AMW media interactions: 23-29 August 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010 (80 reads)
During the week of 23-29 August 2010, Sky News requested a meeting with Arab Media Watch; and AMW met with the UAE Embassy.
AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the BBC about its coverage of Iraq.
AMW helped Press TV find an interviewee on Fox News coverage of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero in New York.
Al-Kawthar TV requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
AMW liaised with the BBC, Guardian, Sky News, Daily Telegraph, Arab News Broadcasting, the Global Arab Network, Libya's JANA news agency, and the Sudanese Embassy.
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Do you speak Arabic? BBC wants to hear from you
Friday, August 27, 2010 (105 reads)
27 August 2010
At BBC Arabic, we are continually reviewing our programme offerings and trying to assess their effectiveness. In an effort to evaluate and improve the schedule, we are conducting a discussion session for Arabic-speaking students living in the UK. The session is to be held on the 16th of September at 6:00pm, in Bush House.
You are invited to participate in this Audience discussion regarding the scheduling and programming of BBC Arabic.
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AMW media interactions: 16-22 August 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010 (184 reads)
During the week of 16-22 August 2010, the Daily Express published a letter by Arab Media Watch chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi correcting a glaring factual inaccuracy by columnist Frederick Forsyth about Israel's blockade of Gaza. The newspaper initially did not publish the letter, which was written on 11 June, but did so after the Press Complaints Commission upheld a complaint by Nashashibi.
AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the Guardian and BBC about their coverage of Iraq; and AMW adviser Guy Gabriel wrote to the Express in response to Forsyth criticising the level of donations from the Muslim world for victims of the Pakistan floods. Gabriel highlighted the huge sums given by Saudi Arabia.
AMW liaised with the BBC, Sky News, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Financial Times, the Press Complaints Commission, ABC News, Al Jazeera English, the Global Arab Network, Arab News Broadcasting, Libya's JANA news agency, Press TV, Saqi Books, IB Tauris Publishers, and the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
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AMW adviser writes to Express
Sunday, August 22, 2010 (185 reads)
On 20 August 2010, Arab Media Watch adviser Guy Gabriel wrote to the Daily Express in response to a column by Frederick Forsyth about the alleged lack of aid from the Muslim world for the Pakistan flood victims.
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Express publishes AMW letter after PCC complaint
Thursday, August 19, 2010 (130 reads)
On 19 August 2010, the Daily Express published a letter by Arab Media Watch chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi correcting a glaring factual inaccuracy by columnist Frederick Forsyth about Israel's blockade of Gaza.
The newspaper initially did not publish the letter, which was written on 11 June, but did so after the Press Complaints Commission upheld a complaint by Nashashibi.
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AMW media interactions: 9-15 August 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010 (155 reads)
During the week of 9-15 August 2010, Al Hayat pubished two commentaries by Arab Media Watch adviser Guy Gabriel, one entitled "So-called failed states & US policy in the Middle East," the other entitled "American policy in Somalia in the spotlight."
AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Daily Mail in response to a column by Ephraim Hardcastle about Kuwait and Saudi Arabia; AMW adviser Tahrir Swift wrote to the BBC about a report on Iraq, and to the Guardian about an article on Iraq by correspondent Martin Chulov.
Nashashibi was invited to a private discussion meeting with Israeli journalist and Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy.
AMW met with the UAE Embassy.
AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Independent, Sky News, ITN, Reuters, Economist, Press Complaints Commission, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera, MBC, Al Hayat, Al Quds Al Arabi, Asharq Al Awsat, Al Akhbar, Al Hiwar, the Global Arab Network, Arab News Broadcasting, Saqi Books, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
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AMW chairman writes to Daily Mail
Sunday, August 15, 2010 (167 reads)
On 12 August 2010, Arab Media Watch chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Daily Mail in response to a column on Kuwait and Saudi Arabia by Ephraim Hardcastle.
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AMW media panel: 23 September 2010
Monday, August 09, 2010 (237 reads)
Arab Media Watch & Dash Arts are pleased to invite you to an informal panel discussion and Q&A on how the Arab world is portrayed in the Western media. Three senior journalists will share their experiences.
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AMW media interactions: 2-8 August 2010
Sunday, August 08, 2010 (162 reads)
During the week of 2-8 August 2010, the Independent published a letter by Arab Media Watch adviser Chris Doyle, entitled "Peres is blind to Israel's own sins"; and the Daily Star published a commentary by AMW adviser Victor Kattan, entitled "Why the summer war of 2006 was unnecessary."
AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Daily Telegraph to correct a claim made by reporter Alex Spillius about the sanctions regime on Iraq; Nashashibi also wrote to the Telegraph in response to an editorial on the UN inquiry into Israel's boarding of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla; and he agreed to a request to be interviewed by a masters student in international relations at the London School of Economics, for his dissertation on British attitudes towards the Arab-Israeli conflict.
AMW liaised with every British national daily newspaper except the Sun, as well as the BBC, Sky News, Channel 4, ITN, New Statesman, Observer, Sunday Times, Reuters, Evening Standard, the Press Complaints Commission, ABC News, Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, Al Jazeera English, Al Hayat, the Global Arab Network, Arab News Broadcasting, Pluto Press, Amnesty International, the UAE Embassy, and the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
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AMW chairman writes to Telegraph
Sunday, August 08, 2010 (150 reads)
On 4 August 2010, Arab Media Watch chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Daily Telegraph in response to an editorial on the UN inquiry into Israel's boarding of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
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Barzani's KDP targets paper that alleged oil smuggling
Thursday, August 05, 2010 (92 reads)
5 August 2010
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdish Regional Government, to drop a defamation complaint against an opposition weekly, Rozhnama. The complaint, filed under Saddam Hussein-era criminal statutes, seeks US$1 billion in damages and the closing of the newspaper.
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IFJ mourns loss of journalist killed in Lebanon border clash
Tuesday, August 03, 2010 (108 reads)
3 August 2010
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today said that the killing of a journalist in clashes between Israeli and the Lebanese troops has highlighted the continuing dangers facing journalists trying to cover the world's longest-running conflict.
Assaf Abu Rahhal, working for Lebanon's Al-Akhbar newspaper, was reportedly killed today in the fighting which erupted along the Israel-Lebanon border. He was killed when a shell landed next to him.
A journalist working for the Lebanese TV outlet Al-Manar was wounded in the exchange of fire which left three Lebanese soldiers dead.
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AMW media interactions: 26 July - 1 August 2010
Monday, August 02, 2010 (193 reads)
During the week of 26 July - 1 August 2010, the Guardian published a commentary by Arab Media Watch adviser Sami Ramadani, entitled "Chilcot inquiry: too late, Hans Blix, too late"; the newspaper published a commentary by AMW member James Denselow, entitled "Bashar al-Assad returns to a simmering cocktail in Lebanon"; the Guardian also published a letter co-signed by AMW advisers Chris Doyle and Karma Nabulsi, among others, entitled "The right to arrest war crime suspects;" and the Middle East Journal of the School of Oriental and African Studies published an interview with AMW adviser Guy Gabriel about the Sudanese elections.
AMW met with the Evening Standard, as well as the Lebanese and Tunisian embassies.
The BBC requested AMW's help in finding an interviewee on reform in Egypt.
AMW liaised with the BBC, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Press Complaints Commission, Al Jazeera English, Al Hayat, Global Arab Network, Arab News Broadcasting, Pluto Press, Amnesty International, and the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
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Guardian publishes letter by AMW advisers
Thursday, July 29, 2010 (145 reads)
On 29 July 2010, the Guardian published a letter co-signed by Arab Media Watch advisers Chris Doyle and Karma Nabulsi, among others, entitled "The right to arrest war crime suspects."
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