iraq.

July 30 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Press TV on the state of the Middle East peace process.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/AboutUs/AMWInterviews/tabid/1457/newsid2115/4058/AMW-on-Press-TV-30-July-2007/Default.aspx

July 30 - AMW liaised with Channel 4 and Press TV.

July 28 - AMW liaised with the BBC and the Independent.

July 27 - AMW liaised with the media section of the Sudanese Embassy.

July 26 - BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston emailed AMW to say he was "very pleased indeed" to receive this year's AMW award for excellence in journalism, and confirmed that he would attend AMW's forthcoming annual dinner. "I have been well aware of your organisation's work for a long time, and to receive an award from it is a real honour," he added. "I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for AMW's contribution to the campaign to free me when I was being held captive in Gaza. I do appreciate your efforts, and I hope to be able to express my gratitude more fully to you and your colleagues when we meet next month at the award ceremony."

July 26 - AMW organised an event entitled "Sudan: Challenges & Opportunities". Speakers were Sudanese Ambassador Omar Siddig, Independent Africa correspondent Steve Bloomfield, and ITN / Channel 4 / More 4 international affairs reporter Nima Elbagir. The audience included journalists from Reuters, the BBC, the Guardian, Asharq Al Awsat and Al Quds Al Arabi. The Sudanese, Yemeni and Qatari Embassies were represented, as were various Sudanese factions such as the Sudan Liberation Army, the Justice and Equality Movement, the Sudan People's Liberation Army and the Ummah Party. A former Darfur governor was present, as was an advisor to the Sudanese President.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/Analysis/tabid/75/newsid395/4048/Report-on-AMW-Sudan-event/Default.aspx

July 26 - AMW complained to the Independent about a supplementary map provided with the newspaper that described Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

July 26 - AMW liaised with the Times, the BBC, the Jewish Chronicle and ABC News.

July 25 - A Daily Mail regular columnist emailed AMW to say we were "a grand help" in finding Middle East experts who could go over a book he is writing on US foreign policy.

July 25 - AMW liaised with Reuters and the Daily Mail.

July 24 - AMW liaised with the BBC, the Guardian, the New Statesman, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail and the media section of the Sudanese Embassy.

July 24 - AMW sent a press release to the media announcing its forthcoming event on Sudan.

July 23 - AMW liaised with the New Statesman, Al Jazeera English, the Times, and the media sections of the Saudi and Sudanese embassies.

July 22 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph.

July 21 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English and the Argus Media Group.

July 20 - A senior BBC editor emailed AMW saying: "Thank you so much for your support for our colleague, Alan Johnston, during his time and captivity."

July 20 - AMW adviser Chris Doyle got a letter published in the Independent on Israel/Palestine.

http://comment.independent.co.uk/letters/article2785438.ece

July 20 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by the Islam Channel on Israel's release of Palestinian prisoners.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/AboutUs/AMWInterviews/tabid/1457/newsid2115/4054/AMW-on-Islam-Channel-20-July-2007/Default.aspx

July 20 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Jazeera English, the Financial Times and the Argus Media Group.

July 20 - A Financial Times columnist thanked AMW for helping him with contacts for his forthcoming trip to Israel/Palestine.

July 19 - AMW chairman Sharif Nashashibi was interviewed by Al Jazeera English on the role of Tony Blair as the new Middle East peace envoy.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/AboutUs/AMWInterviews/tabid/1457/newsid2115/4053/AMW-on-Al-Jazeera-English-19-July-2007/Default.aspx

July 19 - AMW adviser Chris Doyle got a letter published in the Jewish Chronicle:

"The issue of rising antisemitism as was a thoroughly worthwhile issue for a Channel 4 documentary. Sadly the choice of messenger seriously undermined the credibility of the message. Richard Littlejohn has been the high priest of prejudice against so many groups including the French, the Germans, Arabs, Muslims, Africans, gypsies and gays. He has alienated so many communities that surely it raises questions about the validity and effectiveness of cooperating with such a disgraceful individual, and begs the question why Channel 4 could not find a more credible alternative.

July 19 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Reuters, Al Jazeera English, ABC News, the Syrian Media Centre and the media section of the Sudanese Embassy.

July 18 - AMW liaised with Al Arabiya, Reporters Without Borders, and the media sections of the Sudanese and Israeli embassies.

July 17 - AMW liaised with the Independent, Reporters Without Borders, Press TV, the Jewish Chronicle and the media section of the Israeli Embassy.

July 16 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Press TV.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/AboutUs/AMWInterviews/tabid/1457/newsid2115/4057/AMW-on-Press-TV-16-July-2007/Default.aspx

July 16 - AMW liaised with the Independent, ITN, More 4, Channel 4 and the media section of the Sudanese Embassy.

July 14 - AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi got a commentary on Palestine published in Al Hayat entitled "Why Does No One Learn From The Past?"

http://english.daralhayat.com/opinion/commentators/07-2007/Article-20070714-c51abe03-c0a8-10ed-0169-5e99bb438141/story.html

July 13 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Al Jazeera English on the release of BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston, how the media reported it, and what effects his kidnapping and release will have on media coverage of and in Palestine.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/AboutUs/AMWInterviews/tabid/1457/newsid2115/4052/AMW-on-Al-Jazeera-English-13-July-2007/Default.aspx

July 13 - AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi got a commentary published in Israel's Haaretz newspaper on the academic boycott of Israel.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/881390.html

July 13 - AMW liaised with the Independent, the Jewish Chronicle, ITN, Channel 4, More 4, the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Associated Press.

July 12 - AMW issued a press release to the media announcing the publication of an AMW report on British media coverage of the proposed academic boycott of Israel.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/4011/AMW-publishes-report-on-UK-media-coverage-of-Israel-boycott/Default.aspx

July 12 - AMW filed a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission against an article in the Daily Telegraph that described the West Bank as "disputed."

July 12 - AMW liaised with all the British broadsheets, Reporters Without Borders, Al Arab newspaper, Al Hayat, ABC News, the Jewish Chronicle, the Syrian Media Centre, the media section of the Sudanese Embassy, the Mainstream Media Project.

July 12 - A senior BBC official emailed AMW to say he appreciated "the professional way you have approached your relationship with the BBC."

July 11 - A Financial Times regular columnist approached AMW for contacts in the West Bank, where he is due to travel soon.

July 11 - AMW liaised with the Times and the Centre for Conflict Resolution Journalism.

July 10 - AMW met with four senior editors and columnists at the Financial Times.

July 10 - Al Jazeera English requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on the PR war between Hamas and Fatah.

July 10 - AMW found the appropriate person to help with a forthcoming book by a Daily Mail regular columnist who approached AMW for help with chapters dealing with the Middle East.

July 10 - AMW liaised with ITN and all the British broadsheets.

July 9 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by the Listening Post programme on Al Jazeera English about media coverage of the Gaza Strip.

July 9 - AMW liaised with the Financial Times, Press TV, the BBC, the Daily Express, the Times and the media section of the Sudanese Embassy.

July 8 - AMW liaised with Press TV.

July 7 - BBC Middle East Bureaux editor Simon Wilson thanked AMW for its support in campaigning for the release of Gaza correspondent Alan Johnton.

July 7 - AMW liaised with Press TV and the Guardian.

July 6 - A senior figure at the Times emailed AMW saying we were "doing a good job."

July 6 - AMW issued a press release congratulating Guardian journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad for winning a journalism award, and several AMW members wrote congratulatory messages.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/4015/AMW-congratulates-Guardian-journalist-Ghaith-Abdul-Ahad-for-award/Default.aspx

July 6 - Al Jazeera English requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

July 6 - AMW liaised with ABC News, the Daily Express, the Financial Times, the Times, Al Hayat, LBC, the Independent, Al Jazeera English and the Guardian.

July 5 - AMW organised an event entitled "Palestine: What Now?" with the following speakers: Financial Times regular columnist Gideon Rachman, Independent editorial writer and columnist Mary Dejevsky, Al Hayat / LBC political editor Zaki Chehab, and former Al Jazeera presenter Khaled Hroub. Attendees included people from Le Monde Diplomatique, Iraqiyyeh TV, the Syrian Media Centre, the Mail on Sunday, the New Statesman, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, InterTrade Media, the BBC and the Economist, as well as the press departments of the Romanian, Sudanese, Qatari, Omani, German, Czech and Egyptian embassies.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/3997/AMW-event-What-now-for-Palestine/Default.aspx

July 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Saudi TV on media coverage and the Arab community in Britain.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/AboutUs/AMWInterviews/tabid/1457/newsid2115/4032/AMW-on-Saudi-TV-5-July-2007/Default.aspx

July 5 - AMW adviser Guy Gabriel was interviewed on World View about Hamas.

July 5 - A Daily Mail regular columnist approached AMW for help with his forthcoming book, parts of which deal with the Middle East.

July 4 - AMW issued a press release congratulating the release of BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston, resulting in the head of BBC Arabic thanking us for our support.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/4007/AMW-congratulates-Alan-Johnstons-release/Default.aspx

July 4 - AMW member Dr Ismail Jalili was interviewed on Channel 4's Iraq Commission.

July 4 - AMW liaised with the Daily Express.

July 4 - Press TV requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

July 3 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by British Satellite News on AMW and the Palestinian community in London.

July 3 - AMW's forthcoming event on Palestine was advertised in Al Hayat and Al Arab newspapers.

July 3 - AMW liaised with Al Hayat, LBC, Sharq magazine, InterTrade Media, and a journalist producing a documentary on Islam for BBC 2.

July 2 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi attended a dinner hosted by the Qatari ambassador which included figures from the Daily Mail, Middle East magazine and the Independent.

July 2 - AMW liaised with the Independent, Al Hayat, LBC, British Satellite News, Sahar TV, and a journalist producing a documentary on Islam for BBC 2.

July 2 - Press TV requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on media coverage of the Middle East.

July 1 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Gulf News about Fatah.

July 1 - AMW liaised with Pyramedia, and helped arrange interviewees for British Satellite News for a programme on the Palestinian community in London.

June 30 - AMW helped arrange interviewees for Gulf News for an article on Fatah, and liaised with the Guardian.

June 30 - AMW filed a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission against a commentary in the Evening Standard by Simon Henderson, in which he made two false claims regarding the status of the Gaza Strip.

June 30 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Sahar TV and Press TV about the various crises in the Middle East.

June 29 - AMW member Ruth Tenne got a letter published in the Daily Mail in response to an AMW Action Alert urging people to thank regular columnist Andrew Alexander for an excellent article criticising Israeli, US and British policy vis-a-vis the Arab world, and highlighting the plight of Palestinian and Iraqi refugees.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/4003/Letters-by-AMW-members-published-in-Daily-Mail-after-Action-Alert/Default.aspx

June 29 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi was interviewed by Al 'Alam TV about the bombs found in London.

June 29 - AMW issued an Action Alert to thank Times correspondent James Hider for an article on Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/ActionAlerts/tabid/74/newsid397/4001/Thank-Times-correspondent-James-Hider/Default.aspx

June 29 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, ABC News, the Daily Mail, ITN, More4, Channel 4, the BBC and British Satellite News.

June 29 - AMW issued a press release to the media announcing its forthcoming event on Palestine on 5 July with speakers from the Financial Times, the Independent, Al Jazeera, Al Hayat and LBC.

June 29 - AMW wrote to the Financial Times to point out an error in a report on Palestine.

June 28 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Times to commend an article on Israeli checkpoints, and got a commentary published in the Glasgow Herald crticising the choice of Tony Blair as the Quartet's new Middle East envoy.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/Analysis/tabid/75/newsid395/3999/Dont-envy-the-envoy/Default.aspx

June 28 - AMW adviser Chris Doyle got a letter published in the Daily Telegraph criticising the choice of Tony Blair as the Quartet's new Middle East envoy, and was quoted in the Times on the same subject.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?menuId=1588&menuItemId=-1&view=DISPLAYCONTENT&grid=A1&targetRule=0#head2

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1996192.ece

June 28 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, CNBC, Al Jazeera English, InterTrade Media and Lauren Booth - regular columnist for the Mail on Sunday and the New Statesman.

June 28 - AMW helped Al Jazeera English's Listening Post programme with research on the Arab media.

June 27 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on GMTV about the prospects of Tony Blair becoming Middle East envoy, and was requested for an interview on the same subject by BBC Scotland.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/AboutUs/AMWInterviews/tabid/1457/newsid2115/3994/AMW-on-GMTV-27-June-2007/Default.aspx

June 27 - AMW liaised with the Glasgow Herald, Reuters, Al Hayat, Asharq Al Awsat, the BBC, the Daily Express and Lauren Booth, regular columnist for the New Statesman and the Mail on Sunday.

June 27 - AMW filed a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission against an editorial in the Daily Mail that contained a factual error regarding Palestine.

June 27 - AMW wrote to the Daily Telegraph to correct an article that wrongly described the West Bank as "disputed."

June 27 - AMW member Asad Khan got a letter published in the Daily Mail in response to an AMW Action Alert urging people to thank regular columnist Andrew Alexander for an excellent article criticising Israeli, US and British policy vis-a-vis the Arab world, and highlighting the plight of Palestinian and Iraqi refugees.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/4003/Letters-by-AMW-members-published-in-Daily-Mail-after-Action-Alert/Default.aspx

June 26 - AMW liaised with the New Statesman, the Daily Express, Gulf News, the BBC, GMTV and the New Statesman.

June 25 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi was interviewed by Yemeni TV about Palestinian infighting in the Gaza Strip.

June 25 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English and Arabic, BBC English and Arabic, the Financial Times, the Independent and PR Newswire

June 25 - AMW met with a senior Daily Express reporter, and arranged interviews with Palestinian commentators for the Guardian.

June 25 - AMW member Christopher Leadbeater got a letter published in the Palestine Chronicle.

http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story-06250753739.htm

June 24 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English and the Guardian.

June 23 - AMW filed a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission against an article by regular columnist Melanie Phillips in the Daily Mail which contained at least 2 factual errors regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict.

June 23 - AMW liaised with Asharq Al Awsat, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Express, the Daily Mail and Colin Bickler, journalism lecturer at City University.

June 22 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi appeared on Al Jazeera English's Listening Post programme talking about an off-air remark by a reporter for Lebanese TV channel NBN about Lebanese MP Walid Eido's assassination.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/AboutUs/AMWInterviews/tabid/1457/newsid2115/3983/AMW-on-Al-Jazeera-English-22-June-2007/Default.aspx

June 22 - AMW liaised with the Evening Standard, Al Jazeera English, the Guardian, British Satellite News and the press office of the Israeli embassy.

June 22 - AMW issued an Action Alert to thank Daily Mail regular columnist Andrew Alexander for an excellent article criticising Israeli, US and British policy vis-a-vis the Arab world, and highlighting the plight of Palestinian and Iraqi refugees. This resulted in a strong letter-writing response from AMW members, which was noted by Alexander.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/ActionAlerts/tabid/74/newsid397/3977/Thank-Andrew-Alexander--Daily-Mail/Default.aspx

June 21 - AMW liaised with ABC TV, the BBC, the Sunday Telegraph, the Guardian and the Evening Standard, and helped arrange interviewees for BBC Cambridgeshire.

June 20 - AMW liaised with the Associated Press, the Independent, the Jewish Chronicle, the Economist, the Guardian, the Observer and the BBC.

June 19 - AMW liaised with the Economist, PR Newswire, the Times, the Sunday Telegraph, ITN, Al Jazeera English, the Daily Mirror, the Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times, the Daily Mail, the Daily Express, the Guardian and the Arab Press House.

June 19 - AMW arranged an interview for Gulf News with AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi.

June 18 - The Guardian reported the row between AMW and Daily Mail regular columnist and BBC Moral Maze regular Melanie Phillips, whose blog post urging her readers to write to us resulted in racist hate mail that we sent to the media.

http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2105124,00.html

June 18 - AMW adviser Dr Karma Nabulsi got a commentary published in the Guardian entitled "The people of Palestine must finally be allowed to determine their own fate."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2105288,00.html

June 18 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was a speaker and chair at a conference entitled "The Middle East and the Media." Nashashibi spoke at a session on free speech, and chaired a session on Palestine in which AMW adviser Chris Doyle was a speaker (he also spoke at a session on Islamophobia). Media speakers included figures from Reuters, Sky News, Channel News Asia, the BBC, the Independent, Middle East magazine, the Daily Mail, Arab News Network, Al Hayat and the Economist.

June 18 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi addressed a delegation of 12 Egyptian journalists ( from Akhbar Al-Adab, Al-Ahram Magazine, Al Ahram, Al Ahram International, Al-Akhbar, Al-Fajr, Al-Masry Al Yom, Islam Online and the Heikal Foundation) about freedom of speech in the UK.

June 18 - AMW liaised with the Jewish Chronicle, Al Jazeera English, the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror, the Evening Standard, and all the daily and Sunday broadsheets.

June 18 - AMW adviser Guy Gabriel was interviewed on media coverage of the Middle East by Press TV.

June 17 - Several Jewish and Israeli news organisations, including Haaretz, contacted AMW to enquire about positive comments made by the Syrian Ambassador to the UK at a conference in which AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was a speaker.

June 17 - AMW liaised with Aaram News.

June 17 - Sky News and the BBC requested interviews with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi regarding Palestinian infighting in the Gaza Strip.

June 16 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Al Jazeera English on the implications of Hamas taking control of the Gaza Strip.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/AboutUs/AMWInterviews/tabid/1457/newsid2115/3981/AMW-on-Al-Jazeera-English-16-June-2007/Default.aspx

June 16 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and adviser Dr Ghada Karmi were interviewed by the BBC World Service's Reporting Religion programme on Hamas taking control of the Gaza Strip.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/AboutUs/AMWInterviews/tabid/1457/newsid2115/3975/AMW-on-BBC-World-Service-16-June-2007/Default.aspx

June 16 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and adviser Ghayth Armanazi spoke at a conference on Syria's Golan Heights entitled "Ending Occupation, Establishing Peace." Media speakers included figures from Syria TV, Syria Today, the Syrian Media Centre, Al Jazeera and the Guardian. The conference organisers produced a 1-page factsheet based on an AMW document on the Golan Heights and prospects for Syrian-Israeli peace.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/CountryBackgrounds/Syria/GolanHeightsSyrianIsraelipeace/tabid/383/Default.aspx

June 16 - AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme about the situation in Gaza.

June 16 - Aaram News published an article on AMW's event on 14 June entitled "The Arab diplomatic 'sruge': Causes effects and prospects."

http://www.aaramnews.com/website/5959NewsArticle.html

June 16 - AMW thanked Daily Telegraph Middle East correspondent Tim Butcher for an excellent analysis of the situation in Palestine.

June 15 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by BBC World on the implications of Hamas taking control of the Gaza Strip.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/AboutUs/AMWInterviews/tabid/1457/newsid2115/3982/AMW-on-BBC-World-15-June-2007/Default.aspx

June 15 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Sir David Frost, presenter of Al Jazeera English's Frost Over the World programme, on the implications of Hamas taking control of the Gaza Strip.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/AboutUs/AMWInterviews/tabid/1457/newsid2115/3980/AMW-on-Al-Jazeera-English-With-Sir-David-Frost-15-June-2007/Default.aspx

June 15 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by GMTV on Hamas taking control of the Gaza Strip.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/AboutUs/AMWInterviews/tabid/1457/newsid2115/3979/AMW-on-GMTV-15-June-2007/Default.aspx

June 15 - The Jerusalem Post, Israel National News, the Jewish Telegraph and the Protestant Gazette, among others, published articles about the BBC's apology to a joint complaint by AMW over describing Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The Jerusalem Post's UK correspondent interviewed AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1181813036973

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/122764

http://protestant-gazette.blogspot.com/2007/06/biased-bbc-bbc-apologises-for-saying.html

June 15 - AMW liaised with the BBC, GMTV, the New Statesman and Al Jazeera English.

June 14 - AMW, the Council for Arab-British Understanding and the Next Century Foundation organised an event entitled "The Arab diplomatic 'surge': Causes, effects and prospects." Speakers were Guardian Middle East editor Ian Black, Times chief foreign editorial writer Michael Binyon, Egyptian Ambassador Gehad Madi, and Ghayth Armanazi, AMW adviser, head of the Syrian Media Centre, and former head of the Arab League office in London. Media attendees included staff from the Guardian, the Kuwait News Agency, the BBC, the Economist, the Syrian Media Centre, Syria Today, the African Press Agency, Al Arab newspaper, Business Monitor International, Al Arabiya, Al Hayat, the Jewish Chronicle, Deutsche Welle newspaper, PR Newswire and InterTrade Media, as well as the press departments of the Czech, Qatari, Saudi, Kuwaiti, Jordanian, Tunisian and Moroccan embassies.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/3900/AMW-event-The-Arab-diplomatic-surge---causes-effects--prospects/Default.aspx

June 14 - Arab News published an article by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about the hate mail generated by Daily Mail regular columnist and BBC Moral Maze fixture Melanie Phillips urging her blog readers to write to AMW.

June 14 - A meeting took place between AMW and the Syrian Media Centre.

June 14 - AMW liaised with ABC News, the BBC, Al Jazeera English, the New Statesman, the press office of the Sudanese Embassy, the Guardian, the Independent, Sharq magazine, former Daily Express journalist Yvonne Ridley,

June 13 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, the Associated Press, the Daily Express, Islam Online, Sharq magazine, political journalist Yvonne Ridley, Al Arab newspaper.

June 13 - AMW sent to the media an article by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about the hate mail generated by Daily Mail regular columnist and BBC Moral Maze fixture Melanie Phillips urging her blog readers to write to AMW. This was published by Al Arab newspaper, Sharq magazine and the website of political journalist Yvonne Ridley, formerly with the Daily Express.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/3946/AMW-responds-to-Melanie-Phillips/Default.aspx

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2007\06\06-13\zopinionz\970.htm

June 12 - AMW liaised with Press TV, the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian.

June 11 - AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi got a letter published in the Guardian on the proposed academic boycott of Israel.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,2100093,00.html

June 11 - AMW was invited by the press office of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to a briefing on Sudan by returning Ambassador Ian Cliff.

June 11 - AMW liaised with Press TV, the Guardian, the Independent, Al Manar TV and Al Jazeera English.

June 10 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English.

June 9 - AMW liaised with the Guardian and Islam Online.

June 8 - The BBC issued a written apology in response to a joint complaint by AMW, the Muslim Public Affairs Committee, Friends of Al Aqsa and the Institute of Islamic Political Thought, after a presenter on BBC 1's Football Focus incorrectly described Jerusalem as Israel's "capital," a well as "its historic soul." The apology became big news in much of the Jewish and Israeli media.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/BBCWatch/tabid/133/newsid476/3940/BBC-apologises-over-Jerusalem/Default.aspx

June 8 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, InterTrade Media, the Daily Mirror and Dr Noureddine Miladi, lecturer in media studies and sociology at the University of Northampton.

June 8 - AMW wrote to BBC correspondent Katya Adler to point out that she was violating the BBC's own Middle East editorial guidelines in her description of the status of the occupied Palestinian territories.

June 8 - AMW wrote to the Daily Mail pointing out 2 factual errors in an article by regular columnist Melanie Phillips on the status of the Gaza Strip.

June 7 - AMW issued a press release to the media to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. It contained 7 documents prepared for the anniversary: explaining the legal status of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights; rebutting the myths that the Arabs started the war, that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, and that the Gaza Strip is no longer occupied; and publishing a report entitled "Peacemaking in the Arab-Israeli conflict: Past & present."

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/3937/AMW-produces-1967-media-package/Default.aspx

June 7 - AMW liaised with the Press Complaints Commission, Rotana Europe, Islam Online, the Jewish Chronicle, Al Hayat and the Guardian.

June 7 - AMW wrote to the Daily Telegraph to commend the publication of an excellent commentary by Emma Williams on the legacy of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, entitled "40 years on, Israel remains a prisoner."

June 6 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi got a letter published in the Daily Express on 6 June 2007 regarding the legal status of the West Bank and an incorrect map published by the newspaper alongside a travel piece about Jordan. This followed a complaint by AMW to the Press Complaints Commission after the Express initially refused publication.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/3930/AMW-letter-published-in-Daily-Express/Default.aspx

June 6 - AMW liaised with Al Hiwar TV, the Syrian Media Centre, BBC Arabic, Al Arab newspaper, the African Press Agency, Business Monitor International, Al Arabiya, InterTrade Media and the Guardian.

June 6 - AMW issued a press release to the media announcing our forthcoming event on Arab diplomacy, and issued an Action Alert urging people to thank Emma Williams for an excellent commentary in the Daily Telegraph on the legacy of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, which resulted in a strong letter-writing response from our members.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/ActionAlerts/tabid/74/newsid397/3934/Thank-Emma-Williams--Daily-Telegraph/Default.aspx

June 6 - Daily Mail regular columnist and BBC Moral Maze fixture Melanie Phillips condemned AMW on her blog, and urged her readers to complain to us.

http://www.melaniephillips.com/diary/?m=200706&paged=3

June 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by George Galloway MP, host of Raj TV's The Real Deal, on media coverage of the 40th anniversary and legacy of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/AboutUs/AMWInterviews/tabid/1457/newsid2115/3933/AMW-on-Raj-TV-5-June-2007/Default.aspx

June 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by the Islam Channel on media coverage of the 40th anniversary and legacy of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/AboutUs/AMWInterviews/tabid/1457/newsid2115/3932/AMW-on-Islam-Channel-5-June-2007/Default.aspx

June 5 - AMW liaised with the New Statesman, the Financial Times, the Associated Press, the Press Complaints Commission, Al Arab newspaper, the press office of the Tunisian Embassy and Jonathan Freedland - regular columnist for the Guardian, Evening Standard and Jewish Chronicle.

June 5 - AMW provided Palestinian film-maker Saeed Taji Farouky with info on media coverage of Palestine for a forthcoming talk he was giving.

June 4 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi addressed a delegation of 8 Tunisian journalists (from El Horria, Hakayek, L'Observateur, ERTT, Al Akbar, Achaab and Radio Jawhara) about AMW and the Arab community in London.

June 4 - AMW issued an Action Alert against an article by Daily Mail regular columnist Melanie Phillips which provided woefully inaccurate, deeply offensive views on the Arab-Israeli conflict. This resulted in a strong letter-writing response by our members.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/ActionAlerts/tabid/74/newsid397/3922/Complain-to-Melanie-Phillips--Daily-Mail/Default.aspx

June 4 - AMW adviser and Guardian commentator Haifa Zangana spoke at an event entitled "Unravelling the Occupation of Iraq" with journalists Tariq Ali and Dahr Jamail.

June 4 - AMW liaised with Al Hiwar TV and a former operations manager of Syria Today Magazine.

June 3 - AMW liaised with a former operations manager of Syria Today Magazine, as well as Iraqi film-maker Jaffar Abd al-Hamid about his forthcoming film that focuses on a romance in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

June 1 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Channel 5 News about hostaged BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston's recent video message.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/AboutUs/AMWInterviews/tabid/1457/newsid2115/3925/AMW-on-Channel-5-News-1-June-2007/Default.aspx

June 1 - AMW liaised with the Daily Star, the Guardian, and the Press Complaints Commission about a complaint filed by AMW against the Daily Express.

February - May - Unavailable

January 20 - AMW reviewed the script for a new TV daily drama, which contains references to Arabs and Muslims, and returned it with feedback to the writer.

January 19 - Daily Mail regular columnist Andrew Alexander agreed to be a speaker at a forthcoming AMW event on media coverage of sectarianism in the Middle East.

January 19 - AMW liaised with BBC Arab affairs analyst Magdi Abdelhadi regarding the search for a Palestinian actor for a Radio 4 programme.

January 19 - AMW liaised with a writer for a TV broadcaster for a new daily drama series requested AMW's advice regarding the script, which contained references to Arabs and Muslims.

January 18 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was part of a panel discussing Middle Est coverage at the BBC News and Sport Festival. Other panellists included BBC Jerusalem bureau chief Simon Wilson and Guardian regular columnist Jonathan Freedland, with the BBC's Lyse Doucet chairing.

January 18 - AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi was part of a panel including Sunday Herald foreign editor David Pratt, discussing the rivalry in Palestine between Hamas and Fatah.

January 18 - AMW contacted Kevin Maguire of the Daily Mirror, Martin Bright of the New Statesman, Simon Tisdall of the Guardian, and Max Hastings of the Daily Mail regarding a forthcoming AMW event on media coverage of sectarianism in the Middle East.

January 18 - BBC Arab affairs analyst Magdi Abdelhadi contacted AMW in search of a Palestinian actor for a Radio 4 programme.

January 18 - A writer for a TV broadcaster for a new daily drama series requested AMW's advice regarding the script, which contained references to Arabs and Muslims.

January 17 - AMW contacted Brian Whittaker of the Guardian, Mary Dejevsky of the Independent and al-Jazeera English regarding a forthcoming AMW event on media coverage of sectarianism in the Middle East.

January 14 - AMW liaised with Guardian commentator Haifa Zangana.

January 14 - Rami Khouri, editor-at-large of Lebanon's Daily Star newspaper, agreed to be an AMW adviser.

January 12 - Al Jazeera's Listening Post programme contacted AMW regarding Bush's announcement on his Iraq policy.

January 12 - AMW members Daniel Brett and Justin Alexander got letters published in the Daily Mail in response to our Action Alert against an Islamophobic column by Richard Littlejohn:

"I was shocked to read Richard Littlejohn's characterisation of the two main branches of Islam, implying that neither is 'peace-loving.' One might as well describe Christians as being 'behind the IRA and the Ku Klux Klan.' Muslims who commit violent acts are not at all representative of the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Muslims worldwide. And Hamas isn't a Shia organisation: it is composed entirely of Sunni Muslims."

Justin Alexander, Christian Peacemaker Teams

"Only around 20 per cent of the world's Shia population are followers of the Qom leadership in Iran. Around 70 per cent follow the supreme religious authority in Najaf in Iraq, known for its political moderation. Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani, the current religious authority in Najaf, is an active proponent of democracy who has issued fatwas calling on Iraqi Shias not to retaliate against Sunni extremist violence. Sunnism is defined not by the Saudi government but by the Al-Ahzar University in Egypt. The Imam of Al-Azhar, Muhamad Sayid Tantawy, condemned outright the 9/11 attacks, declaring that the terrorists were 'heretics.' He has travelled the world with his call for the eradication of terrorism, particularly Al-Qaeda's practice of kidnapping and killing civilians. The vast majority of Sunnis and Shias the world over aren't under the direction of any government or terrorist group, but follow religious authorities that condemn terrorism."

Daniel Brett, British Ahwazi Friendship Society, Saffron Walden, Essex

January 12 - AMW liaised with Channel 4, the BBC, New Statesman regular columnist John Pilger, the Independent's Iraq correspondent Patrick Cockburn, and Samia Nakhoul of Reuters.

January 11 - AMW liaised with the Independent.

January 10 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Iraq and Somalia with Toby Helm, chief political correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, by US TV news network ABC.