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Letter to Guardian by AMW chairman
Monday, September 01, 2008 (34 reads)
Following is a letter written to the Guardian on 29 August 2008 by Arab Media Watch chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi, in response to a commentary by Israel's ambassador to the UK.
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AMW media interactions: 25-31 August 2008
Monday, September 01, 2008 (28 reads)
During the week of 25 - 31 August 2008, Arab Media Watch chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi wrote to the Guardian about a commentary by Israel's ambassador to the UK.
AMW met with CNN, and liaised with the Independent, Independent on Sunday, Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mirror, CNN, Arab News Broadcasting and the Palestinian Embassy.
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AMW media interactions: 18-24 August 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 (61 reads)
During the week of 18-24 August 2008, Al Jazeera interviewed AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about the use of video cameras by ordinary citizens to film incidents in areas where the media is restricted; and Press TV interviewed AMW adviser Guy Gabriel and David Smith of the Observer about Iraq and Palestine, among other topics.
Nashashibi was invited to join distinguished journalists, diplomats and others at a seminar in London organised by the International Media Council on 11 September 2008 entitled "Integration vs Integration." Nashashibi will be part of a panel discussing "Racism, prejudice, Islamophobia: The media's coverage."
A BBC journalist requested AMW's help with her thesis on BBC Arabic TV. AMW put her in touch with adviser Dr Makram Khoury-Machool, senior media lecturer at Cambridge University, for an interview.
A programme editor for Al Jazeera English expressed an interest in meeting with AMW.
The Middle East magazine published an article by AMW adviser Dr Judith Brown about media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This was a rebuttal to an article by Adel Darwish, in which Israel's ambassador to the UK spoke of how he believes the UK media has become less objective in recent years.
AMW liaised with the Daily Telegraph, BBC, Daily Mail, Independent, Arab News Broadcasting, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Human Rights Watch, Parallax Media and the Demon, the newspaper of De Montfort University.
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US military releases APTN cameraman
Monday, August 25, 2008 (37 reads)
25 August 2008
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed Saturday's release of an Associated Press Television News cameraman who had been held by US forces in Iraq for nearly three months without charge, but it expressed alarm over the US military's continuing practice of detaining journalists without charge in Iraq.
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Seminar with AMW chairman: Integration vs Multiculturalism
Friday, August 22, 2008 (127 reads)
Arab Media Watch chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi joins distinguished journalists, diplomats and others at a seminar in London organised by the International Media Council on 11 September 2008 entitled "Integration vs Integration." Nashashibi will be part of a panel discussing "Racism, prejudice, Islamophobia: The media's coverage."
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Ramattan soundman held without charge
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 (48 reads)
20 August 2008
Israeli authorities should disclose charges against a Palestinian soundman detained since July 15 or release him immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
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AMW media interactions: 11-17 August 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008 (123 reads)
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.
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AMW press release on Reuters killing picked up by media
Sunday, August 17, 2008 (115 reads)
Arab Media Watch's press release condemning Israel's inaction over the killing of Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana, and British media silence over the issue, has been published by Al Arab newspaper and Media Lens, and Press TV presenter Yvonne Ridley referred to it in an article entitled "Dicing with death for Gaza."
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AMW slams Israeli inaction over Reuters death, & British media silence
Friday, August 15, 2008 (144 reads)
15 August 2008
Arab Media Watch condemns the Israeli military's decision to take no action against a tank crew that killed Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana and wounded soundman Wafa Abu Mizyed in Gaza in April 2008. AMW joins the International Federation of Journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists and other media watchdogs in calling for a full, independent inquiry.
AMW expresses concern that the investigation's decision has been almost completely ignored by the mainstream British press, the sole exception being Guardian correspondent Rory McCarthy. This is surprising given its life-threatening implications for all journalists reporting from the occupied Palestinian territories.
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Syria travel documentary seeks participants
Thursday, August 14, 2008 (102 reads)
14 August 2008
A travel documentary in Syria is being produced which will be aired on the "Travel" channel, and will focus mainly on culture and everyday lives of Syrians. The producers are looking for Syrians who speak fluent English, and who are willing to be in front of the camera, show Wright their favorite parts of their town and their favourite hang outs, and share a few activities.
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AMW media interactions: 4-10 August 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008 (132 reads)
During the week of 4-10 August 2008, the Middle East correspondent for a British national daily broadsheet responded positively to an email from AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi regarding an article about Hebron, and the Daily Mail responded positively to AMW adviser Chris Doyle's objections to the uses of the term 'Arab' in an article entitled "Arab sends his Lamborghini for an oil check - 6,500 miles by air from Qatar to London."
Al Jazeera English requested an interview with Nashashibi, who was interviewed on Press TV with the deputy business editor of the Sunday Express about such issues as Iraqi reconstruction and the effects of the US presidential elections on the Arab world.
AMW had a meeting with the Independent, and the Guardian expressed an interest in publishing an article by Nashashibi.
AMW liaised with every British national daily broadsheet, the BBC, Mail on Sunday, Reuters, Bloomberg, New Statesman, Metro, ABC News, Asharq Al Awsat, Arab News Broadcasting, Press TV, Verso Books, Human Rights Watch, Palestinian filmmaker Saeed Taji Farouky, the author of a forthcoming book on Sudan, and the Palestinian and Sudanese embassies.
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