During the week of 11-17 August 2008, Arab Media Watch issued a press release condemning Israel's inaction over the killing of Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana, and British media silence over the issue. This was published by Al Arab newspaper and Media Lens, and referred to by Press TV presenter Yvonne Ridley.
Press TV interviewed AMW adviser Guy Gabriel and the Guardian's assistant comments editor Joseph Harker, and AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by The Demon, the student newspaper of De Montfort University.
Dame Ann Leslie of the Daily Mail invited Sharif and AMW director Muna Nashashibi to the launch party of her memoir "Killing my own Snakes."
Egypt's Al Ahram Weekly published a commentary by AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi entitled "Breaking the Gaza siege."
AMW urged its Lebanese members and advisers to write to the Times regarding an article by Alice Fordham entitled "Bombs and Botox in Beirut."
AMW publicised a request for participants for a travel documentary on Syria.
AMW liaised with every British daily broadsheet newspaper, the BBC, Channel 4, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Express, ABC News, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera English, the Arab Media Centre at Westminster University, the British Red Cross, the author of a forthcoming book on Sudan, and the Lebanese, Palestinian, Sudanese and Syrian embassies.
August 17 - Al Arab newspaper published AMW's press release condemning Israel's inaction over the killing of Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana, and British media silence over the issue.
http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2008%5C08%5C08-17%5Czopinionz%5C960.htm
August 17 - Press TV presenter Yvonne Ridley referred to AMW's press release condemning Israel's inaction over the killing of Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana, and British media silence over the issue, in an article entitled "Dicing with death for Gaza."
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=66820§ionid=3510304
August 17 - AMW liaised with the Sunday Times, Bloomberg, and the Arab Media Centre at Westminster University.
August 16 - AMW liaised with the Guardian and ABC News.
August 15 - AMW issued a press release condemning Israel's inaction over the killing of Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana, and British media silence over the issue.
http://tinyurl.com/6fo8gh
This was published by Media Lens:
http://members5.boardhost.com/medialens/msg/1218821376.html
August 15 - AMW urged its Lebanese members and advisers to write to the Times regarding an article by Alice Fordham entitled "Bombs and Botox in Beirut."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article4532900.ece
August 15 - Dame Ann Leslie of the Daily Mail invited AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and director Muna Nashashibi to the launch party of her memoir "Killing my own Snakes."
August 15 - AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, and the Lebanese and Sudanese embassies.
August 14 - Egypt's Al Ahram Weekly published a commentary by AMW adviser Dr Ghada Karmi entitled "Breaking the Gaza siege."
http://tinyurl.com/5jxp23
August 14 - AMW publicised a request for participants for a travel documentary on Syria.
http://tinyurl.com/6s5qd8
August 14 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera English and the Syrian Embassy.
August 13 - AMW liaised with the BBC, Channel 4, Al Jazeera English, the Palestinian Embassy and the British Red Cross.
August 12 - Press TV interviewed AMW adviser Guy Gabriel and the Guardian's assistant comments editor Joseph Harker.
http://tinyurl.com/5h7jkz
August 12 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed about the organisation by The Demon, the student newspaper of De Montfort University.
August 12 - AMW liaised with the Independent, Financial Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Express, and the author of a forthcoming book on Sudan.
August 11 - AMW liaised with the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Express, the Times and Al Jazeera English.
AMW's daily media interactions for 2008 are at:
http://tinyurl.com/yrs5pd