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Sectarian Battles on YouTube
While watching al-Jazeera’s exclusive interview with Muqtada al-Sadr (his first televised appearance in about a year) on YouTube, I scrolled down to read the comments. We all know anonymous comm… more →
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Sectarian Battles on YouTube
arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: While watching al-Jazeera’s exclusive interview with Muqtada al-Sadr (his first televised appe … more →
The Summit must go on!
arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Emir of Qatar. No Shows: King of Jordan Abdallah II, Presid … more →
Stay the fuck out of Oman
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arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: (Image from the NY Times.) More gems from the travel writing section of the NY Times. This time, we … more →
When will the NY Times get sick of writing stories on Arabs and camels?
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arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: (Image from the NY Times.) In order to portray a society as “foreign” or an individual a … more →
Five years in Iraq
arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: Security has improved. Security has improved. Security has improved. The surge was successful. The s … more →
American Liberation and Muslim Catalog
arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: The NY Times is now offering Arabic-language translations of some of its articles which I think is a … more →
Israel boycotts al-Jazeera
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arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: Israel has officially boycotted al-Jazeera. The Israeli foreign ministry has announced that it will … more →
"Exchange Student Starved While in Egypt"
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arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: A 17-year-old American traveled to Egypt for a year-long exchange program where he stayed with a fam … more →
They all look the same anyways, right?
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arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: This man – is not this man – but some media institutions and “terrorism experts … more →
NY Times v. Al-Jazeera: 49 Palestinians arrested in Gaza during protest
arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: Cartoon which reads “Gaza” from al-Quds al-Arabi. Al-Jazeera Al-Jazeera reports that 49 … more →
Disney's Arabs
arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: Here is an image I scanned from Dorfman and Mattelart’s 1971 out-of-print book “How to R … more →
Silly Arabs!
arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: (Images of Saudi hotel room and tent from Conde Nast Traveler.) It is not a surprise that travel mag … more →
I question the LA Times' photo selection
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arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: The LA Times published a short profile of Sayyid Fadlallah, the highest-ranking Shi’i cleric i … more →
Al-Quds al-Arabi: US Military kills 20 Iraqi civilians in airsrike, 17 from the same family
arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: Al-Quds al-Arabi reports on a “new massacre” committed by American forces on Iraqi civil … more →
Al-Hayat still on top?
arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: Here’s a great English-language article from the journal Arab Media & Society which detail … more →
I'm really optimistic about Africa, but what about Natalee?
arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: (Image of rebels in Chad as they approach the capital from al-Jazeera.) I’ll be the first to a … more →
There's more to Sudan than Darfur
arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: The al-Jazeera program al-Rai’dat profiles prominent females in the Middle East — the pr … more →
Sleepy Time with Sistani
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arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: (Sistani and Sleepy Bear.) I can sum up the Western media portrayal (or more accurately, stereotype) … more →
War is, like, so romantic
arabicpress wrote 1 year ago: Blah, blah, blah. Assholes. … more →
