On 2 October 2008, the Economist quoted Arab Media Watch adviser Nadim Shehadi in an article on Lebanon / Syria entitled "Jihadist blowback?"
He was quoted as saying: "Hariri has been paying jihadis not to be jihadis but they've been rebelling against him. You don't play Gandhi with a jihadi."
http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12342146
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AMW panel on media coverage of Arab world: 23 September
This section contains press releases, mainly from AMW but sometimes other organisations, about media coverage of and events relating to the Arab world.