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Media Interactions 2009

A daily sample of AMW media activity:

2009

December 31 - The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office invited AMW to a briefing on Iraq by Ivan Lewis, Minister for the Middle East & North Africa.

December 31 - AMW liaised with the Saudi and Syrian embassies.

December 30 - AMW liaised with the UN.

December 29 - The Global Arab Network published a commentary by AMW adviser Guy Gabriel, entitled "Darfur: The world's worst humanitarian crisis."

http://tinyurl.com/yfcz5nx

December 29 - AMW liaised with the BBC, the UN and the Saudi Embassy.

December 28 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English.

December 27 - A journalist with Al Quds Al Arabi emailed AMW, describing our study "Dubai in the British Media Crosshairs" as "very interesting."

December 26 - AMW adviser Guy Gabriel was interviewed on Al Jazeera English about media coverage of Libya and the Lockerbie bombing.

December 25 - AMW liaised with the Syrian Embassy.

December 24 - AMW liaised with the Global Arab Network.

December 23 - The opinion editor of Gulf News emailed AMW to say she read our study "Dubai in the British Media Crosshairs" with "great interest and shared it with the rest of my colleagues."

December 23 - AMW liaised with the the United Arab Emirates government, and the Palestinian and Saudi embassies.

December 22 - A Daily Mail journalist emailed AMW saying: "I understand and applaud what AMW is trying to achieve."

December 22 - Press TV interviewed AMW director Muna Nashashibi twice, about Bethlehem and Gaza.

http://tinyurl.com/y8vm66w

December 22 - AMW liaised with the Daily Mail, Amnesty International, and the Palestinian, Saudi and Syrian embassies.

December 21 - AMW published a study entitled "Dubai in the British Media Crosshairs."

http://tinyurl.com/yb3cadx

The study was published by the Global Arab Network.

http://tinyurl.com/y9h98br

December 21 - Forbes magazine interviewed AMW adviser Guy Gabriel about British media coverage of Dubai.

December 21 - AMW liaised with the Global Arab Network, Muslim News and the Saudi Embassy.

December 19 - AMW chairman Sharif Himat Nashashibi wrote to Times Middle East correspondent James Hider about his use of terminology regarding Israel's barrier.

http://tinyurl.com/yaoxnf9

December 19 - AMW liaised with Al Hiwar and the Saudi Embassy.

December 18 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi attended the Qatari National Day reception at the Qatari Embassy.

December 18 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Telegraph, Reuters and Press TV.

December 17 - AMW met with the Arab League.

December 17 - AMW liaised with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, the Global Arab Network, the UN, Human Rights Watch and the Saudi Embassy.

December 16 - A senior journalist with a British broadsheet responded positively to AMW feedback regarding the Gaza death toll in two articles co-authored by him.

http://tinyurl.com/ycjxb8v

December 16 - Press TV interviewed AMW member Munir Chalabi about Iraqi oil bids.

December 16 - AMW adviser Guy Gabriel attended a conference on reporting from disaster zones.

December 16 - AMW met with the Algerian Embassy.

December 15 - AMW met with the Libyan and Palestinian embassies.

December 15 - AMW liaised with CBS News, Arab News Broadcasting and Forward magazine.

December 14 - AMW helped the BBC find interviewees on Dubai.

December 14 - A Sky News journalist who met with AMW a week earlier emailed saying: "It was a very pleasant morning. Great coffee, great location, great conversation! Thank you. Let’s do it again soon."

December 14 - Press TV requested an interview with AMW director Muna Nashashibi about Bethlehem.

December 14 - AMW helped Press TV find interviewees on Jerusalem.

December 14 - AMW met with the Palestinian and Sudanese embassies.

December 14 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Evening Standard, Al Jazeera English, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, the Global Arab Network, and the Algerian and Saudi embassies.

December 13 - AMW liaised with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Al Jazeera English, Arab News Broadcasting, Libya's JANA news agency, the UN and the Saudi Embassy.

December 12 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Jazeera English, the Global Arab Network, Al Hiwar and the Syrian Embassy.

December 11 - The UAE's National newspaper published a commentary by AMW adviser Guy Gabriel, entitled "Cut-and-paste critics give Dubai an unwarranted pasting."

http://tinyurl.com/yc77btf

December 11 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Telegraph, Sky News, Al Jazeera English, the National, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Arab News Broadcasting, Al Hiwar and the Palestinian Embassy.

December 10 - AMW had a meeting with Sky News.

December 10 - AMW liaised with the French, Saudi and Syrian embassies.

December 9 - AMW adviser Victor Kattan spoke at an event at the School of Oriental and African Studies for his new book "From Coexistence to Conquest."

http://tinyurl.com/ye7zvcf

December 9 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Arab News Broadcasting and IB Tauris Publishers.

December 8 - The Institute for War and Peace Reporting requested AMW's help with a project to set up a journalist training scheme for Arab citizens in Israel.

December 8 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Sky News, Reuters and Global Arab Network.

December 7 - AMW liaised with the BBC, the National, Arab News Broadcasting, IB Tauris Publishers and the Saudi Embassy.

December 6 - AMW liaised with the National.

December 5 - AMW liaised with Al Hiwar and the French Embassy.

December 4 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, ITV, Guardian, the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and the UN.

December 3 - AMW liaised with the Global Arab Network and Arab News Broadcasting.

December 2 - AMW helped Al Jazeera English find interviewees for a documentary for the anniversary of the Gaza war.

December 2 - AMW liaised with the Guardian and Reuters.

December 1 - AMW liaised with the Palestinian and Syrian embassies.


November 30 - Press TV requested an interview with AMW director Muna Nashashibi about Palestine.

November 30 - AMW helped a student with a project on Syria.

November 30 - AMW liaised with the Times, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, Sky News, Al Jazeera English, Global Arab Network, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Syrian Embassy.

November 29 - AMW liaised with Arab News Broadcasting.

November 27 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph and Reuters.

November 26 - AMW liaised with Pluto Books and the Saudi Embassy.

November 25 - AMW helped a fellowship student with a project on feminism in the Arab and Muslim worlds.

November 25 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Global Arab Network and the Palestinian Embassy.

November 24 - The Guardian published a commentary by AMW adviser Sami Ramadani, entitled "Inquiry inspires no faith in Iraq."

http://tinyurl.com/ygacbqg

November 24 - AMW liaised with Sky News, Human Rights Watch, and the Palestinian, Qatari and Syrian embassies.

November 23 - A feature writer for the London-based fashion and current affairs magazine POP requested AMW's help with info regarding Sheikha Mozah's 'iconic status' in Qatar, her role on the domestic scene, and in the wider context of the Middle East and the Islamic world.

November 23 - Documentarians requested AMW's help with contacts in Palestine.

November 23 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi accepted an invitation to speak at a dinner organised by the Iraqi Youth Foundation.

November 23 - The Global Arab Network published commentaries by AMW advisers Guy Gabriel and Victor Kattan, entitled "Arab & Western media responses to Darfur" and "UDI won't mean Palestinian statehood" respectively.

http://tinyurl.com/ybw3q4f

http://tinyurl.com/ycosrhf

November 23 - AMW liaised with Sky News, Al Jazeera English, UK Features TV and the Palestinian Embassy.

November 21 - AMW adviser Chris Doyle was a speaker at a conference entitled "The Peace of Jerusalem & the Obama Initiative."

http://tinyurl.com/ykf5m67

November 21 - AMW liaised with the Mail on Sunday, Prospect Magazine, Al Jazeera English and Al Hiwar.

November 20 - The Welfare Association requested that AMW invite journalists to their fundraising dinner for Palestinian children. AMW's table consisted of senior figures from the BBC, Sky News, Times, Independent and New Statesman.

November 20 - Al Jazeera English requested interviews with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and adviser Guy Gabriel on Israel's decision to expand Gilo settlement.

November 20 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Reuters, Al Jazeera English, Middle East International, Amnesty International and the Palestinian Embassy.

November 19 - The Guardian published a commentary by AMW adviser Victor Kattan, entitled "UDI won't mean Palestinian statehood."

http://tinyurl.com/yg8yrmy

November 19 - AMW liaised with the Times, Financial Times, Independent, BBC, Sky News, New Statesman, Arab News and the Saudi Embassy.

November 18 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to Guardian Washington bureau chief Ewen MacAskill about his reporting of the settlement issue in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

http://tinyurl.com/y9q2phs

November 18 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Sky News, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, Daily Mail, Arab News and the Saudi Embassy.

November 17 - The Doha Debates, which is broadcast on the BBC, requested AMW's help finding speakers for and against the motion "This house believes Dubai is a bad idea."

November 17 - AMW published a report on its media activities regarding the visit to London of Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa.

http://tinyurl.com/yc9959v

November 17 - Al Arabiya requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about the Channel 4 documentary "Israel Britain's Israel lobby."

November 17 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Sky News, ITV, Channel 4, New Statesman, Daily Mail, Al Jazeera English, Pluto Books, and the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

November 16 - AMW issued an Action Alert reming its members and the public to watch and give feedback on a Channel 4 documentary entitled "Inside Britain's Israel Lobby."

http://tinyurl.com/ylpp4bl

November 16 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi had a meeting with a student from Syracuse University in New York who is writing a paper on BBC reporting of the Middle East, primarily the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A senior figure from the BBC World Service recommended he speak with AMW.

November 16 - AMW liaised with the Daily Mail, Reuters, Al Jazeera English, Arab News Broadcasting, and the Arab Media Centre at Westminster University.

November 15 - AMW liaised with the Times, Independent, Arab News Broadcasting, Arab News, and the Saudi Embassy.

November 14 - AMW liaised with the Independent, Al Jazeera English and Al Hiwar.

November 13 - AMW issued an Action Alert urging its members and the public to watch and give feedback on a Channel 4 documentary entitled "Inside Britain's Israel Lobby."

http://tinyurl.com/ylpp4bl

November 13 - AMW liaised with every national British daily broadsheet newspaper, as well as the BBC, Channel 4, Reuters, Daily Mail, Press TV, the Institute for War & Peace Reporting, Human Rights Watch, and the Palestinian Embassy.

November 12 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Reuters, the Institute for War & Peace Reporting, Arab News Broadcasting, and the Palestinian and Sudanese embassies.

November 11 - AMW adviser Nadim Shehadi was quoted in an article in the Times entitled "Lebanon announces unity government with Hezbollah members."

http://tinyurl.com/yhvdcr7

November 11 - The media councillor at the Sudanese Embassy wrote a column about AMW in Sudan's Alasema newspaper. "You deserve more recognition," he wrote in an email.

November 11 - Wildlink International requested AMW's advice on the best ways to publicise news in the British and European media on wildlife conservation in North Africa.

November 11 - AMW liaised with the Global Arab Network, and the Palestinian and Sudanese embassies.

November 10 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi agreed to a meeting with a student from Syracuse University in New York who is writing a paper on BBC reporting of the Middle East, primarily the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A senior figure from the BBC World Service recommended he speak with AMW.

November 10 - AMW liaised with Reuters, Middle East International, Arab News Broadcasting and the Palestinian Embassy.

November 9 - The Middle East North Africa Directorate at the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office invited AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi to a reception at the Foreign Office.

November 1 - 8 - NA


October 26 - 31 - NA

October 25 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Jazeera English, Arab News Broadcasting, Arab News, the Global Arab Network, Egypt Satellite Channel, the Arab League and the Saudi Embassy.

October 23 - AMW published a study on media coverage of the Goldstone report on Gaza.

http://tinyurl.com/yf7wsra

The study was published by the Global Arab Network.

http://tinyurl.com/yf8y9rr

October 23 - BBC Arabic invited AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi to be a guest on BBC Xtra.

October 23 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Channel 4, CNN, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Agence France Presse, Asharq Al Awsat, Arab News, Verso Books, the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the Arab League, the Saudi Embassy and Israel's Reut Institute.

October 22 - The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office invited AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi to meet with Minister Ivan Lewis.

October 22 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Times, Independent, Asharq Al Awsat, Arab News Broadcasting, the Arab League, the Jewish Chronicle, Israel's Reut Institute, and the Palestinian and Saudi embassies.

October 21 - The Evening Standard published a letter by AMW adviser Chris Doyle, on Tony Blair, the Middle East and the EU presidency.

http://tinyurl.com/yj4h89u

October 21 - Israel's Reut Institute requested a meeting with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

October 21 - AMW liaised with the Financial Times, Daily Mail, Reuters, Bloomberg, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, the Global Arab Network, the Arab League and the Saudi Embassy.

October 20 - AMW met with the BBC, Al Jazeera English, Bloomberg, and the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

October 20 - AMW arranged for adviser Victor Kattan to become a contributor to the Guardian's Comment is Free section.

October 20 - AMW liaised with the Financial Times, Independent, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, New Statesman, Forbes, Arab News Broadcasting, the Global Arab Network, Mideastwire, Press TV, IB Tauris Publishers and the UN.

October 19 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi filed a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission against the Daily Express for failing to publish a letter pointing out that, contrary to a claim by Padraic Flanagan, Bethlehem and Jericho are not part of Israel.

October 19 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Independent, Economist, Reuters, CBS News, Forbes, Al Jazeera English, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Al Quds Al Arabi, Global Arab Network, Abu Dhabi TV, Libya's JANA news agency, Maghreb Review, North South magazine, Press TV, Muslim News, the Arab League and the Palestinian Embassy.

October 18 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, Arab News Broadcasting, Arab News and the Saudi Embassy.

October 17 - AMW liaised with Human Rights Watch.

October 16 - AMW met with CNN.

October 16 - AMW liaised with every British national daily broadsheet newspaper, as well as the BBC, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Reuters, Associated Press, Agence France Presse, Al Hayat, Asharq Al Awsat, the Global Arab Network, Press TV, Hurra TV, Aaram News, North South magazine, the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the Arab League, and the Egyptian, Sudanese and Syrian embassies.

October 15 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Arab News Broadcasting, Press TV, the Arab League and the Palestinian Embassy.

October 14 - AMW had a meeting with the Times and the Arab League.

October 14 - AMW liaised with Reuters, Arab News, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Amnesty International and the Saudi Embassy.

October 13 - AMW adviser Guy Gabriel wrote to the Daily Mirror in response to columnist Sue Carroll implying that the most effective way for MI5 to combat terrorism is to master Arabic.

http://tinyurl.com/ylh7pgy

October 13 - AMW liaised with CBS News, Al Hayat, Arab News Broadcasting, the Global Arab Network, the Arab League, and the Palestinian and Sudanese embassies.

October 12 - The Daily Mail published a letter by AMW adviser Chris Doyle.

http://tinyurl.com/ykmpw9r

October 12 - AMW liaised with the Independent, Daily Mail, Reuters, Sky News, CBS News, the Institute for War & Peace Reporting, Al Quds Al Arabi, the Global Arab Network, Press TV and the Palestinian Embassy.

October 11 - AMW liaised with the BBC.

October 10 - AMW liaised with Reuters, Al Jazeera English, Abu Dhabi TV, Al Hurra TV, Oxfam and the Syrian Embassy.

October 9 - The BBC interviewed AMW director Muna Nashashibi about Arab reaction to Barack Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

October 9 - AMW announced to the media the launch reception the All Parties Parliamentary Group on the Arab League.

http://tinyurl.com/yfkaut7

October 9 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Daily Express about Palestine.

October 9 - AMW encouraged its Lebanese members to write to the Sun about a disparaging comment against Lebanon by columnist Jon Gaunt.

October 9 - AMW invited senior British and Arab media figures to attend a press conference with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa. AMW also approached major broadcasters to arrange interviews with him.

October 9 - AMW liaised with every British national broadsheet newspaper, as well as the BBC, Economist, Sky News, Channel 4, CNN, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France Presse, Forbes Magazine, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Asharq Al Awsat, Al Hayat, Al Quds Al Arabi, the Global Arab Network, the Maghreb Review, Aaram News, Al Hiwar TV, Al Hurra TV, Press TV, IB Tauris Publishers, the UN, and the Palestinian and Sudanese embassies.

October 8 - AMW had a meeting with the Arab League.

October 8 - The Somerset Guardian published a letter on Palestine by AMW adviser Dr Judith Brown.

http://tinyurl.com/yjoz549

October 8 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Arab News Broadcasting and Mideastwire.

October 7 - The Independent published a letter on Palestine by AMW adviser Dr Judith Brown.

http://tinyurl.com/yfbal4z

October 7 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the Independent about Iraq.

October 7 - A freelance documentarian working for the French channel ARTE requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about the Arab community in London.

October 7 - AMW liaised with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Asharq Al Awsat, Al Quds Al Arabi, Arab News Broadcasting, Arab News, the Arab League, and the Palestinian and Saudi embassies.

October 6 - AMW liaised with the Financial Times, Associated Press, Global Arab Network, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Palestinian Embassy.

October 5 - AMW organised a launch event for the new book by AMW adviser Victor Kattan, entitled "From Coexistence to Conquest: International Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1891-1949."

http://tinyurl.com/rbshbp

Attendees included the current and former Palestinian Ambassadors to the UK; representatives from Amnesty International and the Egyptian, Kuwaiti and Sudanese embassies; and journalists from the BBC, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, the Saudi Press Agency, Middle East Online and the Islam Channel.

October 5 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Arab News Broadcasting, Arab News, IB Tauris Publishers, the Arab League and the Saudi Embassy.

October 4 - AMW liaised with the BBC, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Al Hayat, Arab News Broadcasting, the Saudi Press Agency, the Global Arab Network, Middle East Online, the Islam Channel and the Sudanese Embassy.

October 3 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, the Global Arab Network and the UN.

October 2 - AMW had a meeting with the Arab League.

October 2 - Al Jazeera English published a commentary by AMW adviser Rime Allaf, entitled "Netanyahu's 'yes we can' moment."

http://tinyurl.com/ybaj28t

October 2 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Reuters, Amnesty International, and the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

October 1 - Upon request, AMW gave a list of contacts in Israel / Palestine to a correspondent writing for various mainstream British publications, who is moving there. "That looks great and will really give me a headstart when I land," he replied.

October 1 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Times, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Al Hayat, Pluto Books and the Arab League.


September 30 - AMW helped a freelance journalist working with Channel 4 News to find an experienced producer who has worked in Yemen.

September 30 - AMW had a meeting with Al Jazeera English.

September 30 - AMW liaised with the Daily Mail, Arab Media Centre at Westminster University, the Global Arab Network and the Palestinian Embassy.

September 29 - AMW adviser Dr Judith Brown summarised the results of a complaint she made against BBC coverage of Israel / Palestine.

http://tinyurl.com/ycjnzu9

September 29 - AMW liaised with Press TV, the UN, the International Crisis Group and the Palestinian Embassy.

September 28 - AMW liaised with the Global Arab Network and Press TV.

September 27 - AMW liaised with Asharq Al Awsat, Al Quds Al Arabi, Al Hayat, Arab News Broadcasting, the Global Arab Network, Azzaman, Al Hiwar, Press TV and Spectrum Radio.

September 26 - AMW liaised with the BBC and Saudi Press Agency.

September 25 - The Evening Standard published a letter on Israel / Palestine by AMW adviser Chris Doyle.

http://tinyurl.com/ybq5cre

September 25 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the Guardian about Iraq.

September 25 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, and the Palestinian and Syrian embassies.

September 24 - AMW published a study entitled "Misleading Media Claims on West Bank Economy."

http://tinyurl.com/nrmftb

The study was published by the Global Arab Network.

http://tinyurl.com/y9esrnq

September 24 - Al Hayat published a review by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi of the new book by adviser Victor Kattan, entitled "From Coexistence to Conquest: International Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1891 - 1949."

http://tinyurl.com/y9cd7mx

September 24 - AMW had a meeting with a freelance writer for the Times, Daily Mail, Irish Times, Scotsman and Christian Science Monitor.

September 24 - AMW informed the Palestinian Embassy that the Ambassador was cited in the Daily Mirror. The Embassy subsequently informed its e-list.

September 24 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, Al Hayat, Middle East Online and IB Tauris Publishers.

September 23 - A freelance journalist working with Channel 4 News asked AMW for help in finding an experienced producer who has worked in Yemen

September 23 - Arab News Broadcasting requested an interview with AMW adviser Victor Kattan about his new book "From Coexistence to Conquest: International Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1891-1949."

September 23 - AMW informed the media of its forthcoming launch of AMW adviser Victor Kattan's new book, entitled "From Coexistence to Conquest: International Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1891-1949."

September 23 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Daily Mail, Al Jazeera English, Al Hayat, Middle East Online, Press TV, the Islam Channel and Pluto Books.

September 22 - AMW created a new page on its website containing endorsements from prominent figures in the mainstream British and Arab media.

http://tinyurl.com/krurad

September 22 - Press TV interviewed AMW director Muna Nashashibi on media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

September 22 - The Global Arab Network published a commentary by AMW adviser Ghayth Armanazi, entitled "Syria: Stretching the economic horizon."

http://tinyurl.com/lbrpqh

September 22 - AMW liaised with Reuters, Al Jazeera English and the Global Arab Network.

September 21 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Reuters and Arab News.

September 20 - AMW liaised with Reuters and Al Hayat.

September 19 - AMW liaised with Al Hayat, Al Hiwar TV, and the Saudi and Syrian embassies.

September 18 - Reuters invited AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi to give a talk on responding to Islamism, at a seminar on reporting terrorism.

September 18 - The Guardian published a letter on Gaza by AMW adviser Chris Doyle.

http://tinyurl.com/l6eztn

September 18 - Al Hayat published a commentary by AMW adviser Guy Gabriel, entitled "Partially biased: The Western media & the Arab world."

http://www.daralhayat.com/internationalarticle/57656

September 18 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Global Arab Network, Arab News Broadcasting, Amnesty International, and the Palestinian and Sudanese embassies.

September 17 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi accepted an invitation to contribute a chapter for a book on Being Palestinian.

September 17 - AMW helped a City University journalism student with her project on media coverage of the Gaza conflict.

September 17 - AMW liaised with the Times, Libya's JANA news agency, Press TV, and the Palestinian, Saudi and Syrian embassies.

September 16 - AMW announced its launch on 5 October of the new book by AMW adviser Victor Kattan, entitled "From Coexistence to Conquest: International Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1891-1949."

http://tinyurl.com/rbshbp

September 16 - The Diplomat magazine published a commentary by AMW adviser Ghayth Armanazi, entitled "Syria: Stretching the economic horizon."

http://tinyurl.com/ny8fwx

September 16 - AMW adviser Haifa Zangana was a speaker at an event entitled "Iraqi women's role in anti-colonial resistance."

September 16 - AMW helped an MA International Journalism student with her thesis.

September 16 - AMW liaised with Arab News, Amnesty International, and the Palestinian and Syrian embassies.

September 15 - AMW published a study on British media portrayals of Gaddafi and Libya.

http://tinyurl.com/oozs7a

It was published by the Global Arab Network.

http://tinyurl.com/osn7zb

September 15 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Arab News and the Saudi Embassy.

September 14 - Press TV requested an interview with AMW director Muna Nashashibi about media coverage of Palestine.

September 14 - AMW liaised with Al Hayat, Press TV and Pluto Books.

September 13 - AMW liaised with Press TV and the Syrian Embassy.

September 12 - AMW met with the BBC.

September 12 - AMW liaised with Pluto Books.

September 11 - The BBC requested AMW's help in producing a list of influential Arab figures in the Western media.

September 11 - An Al Hayat journalist emailed AMW saying: "I really like what you guys write."

September 11 - AMW liaised with the Times, Daily Telegraph and Press TV.

September 10 - AMW liaised with Al Hayat and Press TV.

September 9 - AMW met with the Times.

September 9 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by a journalism masters student from City University for her thesis on media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

September 9 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Telegraph, the Global Arab Network, Arab News, Press TV and the Saudi Embassy.

September 8 - AMW liaised with the Financial Times, Independent, and the Global Arab Network.

September 7 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by a documentarian on media coverage of the war in Gaza.

September 7 - The Global Arab Network published three AMW articles: A book review by chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi, and two commentaries by adviser Guy Gabriel, entitled "Partially biased: The Western media & the Arab world," and "Sudan: From human rights reporting to the dominant media narrative of Darfur."

http://tinyurl.com/mlwwbh

http://tinyurl.com/nzzod7

http://tinyurl.com/ljo2do

September 7 - AMW liaised with Arab News and the Saudi Embassy.

September 6 - AMW liaised with Aaram News.

September 4 - The Global Arab Network published an AMW study on British media portrayals of Somalia.

http://tinyurl.com/mshg44

September 4 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph and Libya's JANA news agency.

September 3 - AMW published a study on British media portrayals of Somalia.

http://tinyurl.com/nsvsru

September 3 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi corresponded with a Sky News correspondent over a feature on Fallujah.

http://tinyurl.com/nusqyr

September 3 - AMW liaised with the Independent, Times, Sunday Telegraph, Al Hayat, Al Quds Al Arabi, Arab News Broadcasting, Arab News and the Global Arab Network.

September 2 - AMW liaised with Arab News, Press TV and Pluto Books.

September 1 - The Global Arab Network published a commentary by AMW adviser Guy Gabriel, entitled "Darfur & compassion fatigue."

http://tinyurl.com/n7cmha

September 1 - AMW liaised with Arab News Broadcasting and Press TV.


August 31 - AMW liaised with Press TV.

August 30 - AMW liaised with Press TV.

August 29 - Following complaints from Arab Media Watch members, the Radio Times has issued a correction to its 22 August edition, which claimed that Bethlehem is in Israel.

http://tinyurl.com/mxcnq8

August 29 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the BBC about Iraq.

August 29 - AMW liaised with Arab News Broadcasting.

August 28 - Al Jazeera English aired a programme on Libya, which included AMW adviser Guy Gabriel.

http://tinyurl.com/kn59x2

August 28 - Al Hayat published a commentary by AMW adviser Guy Gabriel, entitled "Darfur & compassion fatigue."

http://tinyurl.com/mobnsf

August 28 - The Guardian published a letter by AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi, entitled "Back to the future in the Middle East."

http://tinyurl.com/oxxfjh

August 28 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Al Hayat, Aaram News, and the Palestinian Embassy.

August 27 - The BBC requested AMW’s help in compiling a list of potential media trainers / consultants, mainly for radio and online journalism and production, to work on a new project in the Middle East.

August 27 - AMW had a meeting with Aaram News.

August 27 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, Al Quds Al Arabi, Al Arabiya and Arab News Broadcasting.

August 26 - AMW liaised with the Guardian and Middle East Broadcasting Centre.

August 25 - Al Jazeera English interviewed AMW adviser Guy Gabriel about Libya.

http://tinyurl.com/kn59x2

August 25 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the Independent about Libya.

August 25 - AMW liaised with Aaram News and Pluto Books.

August 24 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Reuters, Al Jazeera English, Aaram News and Amnesty International.

August 17 - 23 - N / A

August 16 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, Al Hayat and Arab News Broadcasting.

August 15 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the BBC about Iraq.

August 15 - AMW liaised with Agence France Presse, Al Jazeera English, Al Quds Al Arabi and the UN.

August 14 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the Independent about Iraq.

August 14 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Arab News Broadcasting and Pluto Books.

August 13 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and director Muna Nashashibi were quoted extensively in an article in Lebanon's Daily Star newspaper, entitled "Is the latest Israel-Lebanon war of words aggravated by the media?"

http://tinyurl.com/ner6fe

August 13 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi accepted an invitation a journalists' breakfast with Mohammad Darawshe, co-executive director of the Abraham Fund Initiatives, working in the field of equality and coexistence between Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens.

August 13 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, Arab News Broadcasting, the Global Arab Network, Press TV and the UN.

August 12 - AMW liaised with Pluto Books.

August 11 - Al Jazeera English requested an interview on Fatah with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

August 11 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and adviser Guy Gabriel wrote to the Independent in response to a commentary on alleged Arab indifference to the suffering in Darfur.

http://tinyurl.com/laa7qp

August 11 - The Global Arab Network published a commentary by AMW member Nu’man Abd al-Wahid, entitled "Denying democracy."

http://tinyurl.com/osgyh7

August 11 - AMW liaised with Reuters and Pluto Books.

August 9 - AMW met with the Financial Times and Reuters.

August 9 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Hayat, Arab News Broadcasting and the UN.

August 7 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the BBC about Iraq.

August 7 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph and Reuters.

August 5 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi was interviewed on Spectrum Radio about AMW and Arab integration in Britain.

August 5 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Arab News Broadcasting, Pluto Books and the UN.

August 4 - The BBC requested AMW's help finding an interviewee.

August 4 - AMW liaised with Pluto Books, the UN, Human Rights Watch, and the Saudi and Sudanese embassies.

August 3 - A BBC journalist requested a review copy of AMW adviser Victor Kattan's new book on the Arab-Israeli conflict.

August 3 - AMW liaised with the Times, Arab News Broadcasting and Pluto Books.


July 20 - August 2 - N/A

July 19 - AMW liaised with Al Hayat and Arab News Broadcasting.

July 18 - A postgraduate student at the London School of Economics and Political Science requested an interview with AMW for her dissertation on the BBC and Al Jazeera.

July 17 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Financial Times, Independent, Spectator, Guardian, Times and Al Hayat.

July 16 - The Independent published a letter by AMW adviser Ghayth Armanazi, entitled "Dark tyranny of the burqa."

http://tinyurl.com/mbq5cd

July 16 - AMW met with the Daily Mail.

July 16 - AMW liaised with the Independent, Arab News Broadcasting, Global Arab Network and the Egyptian Embassy.

July 15 - AMW announced an agreement with Pluto Books to offer a discount on the new book by AMW adviser Victor Kattan, entitled "From Coexistence to Conquest: International Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1891-1949."

http://tinyurl.com/m76oc2

July 15 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Financial Times, Daily Mail, Independent, Sunday Times, Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Times, Evening Standard, Daily Telegraph, Observer, Arab News Broadcasting, Pluto Books and the Egyptian Embassy.

July 14 - AMW met with the Arab League.

July 14 - AMW liaised with the Sunday Times, Arab News and Pluto Books.

July 13 - AMW met with the Arab League.

July 13 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Times, Daily Express, New Statesman, Guardian, Independent, Financial Times, Daily Mirror, Arab News and the Saudi Embassy.

July 12 - AMW arranged for adviser Dr Judith Brown to be interviewed by Press TV about Yemen.

July 12 - AMW liaised with Al Hayat, Arab News Broadcasting, Arab News and Al Hiwar.

July 11 - AMW adviser Dr Karma Nabulsi was a speaker at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign's National Education Conference.

http://tinyurl.com/mmv4rk

July 11 - AMW liaised with the BBC and Arab News.

July 10 - Press TV requested AMW’s help in arranging interviewees on Yemen.

July 10 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Al Hayat, Arab News Broadcasting, Arab News, the Arab League and the Saudi Embassy.

July 9 - AMW adviser Haifa Zangana was a speaker at an event entitled "Palestine & US Hegemony."

http://tinyurl.com/nawyaz

July 9 - AMW liaised with Al Hayat and the Conservative Middle East Council.

July 8 - The Foreign and Commonwealth Office invited AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi to attend a discussion with the UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

July 8 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Hayat and the Arab League.

July 7 - The Arab League requested a meeting with AMW.

July 7 - AMW liaised with the Observer, Arab News Broadcasting and Arab News.

July 6 - The Global Arab Network published a commentary by AMW adviser Hiafa Zangana entitled "Iraqis have lived this lie before" (originally published in the Guardian), and a commentary by AMW adviser Rami Khouri entitled "Three cheers for Turkey."

http://tinyurl.com/nxymel

http://tinyurl.com/n6nt5r

July 6 - AMW liaised with Pluto Books.

July 4 - AMW liaised with Human Rights Watch.

July 3 - AMW met with the BBC.

July 3 - The Guardian requested AMW's help regarding media coverage of the Iranian elections.

July 3 - AMW liaised with the Sun, Daily Telegraph, Al Jazeera English, Arab News, Pluto Books and the Arab League.

July 2 - An Al Jazeera English journalist commended AMW on its study of BBC and Al Jazeera coverage of Israeli-Palestinian violence.

July 2 - The News Shopper published a letter on Iraq by AMW adviser Tahrir Swift.

July 2 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Arab News Broadcasting, Arab News and the Syrian Embassy.

July 1 - The Global Arab Network published AMW's study of BBC and Al Jazeera coverage of Israeli-Palestinian violence, and an article by AMW member Nu'man Abd al-Wahid, entitled "The perfidious comparison: Why Obama is not another Blair."

http://tinyurl.com/mltvnx

http://tinyurl.com/mcvhhr

July 1 - AMW liaised with Al Quds Al Arabi and Arab News.


June 30 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Observer, Arab News Broadcasting, Arab News and Human Rights Watch.

June 29 - The Guardian published a commentary by AMW adviser Haifa Zangana, entitled "Iraqis have lived this lie before."

http://tinyurl.com/nm7gfb

June 29 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Hayat and Arab News.

June 28 - AMW liaised with the Times, Arab News and Arab News Broadcasting.

June 27 - Al Jazeera English interviewed AMW adviser Rami Khouri on the appointment of Saad Hariri as Lebanese Prime Minister.

June 27 - AMW liaised with Muslim News and the UN.

June 26 - The Guardian published a commentary by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi, entitled "BBC anti-Israel bias is a myth."

http://tinyurl.com/nq9jzn

June 26 - AMW helped Al Jazeera English arrange an interview with adviser Dr Makram Khoury-Machool on Arab and Western media coverage of the Iranian elections.

June 26 - Al Quds Al Arabi published an article on AMW's study of BBC and Al Jazeera coverage of Israeli-Palestinian violence.

http://tinyurl.com/lt8d5q

June 26 - Arab News Broadcasting interviewed AMW director Muna Nashashibi about AMW's Al Atheer concert in honour of the people of Gaza, the cultural effects of such a concert, and the humanitarian aspects of standing by the people there.

June 26 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Telegraph, Al Hayat and Al Hiwar.

June 25 - AMW liaised with Reuters, Al Quds Al Arabi, Arab News Broadcasting and the Arab League.

June 24 - AMW helped the Syrian Embassy with a complaint to the Press Complaints Commission about a newspaper inaccuracy regarding Syria.

June 24 - The Global Arab Network published AMW's study on British media portrayals of Gaddafi's visit to Italy.

http://tinyurl.com/l3wdxh

June 24 - AMW had a meeting with the Arab League.

June 24 - AMW liaised with the Guardian.

June 23 - The New York Times published a commentary by AMW adviser Rime Allaf, entitled "Insult to injury."

http://tinyurl.com/nd2oz6

June 23 - The Global Arab Network published an article by AMW adviser Rami Khouri, entitled "Iran makes history again."

http://tinyurl.com/md2z3s

June 23 - AMW liaised with Reuters, Arab News Broadcasting and the Palestinian Embassy.

June 22 - AMW met with the BBC.

June 22 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Al Hayat, Al Akhbar, the UN and Human Rights Watch.

June 21 - AMW helped BBC Arabic arrange an interview with AMW adviser Makram Khoury-Machool.

June 21 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Hayat, Asharq Al Awsat, Al Akhbar and Arab News Broadcasting.

June 20 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi spoke at a conference on British media coverage of the war on Gaza. AMW adviser Makram Khoury-Machool also spoke at the conference, and chaired the session with Nashashibi.

June 20 - AMW met with the BBC and Al Quds Al Arabi.

June 20 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the BBC about Iraq.

June 19 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, Al Hiwar and the Arab League.

June 18 - AMW published a study on media portrayals of Gaddafi's visit to Italy.

http://tinyurl.com/lmqufo

The Financial Times Rome correspondent emailed AMW saying he was "very interested" to read it.

June 18 - AMW liaised with the Independent, Financial Times, Sunday Times and Arab News Broadcasting.

June 17 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to Times chief foreign commentator Bronwen Maddox about Arab Christians in Israel.

June 17 - AMW liaised with the Daily Mail, Asharq Al Awsat, Pluto Books and the UN.

June 16 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Independent about Netanyahu's 'acceptance' of a Palestinian state.

http://tinyurl.com/myjxmq

June 16 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Al Quds Al Arabi and Arab News Broadcasting.

June 15 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the Independent about Iraq.

June 15 - AMW liaised with the Financial Times, Reuters and the Syrian Embassy.

June 14 - AMW met with the Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times, Spectator and Evening Standard.

June 14 - AMW liaised with the BBC and Arab News Broadcasting.

June 13 - AMW adviser Karma Nabulsi was a speaker at an event on "Palestinian youth identity in the diaspora."

June 12 - AMW announced to the media the publication of a study entitled "British Media Portrayals of Egypt."

http://tinyurl.com/kuoun3

June 12 - Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem requested a meeting with AMW.

June 12 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Daily Mail, Al Hiwar TV, Verso Books and Amnesty International.

June 11 - AMW announced to the media the publication of a study entitled "BBC & Al Jazeera Coverage of Israeli-Palestinian Violence."

http://tinyurl.com/npbvx8

"An interesting report," wrote a senior Guardian journalist.

"The results are very alarming," wrote a journalist with Al Quds Al Arabi. "I think all your materials should be publicized because they are important and they make a difference."

June 11 - The Spectator published a letter by AMW adviser Chris Doyle on Cheney and torture.

http://tinyurl.com/ltl3nh

June 11 - AMW helped Al Jazeera English find interviewees on media coverage of the Iranian elections.

June 11 - AMW helped a journalist on an article about the Syrian community in London which will be published in Forward Magazine, and will quote AMW adviser Ghayth Armanazi. "That's really helpful, many thanks for that," the journalist wrote in an email.

June 11 - AMW helped a City University student with info on media coverage of Morocco. "Thank you very much for this," she wrote in an email. "It's exactly what I need for my project."

June 11 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Independent, Daily Mail, Financial Times, Al Hayat, Al Akhbar, Arab News Broadcasting and the Palestinian Embassy.

June 10 - AMW announced to the media that Amr Al-Dabbagh - Governor and Chairman of the Board of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, with the rank of Minister - will be on an official visit to London from 15-18 June, and is available for interview.

http://tinyurl.com/nv9tas

AMW received requests from the BBC, Economist, Al Jazeera English, Asharq Al Awsat, Arab News Broadcasting, North-South Magazine and the Media Line News Agency.

June 10 - AMW alerted the Syrian Embassy and helped it complain to a British broadsheet newspaper about an inaccuracy regarding Syria.

June 10 - AMW liaised with Verso Books.

June 9 - A BBC journalist thanked AMW for its help with a forthcoming documentary on Palestine.

June 9 - AMW adviser Rami Khouri was quoted in an article in the Daily Telegraph, entitled "Pro-West parties win in Lebanon with help from Barack Obama."

http://tinyurl.com/m9dc9h

June 9 - AMW liaised with the Daily Mail, Times, Observer, Arab News Broadcasting, the Arab League and the Sudanese Embassy.

June 8 - AMW adviser Guy Gabriel attended a seminar on Darfur and Somalia at Chatham House.

June 8 - AMW liaised with the Observer, Spectator and Reuters.

June 7 - AMW arranged for Al Hayat political editor Mohanad Hage Ali to be interviewed on Al Jazeera English about the Lebanese elections.

June 7 - AMW met with the Daily Mail.

June 6 - AMW liaised with Al Hiwar TV and the UN.

June 5 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the Evening Standard about Obama and the Middle East.

June 5 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Independent, Al Jazeera English, Arab News Broadcasting, the UN and the Arab League.

June 4 - The New York Times published a commentary by AMW adviser Rime Allaf, entitled "For Syria, a disappointing speech."

http://tinyurl.com/moq6g4

June 4 - Al Jazeera English published a commentary by AMW adviser Rime Allaf, entitled "New names, same games for Lebanon."

http://tinyurl.com/n8xlrj

June 4 - AMW liaised with Arab News Broadcasting and IB Tauris Publishers.

June 3 - AMW adviser Chris Doyle was a speaker at a conference entitled "The role of the media in Arab-Israeli relations."

June 3 - AMW met with the Sudanese Ambassador.

June 3 - AMW liaised with Reuters, the Daily Mail and the UN.

June 2 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Arab News Broadcasting, Amnesty International and the Saudi Embassy.

June 1 - AMW liaised with IB Tauris Publishers, the UN, Amnesty International and the Saudi Embassy.


May 18 - 31 - NA

May 17 - AMW liaised with Bloomberg.

May 16 - A report co-authored by AMW adviser Victor Kattan was launched, entitled "Occupation, Colonialism, Apartheid? A re-assessment of Israel's practices in the occupied Palestinian territories under international law."

http://tinyurl.com/c3hmg9

May 16 - AMW was an official supporting organisation for the national demonstration for Palestine.

http://tinyurl.com/clc9da

May 16 - AMW liaised with the BBC.

May 15 - The Jewish Chronicle published a letter on Israel by AMW adviser Chris Doyle.

http://tinyurl.com/prl6x9

May 15 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, New Statesman, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera English and Al Hiwar.

May 14 - AMW helped the BBC with contacts for a documentary on Palestine.

May 14 - AMW launched The Iraqi Cookbook.

http://tinyurl.com/djqup4

AMW arranged an interview for the author with the BBC, as well as articles in the Guardian and Financial Times.

http://tinyurl.com/pzg8ra

May 14 - AMW met with the BBC, Daily Mail, and the Syrian Embassy.

May 14 - AMW issued a press release congratulating media award winners from Al Hayat, Asharq Al Awsat and Israel's B'Tselem. AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was a panelist for the awards, and voted for all three winners.

http://tinyurl.com/pdahey

May 14 - Bitter Lemons published a commentary on Arab-Israeli peace-making by AMW adviser Rime Allaf, entitled "Get off the beaten tracks and back into the matchbox."

http://tinyurl.com/o5hfsf

May 14 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Observer, Independent, Financial Times, New Statesman, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera English and Asharq Al Awsat.

May 13 - AMW published and sent to the media a study entitled "Darfur in the Media - From Crisis to Context."

http://tinyurl.com/p2blz3

May 13 - AMW liaised with the BBC, ITV, New Statesman, Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires, Chicago Tribune, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Lebanon's Daily Star, Arab News, Middle East Online, the Arab Media Centre at Westminster University, Libya's JANA news agency, North-South Magazine, Business Monitor International, Impact International, the Foreign Office and Human Rights Watch.

May 12 - The prestigious academic journal Global media and Communication Journal published a media study by AMW adviser Dr Makram Khoury Machool, entitled "The re-mythologization of Islam and the Arab world in Adam Curtis's The Power of Nightmares."

May 12 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed for an article on Hollywood portrayals of Arabs that was published by Middle East Online, the Palestinian Telegraph and Friends of Al Aqsa.

http://tinyurl.com/pw4yes

May 12 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Asharq Al Awsat, Arab News Broadcasting, the UN and the Palestinian Embassy.

May 11 - AMW was cited in a column by Jihad Khazen in Al Hayat, entitled "No Wonder the Western Media Failed."

http://tinyurl.com/ozvhug

May 11 - AMW member Mazin Qumsiyeh was interviewed for an article published by the Electronic Intifada, entitled "Envisioning a better future."

http://tinyurl.com/pwd5bz

May 11 - AMW liaised with Reuters, the UN and Human Rights Watch.

May 10 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Arab News Broadcasting and the Syrian Embassy.

May 9 - AMW announced that through its website, people can buy at a 30% discount the book "Last Chance: The Middle East in the Balance" by David Gardner, chief editorial writer and associate editor at the Financial Times.

http://tinyurl.com/pt78de

May 9 - Press TV requested AMW's help in finding interviewees on Iraq.

May 9 - AMW helped the Oxford University Lebanese student society with a film screening.

May 9 - AMW liaised with the Lancet, Lebanon's Daily Star, Press TV and IB Tauris Publishers.

May 8 - Rob Crilly - who writes about Africa for the Times, Daily Mail, Scotsman and Irish Times - has admitted in a piece entitled "A Confession" that he has been "found out" by AMW adviser Guy Gabriel regarding death tolls in Darfur.

http://tinyurl.com/qapprf

May 8 - The Lancet requested a copy of a forthcoming legal report on Israel's occupation co-authored by AMW adviser Victor Kattan.

May 8 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Financial Times, Mail on Sunday, CBS News, ABC News, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera, Al Hayat, Arab News Broadcasting, Lebanon's Daily Star, IB Tauris Publishers and the Syrian Embassy.

May 7 - AMW organised a launch event for the book "Last Chance: The Middle East in the Balance" by David Gardner, chief editorial writer and associate editor at the Financial Times.

http://tinyurl.com/de6znv

May 7 - AMW met with the Financial Times, BBC, Reuters and Al Hayat.

May 7 - AMW liaised with Reuters, CNN, Press TV and Human Rights Watch.

May 6 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Daily Telegraph regarding an article on Israel / Palestine.

http://tinyurl.com/qpw9aq

May 6 - AMW informed the media that it is launching The Iraqi Cookbook on 14 May.

May 6 - AMW liaised with the Times, Observer, Financial Times, Daily Mail, Arab News Broadcasting, Press TV, Media Lens, IB Tauris Publishers and the Syrian Embassy.

May 5 - Al Jazeera English requested AMW's help with info regarding the Arab media.

May 5 - AMW informed the media of the public release on 16 May of a report entitled "Occupation, Colonialism, Apartheid? A re-assessment of Israel's practices in the occupied Palestinian territories under international law." AMW adviser Victor Kattan is one of the co-authors.

http://tinyurl.com/c3hmg9

May 5 - The Middle East in London published a commentary by AMW adviser Dr Judith Brown entitled "Reporting Gaza."

http://tinyurl.com/pfsrv2

May 5 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Evening Standard, CNN, National Union of Journalists, Al Jazeera English, Unesco, and the Palestinian and Saudi embassies.

May 4 - AMW liaised with Reuters, Asharq Al Awsat, and the Saudi Embassy.

May 3 - Press TV interviewed AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on press freedom, along with Joel Simon of the Committee to Protect Journalists.

May 3 - AMW liaised with the Observer, Al Jazeera English and Al Hayat.

May 2 - The Guardian published a commentary on press freedom by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

http://tinyurl.com/dg86rh

May 2 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi met with a student doing a dissertation on the Palestinian diaspora.

May 2 - AMW liaised with the BBC.

May 1 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi took part in a debate organised by Unesco to mark World Press Freedom Day. The title of the debate was "Controlling the international media in war- are government's winning the battle?" The other debaters were Jeremy Dear (National Union of Journalists), Andrew Gilligan (Evening Standard columnist), Alan Fisher (Al-Jazeera English correspondent) and James Shea (director of policy planning in the private office of the secretary general of NATO).

http://tinyurl.com/czxvgw

May 1 - AMW met with CNN.

May 1 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the Guardian about Iraq.

May 1 - Press TV requested an interview on press freedom with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

May 1 - As requested, AMW published an ad for an Arabic / English-speaking TV presenter and journalist.

http://tinyurl.com/c7bg27

May 1 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Reuters, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Saudi Press Agency, Press TV and the Saudi Embassy.


April 30 - AMW published a press release on comments made by the Lebanese President during a press briefing attended by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi, and sent it to the media.

http://tinyurl.com/csxwey

April 30 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, Arab News Broadcasting, Pluto Books and the Saudi Embassy.

April 29 - AMW informed the media of the availability of review copies of the book "Last Chance: The Middle East in the Balance" by David Gardner (chief leader writer and associate editor at the Financial Times), which AMW is launching on 7 May. AMW received requests from the BBC, Guardian, FT, New Statesman, Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires, CBS News, ABC News, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, Al Hayat, the Arab Media Centre at Westminster University, Lebanon's Daily Star, Libya's Jana news agency, Middle East Online, Arab News, North South Magazine, Business Monitor International and Impact International.

April 29 - A journalist at Al Quds Al Arabi emailed AMW saying our website "is getting more and more professional, and gives a lot of help to anyone involved in Arab-related matters and the British media in general."

April 29 - AMW helped Al Jazeera English find an interviewee on the Palestinian diaspora.

April 29 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi attended a press briefing with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.

http://tinyurl.com/csxwey

April 29 - AMW met with Sky News, Reuters, Al Arabiya, Al Hayat and the Lebanese Embassy.

April 29 - AMW liaised with the Financial Times, Observer, Al Hayat, Pluto Books and Human Rights Watch.

April 28 - The Guardian published a commentary by AMW member Abe Hayeem, entitled "Boycott this Israeli settlement builder."

http://tinyurl.com/cux9kg

April 28 - AMW liaised with the Financial Times, Arab News Broadcasting, Press TV, IB Tauris Publishers, Unesco and the Saudi Embassy.

April 27 - AMW provided Al Hayat columnist Jihad Khazen with a study on BBC coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for a forthcoming column. "Your study is just what I need," he wrote.

April 27 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the Guardian about Iraq.

April 27 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Financial Times, Reuters and Press TV.

April 26 - The Lebanese Embassy invited AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi to meet Lebanon's President.

April 26 - A documentarian requested AMW's help in finding an Egyptian translator.

April 26 - AMW liaised with Arab News Broadcasting and the Syrian Embassy.

April 25 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi presented Middle East Today on Press TV. The topic was the Saudi succession. Interviewees included the editor of the Arabian Observer, and a columnist for Asharq Al Awsat and writer for Arab news.

April 25 - AMW advisers Karma Nabulsi and Sami Ramadani were speakers at the Stop the War Coalition's annual conference.

http://tinyurl.com/cz5og2

April 25 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the Guardian about Iraq.

April 24 - AMW met with the Saudi Women's Association.

April 24 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Arab News Broadcasting, Al Hiwar, and the Saudi Embassy.

April 23 - AMW published a report on its work on Sudan.

http://tinyurl.com/ddw6ns

April 23 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Arab News Broadcasting, Saudi Press Agency, Press TV, Unesco, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and the Saudi Embassy.

April 22 - AMW met with the Economist, Al Arabiya, Al Hayat, Asharq Al Awsat, Al Quds Al Arabi, the Saudi Press Agency, and the Saudi Embassy.

April 22 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Jazeera English, Press TV, and the Syrian Embassy.

April 21 - AMW adviser Victor Kattan was quoted in an article by Guardian Middle East editor Ian Black, entitled "Ahmadinejad receives 'warm welcome' home after UN summit speech."

http://tinyurl.com/cbb494

April 21 - AMW met with the Sudanese Embassy.

April 21 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Daily Telegraph about US support for Israel.

http://tinyurl.com/cr23fg

April 21 - AMW liaised with Asharq Al Awsat.

April 20 - AMW adviser Chris Doyle was quoted in an article in the Guardian entitled "Outrage over Israeli It Ain't Half Hot Mum-style show."

http://tinyurl.com/d7umlm

April 20 - AMW adviser Guy Gabriel wrote to the Independent about Sudan.

April 20 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the Guardian about Iraq.

April 20 - AMW liaised with the Times, Guardian, Channel 4, Al Quds Al Arabi, Amnesty International and the Saudi Embassy.

April 19 - AMW liaised with Arab News Broadcasting and Press TV.

April 18 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi presented Middle East Today on Press TV. The topic was Hezbollah, its relations with Egypt, Palestine, Britain and the US, and its prospects in the forthcoming Lebanese elections. Interviewees included AMW adviser Nadim Shehadi.

http://tinyurl.com/pqkbn3

April 18 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi accepted an invitation by the Liberal Democrats to be a speaker at one of their meetings.

April 18 - The Independent published a letter by AMW adviser Chris Doyle, entitled "Impartiality in the Middle East."

http://tinyurl.com/cofp6h

April 18 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the Guardian about Iraq.

April 18 - AMW liaised with the Daily Mail, Al Jazeera English, Al Hiwar and Press TV.

April 17 - The Guardian published a letter on Iraq co-signed by AMW adviser Sami Ramadani.

http://tinyurl.com/chsngd

April 17 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the BBC about Iraq.

April 17 - A journalism student at Bournemouth University interviewed AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about objectivity in British media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

April 17 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Independent, Press TV, Unesco, and the Saudi and Syrian embassies.

April 16 - AMW announced that its chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi will be a debater at the 2009 World Press Freedom Day Debate on 1 May 2009, organised by Unesco. The title of the debate is "Controlling the international media in war- are government's winning the battle?"

http://tinyurl.com/czxvgw

April 16 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi spoke about the organisation at the Arab National Congress in Sudan.

April 16 - AMW announced that its advisers Karma Nabulsi and Sami Ramadani will be speakers at the Stop the War Coalition's annual conference on 25 April 2009.

http://tinyurl.com/cz5og2

April 16 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and adviser Nadim Shehadi attended a talk on Islamist movements in the Middle East at Chatham House by David Gardner, editorial writer and associate editor at the Financial Times.

April 16 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi had a meeting with a documentarian producing a programme on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for Channel 4.

April 16 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Independent, Al Akhbar, Lebanon's Daily Star, Arab News Broadcasting, Press TV, Unesco and the Saudi Embassy.

April 15 - The Arab-British Centre announced the shortlist for the Arab-British Culture and Society Award 2009, which includes AMW.

http://tinyurl.com/cpgjs9

April 15 - A documentarian producing a programme on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for Channel 4 requested a meeting with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

April 15 - The Liberal Democrats invited AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi to be a speaker at one of their meetings.

April 15 - The Palestine Chronicle published a commentary by AMW adviser Guy Gabriel entitled "Iraq shoes & the demotivated media."

http://tinyurl.com/cswjxz

April 15 - AMW agreed to be an official supporting organisation for the national demonstration for Palestine on 16 May 2009.

http://tinyurl.com/clc9da

April 15 - AMW liaised with the Times, Guardian, Observer, Financial Times, Press TV, IB Tauris Publishers and the Saudi Embassy.

April 14 - Press TV requested an interview on Iraq with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

April 14 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the Guardian about Iraq.

April 14 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, Arab News Broadcasting, Press TV, IB Tauris Publishers, and the Palestinian and Saudi embassies.

April 13 - The Independent published a letter by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi, entitled "Israel blocks peace."

http://tinyurl.com/da3e5w

April 13 - Syria Today published a commentary by AMW adviser Rime Allaf entitled "Look who's talking in the Arab world."

http://tinyurl.com/cvqj6f

April 13 - AMW liaised with the BBC and Al Jazeera English.

April 12 - AMW liaised with Arab News Broadcasting and Forward Magazine.

April 10 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to Independent comments editor Adrian Hamilton about the status of Jerusalem.

http://tinyurl.com/dg7zb4

April 10 - AMW met with the Guardian and Financial Times.

April 10 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Al Hayat, Arab News Broadcasting, Al Hiwar, Arab League and Saudi Embassy.

April 9 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Independent about the Arab peace initiative, in response to a commentary by comments editor Adrian Hamilton.

April 9 - AMW adviser Guy Gabriel helped a student and a lecturer at Memorial University, Canada, with information on Darfur

April 9 - AMW met with a Sudanese journalist.

April 9 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Al Arabiya, Arab New Broadcasting, Middle East Online, Unesco, B’Tselem, IB Tauris and the Saudi Embassy.

April 8 - AMW announced its forthcoming launch of the book "Last Chance: The Middle East in the Balance" by David Gardner, chief leader writer and associate editor at the Financial Times.

http://tinyurl.com/de6znv

April 8 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Channel 4, Financial Times, Guardian, Daily Mail, Al Jazeera English, Haaretz, Asharq Al Awsat, Al Hayat, B'Tselem, IB Tauris and the Saudi Embassy.

April 7 - AMW was shortlisted for the Arab-British Culture and Society Award 2009.

http://tinyurl.com/dx6y4h

April 7 - Al Jazeera English interviewed AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about Barack Obama's trip to Turkey.

http://tinyurl.com/dywnx6

April 7 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi accepted a request from a journalism student at Bournemouth University for an interview on objectivity in British reporting of the Middle East, for her final-year dissertation.

April 7 - AMW liaised with the Financial Times, ITN, Arab News Broadcasting, Press TV, IB Tauris, and the Bahraini, Kuwaiti, Palestinian, Saudi and Sudanese embassies.

April 6 - Dubai TV interviewed AMW director Muna Nashashibi.

April 6 - AMW adviser Guy Gabriel wrote to the Economist about its coverage of the Israeli attack on Sudan.

http://tinyurl.com/d57lh6

April 6 - AMW had meetings with the Arab Research & Media Studies foundation, and the Anglo-Arab Organisation.

April 6 - AMW liaised with the Palestinian, Saudi and Syrian embassies.

April 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi accepted an invitation to be a panelist for the 2009 awards of the International Media Council. Nashashibi was an award-winner in 2008.

http://tinyurl.com/cm7qa4

April 5 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English and the Saudi Embassy.

April 4 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi presented Middle East Today on Press TV. The topic was the effects of the G20 summit on the Middle East.

http://tinyurl.com/ddkzte

April 4 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English.

April 3 - AMW had meetings with twofour54 (the Abu Dhabi media zone) and the Saudi Women's Association.

April 3 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Independent, Arab News Broadcasting, Al Hiwar and the Saudi Embassy.

April 2 - AMW issued a press release to the media expressing disappointment with contradictions in the stances on Iraq of the Daily Mail and Daily Express.

http://tinyurl.com/dezukz

April 2 - AMW liaised with the Associated Press, Haaretz, Press TV, IB Tauris, and the Palestinian and Saudi embassies.

April 1 - BBC Arabic interviewed AMW adviser Haifa Zangana about the G2 demonstrations.

April 1 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Daily Mail and Daily Express in response to their editorial comments on Iraq.

http://tinyurl.com/cv83l6

April 1 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote a commentary rebutting the latest attack against AMW by Melanie Phillips, columnist for the Spectator and Daily Mail.

http://tinyurl.com/ch6rns

April 1 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, The Review, Press TV and the Arab League.


March 31 - Al Quds Al Arabi published an extensive report about AMW's fundraising dinner.

March 31 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift complained to the BBC about its reporting of Iraq.

March 31 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, Arab News Broadcasting, Zahrat Al Khalij magazine, Press TV and the Saudi Embassy.

March 30 - AMW filed a complaint with the BBC against its description of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

March 30 - Al Jazeera English published a commentary on its website by AMW adviser Rime Allaf, entitled "Shifting sands in the Arab world."

http://tinyurl.com/chqtn6

March 30 - AMW liaised with Al Quds Al Arabi, and the Palestinian and Saudi embassies.

March 29 - AMW liaised with the Independent, Evening Standard, Al Quds Al Arabi and Arab News Broadcasting.

March 28 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi presented Middle East Today on Press TV. The topic was war crimes evidence and accusations against Israel over its invasion of Gaza. Interviewees were Jonathan Hoffman, co-vice chair of the Zionist Federation, and Daniel Machover, co-founder of Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights.

March 28 - AMW liaised with the BBC.

March 27 - AMW sent to the media a report on its annual fundraising dinner, and feedback from senior media figures who attended it.

http://tinyurl.com/cguku2

http://tinyurl.com/dd759v

March 27 - AMW had a meeting with the Saudi Women's Media Association.

March 27 - AMW adviser Guy Gabriel attended a conference on indicting African presidents, attended by ambassadors, academics and journalists.

March 27 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Times, Asharq Al Awsat, Press TV, Human Rights Watch and the Saudi Embassy.

March 26 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi spoke about the organisation at a Malaysian solidarity event for Palestine.

March 26 - AMW liaised with the New Statesman, Financial Times, Reuters, Al Hayat, Press TV and IB Tauris.

March 25 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and adviser Ghayth Armanazi were interviewed on Al Jazeera English about the Arab League.

March 25 - The Daily Mail published a letter on Syria by AMW adviser Guy Gabriel.

http://tinyurl.com/c3c586

March 25 - The Social Science Research Council published a commentary by AMW adviser Guy Gabriel entitled "Making sense of Darfur: The politics of numbers."

http://tinyurl.com/c4b2d4

March 25 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the Independent in response to an article on Iraq.

March 25 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Financial Times, Sudan Tribune, Press TV, IB Tauris and the Syrian Embassy.

March 24 - Syria Today published a commentary by AMW adviser Rime Allaf entitled "Syria on their minds; the re-positioning battle."

http://tinyurl.com/cm2u75

March 24 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Mail, Independent, Financial Times, Reuters, New Statesman, Al Jazeera English, Al Quds Al Arabi, Al Hayat, Asharq Al Awsat, Al Arab, Press TV, IB Tauris and Human Rights Watch.

March 23 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and director Muna Nashashibi attended a reception organised by the Arab League.

March 23 - AMW met with the BBC, Reuters and Forbes.

March 23 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Jazeera English, IB Tauris, and the Palestinian, Saudi and Sudanese embassies.

March 15-22 - N / A

March 14 - Al Quds Al Arabi published an advert for AMW's annual fundraising dinner.

March 13 - Times columnist Hugo Rifkind cited AMW's study into British media coverage of the 'Iraqi shoe journalist'.

http://tinyurl.com/bwd9ds

March 13 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Verso Books, and the Kuwaiti and Syrian embassies.

March 12 - AMW published a study on negative British media coverage of Dubai.

http://tinyurl.com/d6xb5f

A BBC journalist thanked AMW for it.

March 12 - BBC Arabic interviewed AMW director Muna Nashashibi about the 'Iraqi shoe journalist.'

March 12 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Daily Telegraph in response to an article on prospects for Arab-Israeli peace.

http://tinyurl.com/d83774

March 12 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Times, Reuters, Al Jazeera English, Arab News Broadcasting, Pluto Books, Verso Books, and the Qatari, Saudi and Syrian embassies.

March 11 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi accepted an invitation to debate at an event on 1 May organised by the UK National Commission for UNESCO to mark UN World Press Freedom Day. Other debaters include Evening Standard columnist Andrew Gilligan, NBC News Tel Aviv bureau chief Martin Fletcher, and Al Jazeera English correspondent Alan Fisher.

March 11 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed for a documentary on the Arab League that will be aired on the Empire programme on Al Jazeera English on 24 March.

March 11 - AMW helped the Saudi Women's Media Association with media invitees for a meeting.

March 11 - The BBC partially upheld a complaint by Dr Rowland Dye on coverage of Palestine on Radio 4's 6pm news. For his complaint, Dr Dye was advised by AMW adviser Dr Judith Brown.

http://tinyurl.com/cwfq2j

March 11 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed about the organisation by journalism students from Lincoln University.

March 11 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Mail, Spectator, Arab News Broadcasting, Amnesty International and the Saudi Embassy.

March 10 - BBC Arabic requested an interview with AMW director Muna Nashashibi about the 'Iraqi shoe journalist'.

March 10 - AMW helped the Saudi Women's Media Association with media invitees for a meeting.

March 10 - AMW helped Press TV with info on the Palestinian death toll from Israel's invasion of Gaza.

March 10 - A journalism student interviewed AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about the organisation.

March 10 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Channel 4, Independent, Guardian, Daily Mail, New Statesman, Spectator and the Syrian Embassy.

March 9 - AMW published a study on British media coverage of the 'Iraqi shoe journalist'.

http://tinyurl.com/9f33qq

March 9 - At the request of the Arab League, AMW compiled a list of British journalists to invite to a meeting.

March 9 - AMW helped a Saudi journalist with research on British media coverage of the Saudi tanker that was hijacked off the Somali coast.

March 9 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed about the organisation by a multi-media student at Bournemouth University.

March 9 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Channel 4, Observer, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, New Statesman, Spectator, Reuters, Financial Times, Al Jazeera English, Asharq Al Awsat, Al Hayat, Press TV and Pluto Books.

March 8 - AMW liaised with Arab News Broadcasting.

March 7 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi presented Middle East Today on Press TV. The topic was the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Bashir. The interviewees were Sudanese Ambassador Omer Siddig, and Ahmed Diraige, leader of the Sudan Federal Democratic Alliance and a former governor of Darfur.

http://tinyurl.com/c86tq9

March 7 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Observer, Arab News Broadcasting and the Syrian Embassy.

March 6 - The Guardian published a commentary by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi entitled "Just Journalism? It's anything but," about British media coverage of Israel - Palestine.

http://tinyurl.com/cs2hpu

March 6 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and adviser Dr Dina Matar spoke at and chaired a talk, respectively, entitled "The US & British media & the aggression on Gaza," at the School of Oriental and African Studies.

http://tinyurl.com/ang84v

March 6 - AMW met with the BBC.

March 6 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Reuters, Arab News Broadcasting, Press TV and the Qatari Embassy.

March 5 - AMW helped Al Jazeera English with interviewees on Sudan.

March 5 - AMW issued an Action Alert urging its members and the public to thank the Daily Mirror and regular columnist Brian Reade for an excellent commentary on Gaza.

http://tinyurl.com/ce8nk5

March 5 - AMW adviser Rime Allaf was quoted in an article by Guardian Middle East editor Ian Black, entitled "UK ready for talks with Hezbollah."

http://tinyurl.com/dayozg

March 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi spoke at a media talk and Q&A at University College London, entitled "The Untold Story of Hidden Injustices."

http://tinyurl.com/b7nz6y

March 5 - Press TV interviewed AMW adviser Guy Gabriel on Sudan and Lebanon, along with the Sudanese Ambassador.

March 5 - The Arab League requested AMW's help with invitees for a meeting with the British media.

March 5 - Al Quds Al Arabi reported that AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was speaking about media coverage of Gaza at the School of Oriental and African Studies the following day.

March 5 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Associated Press, Al Jazeera English, Press TV and the Palestinian Embassy.

March 4 - The New York Times published a commentary on US-Syrian relations by AMW adviser Rime Allaf, entitled "Sending mixed signals."

http://tinyurl.com/dce59t

March 4 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Observer, Al Arab, Press TV and the Palestinian Embassy.

March 3 - AMW liaised with the Syrian Embassy.

March 2 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Daily Mail, Independent, Observer, Times, Daily Mirror, New Statesman, Dow Jones Newswires, Al Jazeera English, Al Hayat, Al Quds Al Arabi, Asharq Al Awsat, Al Arab, Press TV, and the press office of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

March 1 - Meretz UK invited AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi to speak at a debate on the Arab-Israeli conflict.

March 1 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the Independent about Iraq and Palestine.


February 28 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi presented Middle East Today on Press TV. The topic was relations between the Vatican and Israel.

http://tinyurl.com/c399mr

February 28 - Al Quds Al Arabi published an article about Trio Khoury, who performed at AMW's Al-Atheer concert for Gaza. AMW was mentioned in the article.

February 27 - At the request of the Guardian, AMW agreed to participate in a meeting on guidelines for moderating comments on Muslims and Islam in the discussion threads of the Comment is Free Section.

February 27 - The Independent published a letter on Palestine by AMW adviser Chris Doyle.

http://tinyurl.com/denhla

February 27 - AMW had a meeting with the media committee of the Women's Section of the Saudi Embassy.

February 27 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Al Jazeera English, Al Hiwar, the Arab Media Centre at Westminster University, Press TV, and the Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian embassies.

February 26 - AMW met with the BBC.

February 26 - AMW helped the BBC arrange an interview with Hezbollah spokesman Ibrahim Mousawi.

February 26 - AMW helped the political editor of Al Hayat with getting an article by him on Iraq published in one of the national British newspapers. This resulted in the Guardian's Comment is Free section agreeing to the editor becoming a contributor.

February 26 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Times in response to a commentary on Iraq by foreign editor Richard Beeston.

http://tinyurl.com/dydy8u

February 26 - AMW accepted an invitation to meet with the media committee of the Women's Section of the Saudi Embassy.

February 26 - AMW helped Al Jazeera English with interviewees on Arab talk shows.

February 26 - AMW attended the Kuwaiti national day.

February 26 - AMW liaised with Asharq Al Awsat, Arab News Broadcasting, Press TV and the Saudi Embassy.

February 25 - Al Jazeera English requested AMW's help with interviewees on Arab talk shows.

February 25 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi accepted an interview request from a multi-media journalism student at Bournemouth University for her dissertation on British broadsheet coverage of Israeli-Palestinian events since the election of Hamas in 2006.

February 25 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Independent, Channel 4, Reuters, Arab News Broadcasting and Press TV.

February 24 - Electronic Intifada published an article by AMW adviser Shipra Dingare about her study on British media portrayals of retaliation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10336.shtml

February 24 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi was invited to speak at an event entitled "Muslim Women: Visibility and Leadership."

February 24 - The media committee of the Women's Section of the Saudi Embassy requested a meeting with AMW.

February 24 - A multi-media journalism student at Bournemouth University requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi for her dissertation on British broadsheet coverage of Israeli-Palestinian events since the election of Hamas in 2006.

February 24 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Mail, Al Jazeera English, Press TV, Human Rights Watch, and the Palestinian Embassy.

February 23 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the BBC and Independent about coverage of Egypt and Iraq, respectively.

February 23 - Syria Today published a commentary by AMW adviser Rime Allaf, entitled "We will not go down: How a song stood up to Israel."

http://tinyurl.com/bhmmce

February 23 - AMW liaised with every British national daily broadsheet newspaper, as well as the BBC, Al Jazeera English, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, ITV, Channel 4, Reuters, Daily Express, New Statesman, Arab News Broadcasting, the Arab Media Centre at Westminster University, Press TV, and the Palestinian and Syrian embassies.

February 22 - AMW liaised with Al Hayat.

February 21 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi presented Middle East Today on Press TV. The topic was Saudi reforms.

http://tinyurl.com/bcs97f

February 21 - AMW met with CNN.

February 21 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Express and Al Jazeera English.

February 20 - A BBC journalist emailed AMW to say: "You have been fantastically busy of late; I'm so impressed with all of the great work you've done these past couple of months."

February 20 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi accepted an invitation to be part of a panel discussion at University College London entitled "Hidden Injustices of the Media."

February 20 - AMW helped an honourary associate at the Department of Media, Music & Cultural Studies at Australia's Macquarie University with a research project into the Arab media.

http://tinyurl.com/bazjpp

February 20 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Telegraph, Al Jazeera English, Al Hiwar, The National, Press TV, IB Tauris publishers and the Syrian Embassy.

February 19 - Upon request, AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi gave the Observer a quote about Tony Blair receiving an Israeli award.

http://tinyurl.com/c5bs9r

February 19 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Associated Press, Arab News Broadcasting, Al Sahafa, Press TV and the Syrian Embassy.

February 18 - The Observer requested a quote from AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about Tony Blair receiving an Israeli award.

February 18 - AMW issued a press release to the media revealing that the Israeli Defence Force had censored from publication an article by renowned Haaretz reporter Amira Hass about Israeli troops posing as Hamas forces during the ground invasion of Gaza. The press release included a summary of the role and influence of the IDF censor by AMW adviser Dr Makram Khoury-Machool, and a legal synopsis by Professor Iain Scobbie. A journalist at the Observer described the AMW finding as "a real shocker. I'll look into it."

http://tinyurl.com/bswhos

Daily Mirror security correspondent Chris Hughes wrote an article citing the press release.

http://tinyurl.com/aato6d

February 18 - AMW met with Al Jazeera English.

February 18 - Organisers of a conference at the School of Oriental and African Studies, entitled "After Gaza: Continuing the Struggle on Campus" requested a speaker from AMW.

February 18 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Hayat, Press TV, IB Tauris publishers, Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, and the Sudanese and Syrian embassies.

February 17 - The Daily Mirror published a letter by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi in response to a disparaging commentary on Dubai by columnist Brian Reade.

http://tinyurl.com/bef3yg

February 17 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Times in response to a commentary about Dubai.

http://tinyurl.com/ahnw73

February 17 - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, columnist for the Independent and Evening Standard, invited AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and director Muna Nashashibi to the launch of her new book.

February 17 - AMW liaised with every British national daily broadsheet newspaper, as well as the BBC, ITN, ITV, Channel 4, New Statesman, Reuters, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Al Jazeera English, Arab News Broadcasting, Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, IB Tauris publishers, and the Palestinian, Saudi and Sudanese embassies.

February 16 - AMW published a monitoring study on British media reaction to the BBC's decision not to broadcast the DEC relief appeal for Gaza.

http://tinyurl.com/cfdbj6

February 16 - The Guardian published a letter co-signed by AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi and members Abe Hayeem, Deborah Fink, Sara Wood, Ruth Tenne and Kay Manasseh (among others), entitled "Museums should cancel these Israel Days of Science."

http://tinyurl.com/b8adoq

February 16 - AMW liaised with Press TV, Pluto Books, and the Palestinian Embassy.

February 15 - AMW liaised with the BBC.

February 14 - AMW met with Al Jazeera English.

February 14 - A documentarian requested interviews with AMW advisers Haifa Zangana and Tahrir Swift, and their help in arranging interviewees, for a documentary on Muslim women.

February 14 - AMW liaised with the BBC and Al Hiwar.

February 13 - Al Hayat published an article by AMW adviser Shipra Dingare on British media portrayals of retaliation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which was based on an AMW study produced by her.

http://tinyurl.com/cwoqsz

February 13 - Al Jazeera English requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on the truce between Israel and Hamas.

February 13 - A journalism student at De Montfort University interviewed AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on objectivity in media coverage of the Middle East.

February 13 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, and the Palestinian and Saudi embassies.

February 12 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Daily Mirror about a disparaging commentary on Dubai by columnist Brian Reade.

February 12 - The New Statesman agreed to donate a one-year subscription for the raffle at AMW's annual fundraising dinner on 21 March.

February 12 - AMW adviser Haifa Zangana chaired a talk entitled "Women under occupation in Iraq."

http://tinyurl.com/dfkqes

February 12 - AMW had a meeting with Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem.

February 12 - AMW liaised with Press TV, the Arab Media Centre at Westminster University, and the Palestinian Embassy.

February 11 - AMW published a study entitled "Gaza: Israeli & Palestinian Sources in the UK Press."

http://tinyurl.com/bx8qof

February 11 - AMW met with the Daily Mail.

February 11 - AMW adviser Dr Karma Nabulsi was part of a panel including Gerald Kaufman MP at a public meeting entitled "After the war on Gaza: What next for the Palestinians? And how can Jews here and in Israel help bring about a just peace?"

http://tinyurl.com/bgw4sp

February 11 - A student of communicational sciences in Mexico requested help with a report she is doing on AMW.

February 11 - AMW liaised with the BBC, New Statesman, Daily Star and Al Hayat.

February 10 - AMW met with the Saudi Embassy.

February 10 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi accepted an invitation to speak at Westminster University on media coverage of the war on Gaza.

February 10 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi accepted an invitation to speak at the Free University of Bolzano, Italy, on British media coverage of terrorism and democracy in the Arab world.

February 10 - A member of the public requested AMW's help regarding a complaint to the BBC over the description of the Israeli-Palestinian on CBBC.

February 10 - A PhD student at Bologna University requested AMW's help with his dissertation on the Arab media.

February 10 - AMW liaised with Reuters, Al Jazeera English, Arab News Broadcasting and Al Quds.

February 9 - Al Jazeera English requested a meeting with AMW.

February 9 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was invited to speak at Westminster University on media coverage of the war on Gaza.

February 9 - AMW liaised with the New Statesman, Al Hayat, Haaretz, Al Quds, the Arab Media Centre at Westminster University, and the Palestinian Embassy.

February 8 - AMW liaised with the Guardian and Al Jazeera English.

February 7 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi presented Middle East Today on Press TV. The topic was Turkey's role in the Middle East, and among the interviewees was Irem Koker, managing editor of the website of Hurriyet Daily News.

http://tinyurl.com/bhpvrd

February 7 - Press TV interviewed AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi on Islam.

February 7 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Al Hiwar TV and the Syrian Embassy.

February 6 - Al Quds Al Arabi published an article about AMW's Al Atheer concert.

http://tinyurl.com/an8vnl

February 6 - A journalism student at De Montfort University requested AMW's help with her dissertation on objectivity within war zones and establish whether there is a place for it in the future of war reporting.

February 6 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Telegraph, the Arab Media Centre at Westminster University, and Israeli human rights group B'Tselem.

February 5 - AMW met with BBC Arabic.

February 5 - AMW liaised with the Daily Mail, Bloomberg, Reuters, ABC News, Arab News Broadcasting and Press TV.

February 4 - The Spectator published a letter by AMW adviser Chris Doyle on the BBC's refusal to broadcast an appeal for funds to help the Gaza relief effort, entitled "Failure of fairness."

http://tinyurl.com/awlymu

February 4 - A student from the Arab Studies department at Sofia University in Bulgaria requested AMW's help in correcting Bulgarian national television BTV's error in reporting Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

February 4 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Mail and Press TV.

February 3 - BBC America interviewed AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about Arab reaction to the Iraqi elections.

February 3 - Upon the Arab League's request, AMW presented a list of media invitees for its annual reception.

February 3 - The Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem requested a meeting with AMW.

February 3 - AMW liaised with Press TV, Haaretz, Arab News Broadcasting, Lebanon's Daily Star and the Palestinian Embassy.

February 2 - Dubai TV broadcast a report on AMW's Al Atheer concert, in which director Muna Nashashibi was interviewed, among others.

February 2 - An MA student in Manchester requested AMW's help with his dissertation on BBC, Channel 4 and Sky News coverage of Gaza.

February 2 - A media student at Columbia University contacted one of AMW's Gaza interviewees for help with her dissertation.

February 2 - AMW liaised with the Daily Mail, Reuters, Bloomberg and Al Sahafa.

February 1 - AMW held its Al-Atheer concert in honour of the people of Gaza.

http://tinyurl.com/8f8hp7

Among the broadcasters covering it were BBC Arabic, Dubai TV, Arab News Broadcasting and Turkish TV.

February 1 - AMW adviser Tahrir Swift translated a BBC interview with Iraqi activist Hana Ibrahim.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/000000_newshour_listen_again.shtml


January 31 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi presented Middle East Today on Press TV. The topic was the BBC's refusal to broadcast an appeal for funds to help the relief effort in Gaza. The interviews were Robin Aitken, a former BBC journalist and author of the book "Can we trust the BBC," Patrick O'Flynn, comment editor and chief political commentator at the Daily Express, and Virginia Blackburn, a columnist for the same newspaper.

January 31 - Al Quds Al Arabi published an ad for AMW's Al Atheer concert on 1 February.

January 31 - AMW liaised with Al Hiwar TV.

January 30 - Al Jazeera English interviewed AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about the BBC's refusal to broadcast an appeal for funds to help the relief effort in Gaza.

January 30 - ABC News published a commentary by AMW adviser Shipra Dingare, entitled "Are the UK media partial toward Israel?"

http://tinyurl.com/dcmd7y

January 30 - George Galloway interviewed AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on Press TV about media coverage of Gaza, and the BBC's refusal to broadcast an appeal for funds to help the relief effort there.

January 30 - Saudi TV interviewed AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about the BBC's refusal to broadcast an appeal for funds to help the relief effort in Gaza.

January 30 - AMW sent a reminder to the media about its Al-Atheer concert on 1 February.

January 30 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Arab News Broadcasting, and the Palestinian and Saudi embassies.

January 29 - AMW adviser Dr Judith Brown sent a letter of complaint to the BBC about a description of Palestinians on its website.

http://tinyurl.com/clzsc9

January 29 - BBC Arabic expressed an interest in filming AMW's Al-Atheer concert on 1 February, and requested interviews with the performers and composers.

January 29 - A sociologist at Glasgow University, conducting work for Professor Greg Philo, interviewed AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on Hamas.

January 29 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, BBC, ABC News, Press TV, and the Palestinian, Sudanese and Syrian embassies.

January 28 - An ITN journalist emailed AMW saying: "Thanks so much for the list of Gaza contacts. That's just what we've been crying out for."

January 28 - The Daily Mail published a letter by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi, in which he refutes a claim made by columnist Melanie Phillips about the relief effort in Gaza.

http://tinyurl.com/dbppwq

January 28 - A sociologist at Glasgow University, conducting work for Professor Greg Philo, requested an interview on Hamas with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

January 28 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Daily Mail, New Statesman, Al Jazeera English, Haaretz, Press TV, and the Palestinian Embassy.

January 27 - The Guardian published a commentary by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi condemning the BBC's refusal to broadcast an appeal for donations by Britain's largest charities to help the relief effort in Gaza.

http://tinyurl.com/brgvpm

January 27 - AMW issued a press release exposing a false claim made by Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips about the relief effort in Gaza.

http://tinyurl.com/crlnv6

Salim Lone - a contributor to the Guardian, columnist for Kenya's Daily Nation, and former director of the News and Media Division, Department of Public Information, of the UN - responded by emailing AMW saying: "Thanks for the excellent work you are doing on Gaza."

January 27 - AMW issued to the media a study entitled "British press ignores Israeli admission over UN compound bombing."

http://tinyurl.com/cu282e

January 27 - BBC America interviewed AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about Arab reaction to the Obama inauguration.

January 27 - South African TV aired the documentary Inside Hamas, in which AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed. A viewer emailed AMW to say his comments "were quite insightful. His comments really encapsulated what the real issues are and it also pointed out the clear legitimacy of…the Palestinian people. Many thanks I will be paying special attention to your website in the future."

January 27 - AMW adviser Haifa Zangana chaired a public meeting entitled on the plight of women under occupation in Iraq and Palestine.

January 27 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Daily Mail, ABC News, Al Hayat, Arab News Broadcasting, Press TV and Lebanon's Daily Star.

January 26 - The Guardian requested an article by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on the Disaster Emergency Committee's Gaza appeal.

January 26 - AMW compiled links to news articles and commentaries on the BBC's refusal to broadcast an appeal by Britain's largest charities for donations to help the relief effort in Gaza.

http://tinyurl.com/c8jhko

January 26 - AMW adviser Dr Makram Khoury-Machool wrote to the BBC in protest at its refusal to broadcast an appeal for funds to help the relief effort in Gaza.

January 26 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Daily Mail to refute a claim made by columnist Melanie Phillips about the relief effort in Gaza.

January 26 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Reuters, Al Hayat, and Italy's biggest newspaper Corriere della Sera.

January 25 - Iran's Fars news agency interviewed AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about the BBC's decision to refuse broadcasting an appeal by Britain's largest charities to raise money for the relief effort in Gaza.

January 25 - AMW liaised with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Serra and Arab News Broadcasting.

January 24 - AMW helped the BBC with interviewees on the corporation's decision not to broadcast an appeal for donations to help the Gaza relief effort.

January 23 - AMW issued an Action Alert urging its members and the public to "complain to the BBC for blocking free prime-time TV airtime for a nationwide appeal for money to help 'the desperate plight' of the people of Gaza."

http://tinyurl.com/b58hb4

January 23 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi thanked Jon Snow for his Channel 4 documentary "Unseen Gaza," about media coverage of the recent conflict there.

January 23 - The Arab League requested AMW's help with media figures to invite to their annual reception.

January 23 - AMW helped the Qatari Embassy with media contacts regarding the Gaza conflict.

January 23 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph and Press TV.

January 22 - AMW sent to the media a major monitoring study entitled "The British Media & 'Retaliation' in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict."

http://tinyurl.com/bxy48x

Libya's Jana news agency thanked AMW for the study, saying it would translate and publish it.

January 22 - AMW sent to the media an extended list of interviewees in Gaza who are available for interview in Arabic and English.

http://tinyurl.com/93twla

A US ambassador described the list as "an excellent and invaluable resource. Thanks to those responsible for compiling it!" He added: "You're doing great and important work…Keep it up!"

January 22 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed twice by ABC News about Arab views on the Obama inauguration.

January 22 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Press TV about AMW's report on the British press's imbalanced use of the Israeli and Palestinian ambassadors, and media coverage of Gaza.

January 22 - The Qatari Embassy requested AMW's help with media contacts regarding the Gaza conflict

January 22 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, CBS News and Arab News Broadcasting.

January 21 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Telegraph, ABC News, Al Hayat, Arab News Broadcasting, Press TV and the Palestinian Embassy.

January 20 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed twice by Press TV about AMW's report on the British press's imbalanced use of the Israeli and Palestinian ambassadors, and media coverage of Gaza.

January 20 - AMW helped Al Jazeera English with interviewees on the Obama inauguration.

January 20 - AMW liaised with the Financial Times and the Syrian Embassy.

January 19 - The Guardian published a letter by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi in response to a commentary by Alex Brummer on media coverage of Gaza.

http://tinyurl.com/ceedv4

January 19 - AMW adviser Guy Gabriel's analysis of media coverage of the Darfur conflict has been presented as evidence in an application lodged at the International Criminal Court.

http://tinyurl.com/bcd7rz

January 19 - AMW liaised with every British national daily broadsheet newspaper, as well as the BBC, Daily Mail, New Statesman, Sun, Daily Mirror, Evening Standard Bloomberg and Arab News Broadcasting.

January 18 - AMW helped the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 with interviewees from Gaza.

January 18 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English, Bloomberg and Arab News Broadcasting.

January 17 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi presented Middle East Today on Press TV. The topic was EU-Israel relations in light of the Gaza conflict. The interviewees were Jacques Reland, head of European research at the Global Policy Institute, Jean Lambert, Member of the European Parliament, and Palestinian Ambassador Manuel Hassassian.

http://tinyurl.com/d7dfe6

January 17 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi spoke about the organisation at a fundraiser for Gaza.

January 17 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English.

January 16 - AMW met with the Daily Telegraph.

January 16 - AMW helped the BBC with info on Palestine.

January 16 - The Guardian published a letter on Gaza co-signed by AMW advisers Dr Dina Matar and Dr Karma Nabulsi, among others.

http://tinyurl.com/86o45p

January 16 - Gulf News published a commentary by Abdul Bari Atwan, editor of Al Quds Al Arabi, who cited AMW's report on the British press's imbalanced use of the Israeli and Palestinian ambassadors.

http://tinyurl.com/9mj796

January 16 - The Palestinian Embassy published a press release based on AMW's report criticising the media's frequent use of the Israeli ambassador, and the near-total absense of his Palestinian counterpart.

January 16 - Britain's Morning Star newspaper published an article entitled "Mainstream media denounced for pro-Israeli bias in conflict reports," based on AMW's report on the British press's imbalanced use of the Israeli and Palestinian ambassadors.

http://tinyurl.com/9yemec

January 16 - Al Hayat published a prominent ad for AMW's Al-Atheer concert on 1 February.

January 16 - AMW liaised with Arab News Broadcasting, and the Palestinian and Syrian embassies.

January 15 - A BBC journalist emailed AMW to say: "Keep up the fantastic work you are doing - it is incredibly valuable right now. AMW is providing desperately needed balance and insight."

January 15 - AMW helped Al Jazeera English with interviewees on Arab media coverage of Gaza.

January 15 - The Jurist published a legal analysis by AMW adviser Victor Kattan entitled "Gaza: Not a war of self-defence."

http://tinyurl.com/84ox4x

January 15 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mirror, and the Palestinian and Syrian embassies.

January 14 - The BBC requested AMW assistance with info on media coverage of Gaza.

January 14 - AMW helped the BBC with interviewees on Gaza.

January 14 - The Times published a full-page advert by Jews for Justice for Palestinians, entitled "End the slaughter in Gaza." Among the signatories were several AMW members.

http://tinyurl.com/8y26nw

January 14 - The Independent published an article by diplomatic editor Anne Penketh entitled "Gaza negotiations are the battleground for Egypt and Syria's 'Arab Cold War'," which quotes AMW adviser Nadim Shehadi.

http://tinyurl.com/8h3yud

January 14 - Al Jazeera English requested AMW's help with interviewees on Arab media coverage of Gaza.

January 14 - AMW issued an Action Alert urging its members and the public to thank the Daily Mirror for publishing a commentary on Gaza by Sir Jeremy Greenstock, former UK ambassador to the UN, entitled "Shooting must stop...talking must start."

http://tinyurl.com/8xyuej

January 14 - Press TV requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

January 14 - AMW liaised with the Daily Mirror, Al Jazeera English, Press TV, and the Palestinian and Syrian embassies.

January 13 - Al Jazeera English interviewed AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on Gaza.

http://tinyurl.com/d6oj8u

January 13 - A Daily Mirror columnist emailed AMW saying: "Thanks very much for your supporting comments and the offer to facilitate a trip to Palestine. If in the near future I get the green light from my editor I will be in touch. Thanks again and all the best."

January 13 - Press TV requested an interview with AMW adviser Guy Gabriel.

January 13 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Daily Mail, Al Jazeera English, Arab News Broadcasting, and the Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem.

January 12 - AMW published a list of Palestinians in Gaza for the media to interview.

http://tinyurl.com/93twla

The BBC described the list as "fantastically helpful", "very useful and very timely." Al Jazeera English thanked AMW for the list. ABC News described it as "really helpful," and invited AMW to write a commmentary on their website. The AMW list resulted in at least two interviews a day, often more, during and since the Gaza fighting, by the BBC, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English, the Gulf Daily News and others.

January 12 - Italy's biggest newspaper, Corriere della Serra, published an article on media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in which AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed.

http://tinyurl.com/cwkbzr

January 12 - Independent columnist Stephen Glover (who is also a columnist for the Daily Mail) wrote a commentary entitled "Could media bias over Gaza even itself out in the end?" In it, he cited AMW's report on the British press's frequent use of the Israeli ambassador, and the near-total absence of his Palestinian counterpart.

http://tinyurl.com/85e8v6

January 12 - The Independent quoted AMW adviser Rami Khouri in its "As the world sees it" section, where the newspaper take a paragraph of opinion from any publication it chooses. The Independent cited AMW and Khouri, whose article is entitled "Moving toward Gaza-Israel diplomacy."

http://tinyurl.com/a7wv8g

January 12 - The Daily Telegraph published a letter on Gaza by AMW member Ruth Tenne.

http://tinyurl.com/8d97gj

January 12 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Guardian in response to a commentary on Gaza by Alex Brummer.

January 12 - AMW adviser Guy Gabriel wrote to the Daily Express in response to a commentary on Gaza by columnist David Robson.

http://tinyurl.com/9zz34k

January 12 - Press TV requested an interview with AMW adviser Guy Gabriel.

January 12 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Reuters, Press TV, and the Emirati newspaper The National.

January 11 - The Sunday Times published a letter co-signed by AMW adviser Victor Kattan, entitled "Israel's bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence - it's a war crime."

http://tinyurl.com/8c6agk

January 11 - Press TV interviewed AMW adviser Chris Doyle on Gaza.

January 11 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to a Daily Mail columnist correcting his claim that the 1967 war was not of Israel's choosing.

January 11 - AMW member Wynne Greenhalgh complained to the BBC about its coverage of Gaza.

January 11 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Daily Mirror, Arab News Broadcasting and Press TV.

January 10 - Sky News requested an interview on media coverage of Gaza with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

January 10 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi presented Middle East Today on Press TV. The topic was media coverage of Gaza. Among the interviewees was former Times Middle East correspondent Christopher Walker.

January 10 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Al Jazeera English, Al Hayat, the Daily Star, and the Syrian Embassy.

January 9 - BBC Online corrected a Q&A on the Gaza conflict after emails from AMW members.

http://tinyurl.com/74374n

January 9 - AMW helped the BBC with interviewees on Gaza.

January 9 - AMW issued an Action Alert urging its members and the public to thank the Daily Telegraph for publishing a commentary by Mary Riddell entitled "Our humanity has failed us in Gaza."

http://tinyurl.com/75pcjc

January 9 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by an Italian newspaper about media coverage of Gaza.

January 9 - AMW liaised with CBS News, Arab News, Al Quds TV, IB Tauris, and the Palestinian Embassy.

January 8 - AMW issued a report to the media expressing "concern at the frequent use by the British press of Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor, compared with the near-total absence of his Palestinian counterpart Manuel Hassassian, despite the fact that the latter took up his position more than a year prior to the former."

http://tinyurl.com/7seovw

Daily Mail columnist Peter Oborne described the report as "extremely interesting," and it was translated into Arabic by Libya's Jana news agency.

January 8 - The New Statesman published an article on Gaza by John Pilger, in which AMW adviser Dr Karma Nabulsi is quoted.

http://tinyurl.com/8m48bj

January 8 - The Times published a letter on Palestine by AMW adviser Victor Kattan.

http://tinyurl.com/9cbgg8

January 8 - The Guardian published a letter on Gaza by AMW adviser Chris Doyle.

http://tinyurl.com/7sv5je

January 8 - AMW helped the BBC with interviewees on Gaza.

January 8 - AMW member Lena Elmalak complained to the BBC about its coverage of Gaza.

January 8 - AMW liaised with the Times, Sky News, BBC, Daily Telegraph, News Statesman, Asharq Al Awsat, Al Quds Al Arabi, Arab News Broadcasting, Al Quds TV, Press TV, and the Syrian and Norwegian embassies.

January 7 - AMW announced its concert Al-Atheer, in honour of the people of Gaza, on 1 February.

http://tinyurl.com/8f8hp7

A presenter for Al Jazeera English replied: "What a lovely venue for a great concert."

January 7 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Telegraph, CBS News, Al Jazeera English, Arab News Broadcasting, Press TV, the Moroccan Embassy, and Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem.

January 6 - BBC News 24 interviewed AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi on Gaza.

January 6 - AMW member Wynne Greenhalgh complained to the BBC about its coverage of Gaza.

January 6 - AMW attended an emergency meeting of the Joint Committee for Palestine, an umbrella group of NGOs, to discuss Gaza.

January 6 - AMW liaised with the Palestinian Embassy.

January 5 - Sky News interviewed Arab Media Watch chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about the use of blogging and the internet in the Gaza conflict.

http://tinyurl.com/77xe57

January 5 - AMW helped the BBC with interviewees on Gaza.

January 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi accepted an invitation to speak at University College London about media coverage of Gaza and Palestine in general. The treasurer of the Palestine Society described Nashashibi's previous talk there as "informative and generated a good response from our members."

January 5 - AMW liaised with the BBC and Press TV.

January 4 - Al Jazeera English published an article on its website entitled "Arab leaders face Gaza test," in which AMW adviser Nadim Shehadi was quoted.

http://tinyurl.com/87x7sm

January 4 - Al Hiwar interviewed AMW director Muna Nashashibi about the role that Arab women in the diaspora can play with regard to the Gaza conflict.

http://tinyurl.com/8qfytp

January 4 - AMW members Hess Moontasir and Georgina Baidoun complained to the BBC about its coverage of Gaza.

January 3 - The BBC World Service published and broadcast an essay on Gaza by AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi.

http://tinyurl.com/9sasq3

January 3 - Al Jazeera English twice interviewed AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about Gaza.

http://tinyurl.com/8ggnoh

http://tinyurl.com/9rz4fv

January 3 - Lebanon's Daily Star newspaper published an article on AMW after interviewing chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

http://tinyurl.com/7c8ph3

January 3 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Daily Mirror to refute false claims made in an article about Dubai.

http://tinyurl.com/9k6qbx

January 3 - AMW liaised with Al Hayat.

January 2 - A BBC journalist who attended AMW's media reception on 17 December emailed AMW saying: "Thanks for your hospitality…it was a lovely evening."

January 2 - The United Arab Emirates' Al Khaleej newspaper published an article on AMW after interviewing director Muna Nashashibi.

http://tinyurl.com/8f7vml

January 2 - AMW liaised with the Daily Star and the Palestinian Embassy.

January 1 - AMW liaised with the BBC.

       
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