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Repression 2.0
Traditionally, Arab regimes have used a large repertoire of repressive means ranging from massive torture (as it was the case pre-occupation Irak, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, and to a lesser extent Morocco and Jordan), to the complete control of the press,
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The Kill Team and the Culture of Militarism
There is something deeply troubling about the lack of outrage shown when photos of those we’ve entrusted with great responsibility, certainly with much naivete and self-induced delusion, emerge as testament to their complete abuse of power and disregard for human
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AJE’s Future in the United States
The Arab Media & Society Journal recently published a study conducted by William Youmans and Katie Brown, which surveys the perception of Al Jazeera English amongst the American audiences.They found that that “[despite] filling a gap in the global market
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Dictatorships Are No Longer in Vogue
What does one of the world’s premier fashion and culture magazines have in common with one of the world’s most relentlessly brutal dictators?
A love for Asma al-Assad.
In the recent issue of Vogue, writer Joan Juliet Buck profiles …
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Ankara Rising
“You are killing people!”
A stunned crowd at the 2009 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, watched in disbelief as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stormed off stage after having chastised Israeli President Shimon Peres for earlier statements …
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Book Review: Rula Jebreal’s Miral
Miral, a novel written by Rula Jebreal and made into a film by American filmmaker Julian Schnabel, is the story of a young girl’s coming of age–physically, emotionally and politically–in a Jerusalem of the 1980s, which finds itself smothered …
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No Space in the American Narrative
We all occupy space. And if we aren’t occupying it, someone or something else is. We expand our spaces, we limit them; we define them; we let them expand. It is also possible for a number of individuals and/objects to
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Presumption of Guilt
When charged with an alleged crime – of whatever degree – one’s innocence must be presumed until proven guilty. This is not merely an ethic rooted deeply within the Canadian legal code and tradition, but one adopted under the Universal
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Maintaining a Narrative
Spearheading the healing of a slowly crippling nation, ABC News has decided to take it upon itself to play the role of facilitator between American Muslims and the generally more acceptable genre of Americans. ABC has broadcasted an assemblage of …