Arab Media Community

Working for change in the Arab world

Menassat's Arab Media Community aims to create a network of media professionals in the Middle East and North Africa.

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  • abdellatif bounouar
  • ghada azzi
  • D. Berry
  • mohammed bayoumy abdulwahab
  • Kenneth Hall
  • dorra alshareef
  • imran
  • Weam Al Dakheel
  • Halima Mohamed Abdel Rahman
  • Rasheed Husayn
  • Tom Schneider
  • Amir Mizroch
  • Cindy Fallsen
  • Rabii Agoujgal

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joanne lisinska is now a member of Arab Media Community
yesterday
D. Berry, ghada azzi, abdellatif bounouar and 1 more joined Arab Media Community
on Thursday
Weam Al Dakheel added 2 blog posts
January 27
January 27
Gayle McKinney Griffith added a blog post
FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE e - LETTER . Berlin/Germany January 2010 www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de www.blackinternationalcinema.de www.black-international-cinema.com Please send replies to / Bitte senden Sie Antworten an bicdance@aol.com *******…
January 25
imran is now a member of Arab Media Community
January 22
Mamoon Alabbasi added a blog post
My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story'. Ramzy Baroud. Pluto Press, London: 2010. One year on since Israel's criminally-insane war on Gaza, many are still unaware of the roots of the 'conflict' and the plight of the Palestinian people…
January 22
Weam Al Dakheel added a blog post
By Weam Al Dakheel Despite the economic prosperity and the modernity brought about by the discovery of oil in the Arab region, gender equality remains an uphill climb for many Arab women. They continue to suffer from discrimination in the workplace…
January 18
Weam Al Dakheel is now a member of Arab Media Community
January 18
January 15
January 14
Halima Mohamed Abdel Rahman updated their profile photo
January 14
Halima Mohamed Abdel Rahman added a gift to their profile page
January 14
January 14
Amir Mizroch, Tom Schneider, Rasheed Husayn and 1 more joined Arab Media Community
January 14
Vero bee, Mamoon Alabbasi and Rabii Agoujgal joined Arab Media Community
January 10
Lema Chehimi and Maysa Shawwa are now friends
January 7
Sheyma Buali I am very interested in knowing what interests Arab media personnel & how they portray that interest.
January 6
Maysa Shawwa, Reem Shawkat and murad mawla joined Arab Media Community
January 6
Gaza: Beneath the Bombs on Electronic Intifada
January 4

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Weam Al Dakheel

A lady’s desire: to be successful as a mother and career woman

By Weam Al Dakheel

The Filly Became a Mouse by Layla Ba ’labakki is about a woman’s desire to be successful in several fields—motherhood and her dancing profession, ballet. This is a yearning which I personally believe is acceptable and just right for each individual in this world—to excel in his choice of career. From this written story, I will write an essay understanding it from Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Just after the basic and emotional needs of an individual is the esteem needs and las… Continue

Posted by Weam Al Dakheel on January 27, 2010 at 9:52pm

Weam Al Dakheel

Salwa Bakr’s International Women’s Day

By Weam Al Dakheel

Salwa Bakr is a renowned Egyptian woman literary writer. Born and based in Cairo, she had been a film critic for several Arabic language publications in Cyprus. With a degree in business management and literary criticism, she embarked in the field of journalism and literature and become one of Egypt’s most celebrated novelists and short essay writers. Bakr’s works had won not only national acclaim, but also international recognition. One of her most famous works was the story… Continue

Posted by Weam Al Dakheel on January 27, 2010 at 9:50pm

Gayle McKinney Griffith

A COMPLEXION CHANGE, Fountainhead e-Letter, Berlin Germany

FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE
e - LETTER . Berlin/Germany
January 2010

www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de
www.blackinternationalcinema.de
www.black-international-cinema.com

Please send replies to / Bitte senden Sie Antworten an
bicdance@aol.com
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THE COLLEGIUM TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLI… Continue

Posted by Gayle McKinney Griffith on January 25, 2010 at 12:58pm

Mamoon Alabbasi

Gaza's Untold Story – Book Review

My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story'. Ramzy Baroud. Pluto Press, London: 2010.

One year on since Israel's criminally-insane war on Gaza, many are still unaware of the roots of the 'conflict' and the plight of the Palestinian people. Israel would like to have us believe that its latest onslaught was a direct response to resistance rockets or even Hamas's democratic accession to power, forgetting that both of which came into existence as a response to Israeli policies.

Bu… Continue

Posted by Mamoon Alabbasi on January 22, 2010 at 12:32am

Weam Al Dakheel

The Arab Women of Today

By Weam Al Dakheel

Despite the economic prosperity and the modernity brought about by the discovery of oil in the Arab region, gender equality remains an uphill climb for many Arab women. They continue to suffer from discrimination in the workplace, schools and in the general public life. Access to education, especially higher education, remains far fetched for many Arab women. This is especially true for those living in poorer rural regions. Constraints in terms of accessing health services ar… Continue

Posted by Weam Al Dakheel on January 18, 2010 at 11:10pm

Cindy Fallsen

group travel

We are considering taking a group to the middle east to study ancient history. Would you guys recommend some sort of International Travel Insurance. Some in our group have Health Insurance, but I am not sure they will be covered while in the middle east. What do you guys know about the medical care and insurance situation in the Middle… Continue

Posted by Cindy Fallsen on January 14, 2010 at 10:09pm

Pat Jewett

Traveling to Saudi Arabia

I have an opportunity to visit Saudi in May. My company is sending me and said for me to find some good travel medical insurance since the medical insurance they provide us won't cover us. Tulsa Oklahoma is the furthest I've ever traveled away from home… Continue

Posted by Pat Jewett on January 6, 2010 at 3:00am

Tal Pavel

The Internet in post-Saddam Iraq

The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University.

http://www.dayan.org/In_Iraq.pdf

The status of the Internet in Iraq, regarding both governmental policies and usage, underwent a fundamental change following Saddam Husayn’s deposal in 2003. Still, as is true with so many other features of Iraqi life, Iraq does not constitute a single, homogenous unit with regard to the Internet. Along with b… Continue

Posted by Tal Pavel on December 28, 2009 at 8:26pm

Tal Pavel

The Metaverse in the Arab World

Published in Hebrew (InformationWeek.co.il) -
http://www.itpics.co.il/ThePeoplePDF/infow-pdf/1350/79.pdf

Virtual worlds are becoming more complex and more intertwined with the actual world. Hence, their influence on real matters is increasing. I am speaking about the programs and games in which users, represented by avatars of their choice, can create 3D environments and virtually forge any imaginable objec… Continue

Posted by Tal Pavel on December 28, 2009 at 8:22pm

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Posted by PLATANOTV on December 26, 2009 at 2:00pm

Sarah Irving

Gaza book launch, 29th January

Finally, the details for the launch of my first book are sorted out. I say 'my' - really my role has been as a facilitator, editor and to a small extent contributor to my friend Sharyn's amazing and moving book. It's been a privilege. And here are the event details:

Gaza: Beneath the Bombs by Sharyn Lock with Sarah Irving, Afterword by Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, published by Pluto Press.
The launch event will be at the Green Room… Continue

Posted by Sarah Irving on December 19, 2009 at 3:30pm

Daud Abdi Daud

Second investigation report of killing Somali journalist by SOJRA

How Hassan Mayow Hassan was killed?

Late journalist Hassan Mayow Hassan, 35, was killed on January 2009 near his home town of Afgoye, 30km west of the capital Mogadishu while he was on duty as correspondent reproter of radio Shabelle based in Mogadishu.

Which group is behinds the killing of the journalist, how it happened and why they kill him?

Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers led by President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed was responsible the killing of the journalist Hassan May… Continue

Posted by Daud Abdi Daud on December 17, 2009 at 10:41pm

Dr. Aref Assaf

The Good Fight, Round II: The Retrial of Imam Mohammad Qatanani Aref Assaf, PhD November 6, 2009 …

The Good Fight, Round II: The Retrial of Imam Mohammad Qatanani
Aref Assaf, PhD

November 6, 2009


Since 1999, US. immigration authorities have, for a variety of reasons, denied Imam Qatanani's petition to become a permanent resident. The 47 year old Imam has since 1996 served as the spiritual leader of the tri-state’s largest Muslim mosque, the Islamic Center of Passaic County. Over a year ago, a Newark Federal Immigration, in a much publicized trial, ruled in favor of the Imam. In his… Continue

Posted by Dr. Aref Assaf on November 15, 2009 at 7:27pm

Dr. Aref Assaf

On being an American Muslim when tragedy strikes

Please Do Not Call Me!
Being an American Muslim when tragedy strikes.

Aref Assaf PhD

November 6, 2009

I woke up last Friday morning, the day after an army doctor killed and wounded over forty people in Texas, to seven urgent messages on my voice mails. All were from news organizations anxious to quote the Muslim community's reaction to the recent heinous killings of Army Dr. Nidal Malik Hasan. They all wanted my reasons for what drove a 39-year-old Muslim to go on a killing spree. "Isn’t he a… Continue

Posted by Dr. Aref Assaf on November 15, 2009 at 7:22pm

Dr. Aref Assaf

On being an American Muslim when tragedy strikes

Please Do Not Call Me!
Being an American Muslim when tragedy strikes.

Aref Assaf PhD

November 6, 2009

I woke up last Friday morning, the day after an army doctor killed and wounded over forty people in Texas, to seven urgent messages on my voice mails. All were from news organizations anxious to quote the Muslim community's reaction to the recent heinous killings of Army Dr. Nidal Malik Hasan. They all wanted my reasons for what drove a 39-year-old Muslim to go on a killing spree. "Isn’t he a… Continue

Posted by Dr. Aref Assaf on November 15, 2009 at 7:00pm

Gayle McKinney Griffith

A COMPLEXION CHANGE - International & Intercultural Diplomacy

FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE
e – LETTER, Berlin/Germany

November 2009
www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de
www.blackinternationalcinema.de
www.black-international-cinema.com

Please send replies to / Bitte senden Sie Antworten an
bicdance@aol.com

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CALL FOR ENTRIESContinue

Posted by Gayle McKinney Griffith on November 15, 2009 at 2:30am

Daud Abdi Daud

Science and Environment Journalists Association launched in Somalia

Science and Environment Journalists Association launched in Somalia



Somali journalists recently lauched the National Association of Somali Science and Environmental Journalists (NASSEJ) to ensure the reporting of science news and the plight of Somalia environment in general.

NASSEJ is the legitimate and… Continue

Posted by Daud Abdi Daud on November 12, 2009 at 9:29pm

Daud Abdi Daud

Science and Environment Journalists Association launched in Somalia

Science and Environment Journalists Association launched in Somalia



Somali journalists recently lauched the National Association of Somali Science and Environmental Journalists (NASSEJ) to ensure the reporting of science news and the plight of Somalia environment in general.

NASSEJ is the legitimate and… Continue

Posted by Daud Abdi Daud on November 12, 2009 at 9:29pm

Frank Hendriks

New publications EU-policy and programmes in Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco

Dear friends,
I am a new member of your community. I am the founder of Alternative View (www.alternativeview.nl) and Stichting Dubbel X.
I am proud to announce three booklets about the Mediterranean partnership between the EU and Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. The booklets contain information about EU-programmes and projects in these countries and the dilemma facing the… Continue

Posted by Frank Hendriks on November 9, 2009 at 5:00pm

Opinion

Menassat

Maharat Foundation releases study on media coverage of the 2009 parliamentary elections

Maharat Foundation organized a roundtable session at the Meridian Hotel on 29 October at 10 a.m. during which the results of the group's study on media coverage of the parliamentary elections in Leba…

Started by Menassat in Arab Media Talk Nov. 28, 2009.

Menassat

Statement of the National Centre for Human Rights regarding the report of the religions freedoms that was prepared by the American Department of State on 26 October 2009

The National Center for Human rights – by virtue of articles (5) and (7) of its law which bestows on it the overall jurisdiction to assure the observation of human rights and public freedoms in the K…

Tagged: freedom, tolerance, religious, Rights, Human

Started by Menassat in Arab Media Talk Nov. 15, 2009.

Menassat

Arab Media and Sexuality 1 Reply

Sexuality is a difficult topic to discuss in any society but in the Arab world it is notoriously problematic. Sex and sexuality are often seen as private matters that have no place in public debates…

Started by Menassat in Arab Media Talk. Last reply by Arwa Aburawa Nov. 14, 2009.

Menassat

Saudi Vice Police Creates Human Rights Division

The Saudi vice police is setting up a human rights division, reportedly to shore up its image following criticism of cruel crackdowns. Saudi Arabia’s vice police is planning to set up a human-rights…

Tagged: house, guardian, family, banned, women

Started by Menassat in Arab Media Talk Oct. 6, 2009.

Menassat

What Actually Happened in the Iranian Presidential Election?- ESAM AL-AMIN

from counterpunch by: ESAM AL-AMIN Since the June 12 Iranian presidential elections, Iran "experts” have mushroomed like bacteria in a Petri dish. So here is a quiz for all those instant experts. W…

Tagged: demos, elections, iran

Started by Menassat in Columns Jun. 25, 2009.

 
 

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