5 Articles

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
National Geographic vs. the Syrian regime
In its November issue, National Geographic magazine ran a feature story on Syria, calling it the “shadowland” and challenging suggestions that the ruling regime can ever raise the country out of its dark past. Whatever the merits of the 3,900-word National Geographic piece, it managed to provoke a 4,250-word rebuttal from the Syrian Ambassador to the United States, Imad Moustapha.

Monday, February 16, 2009
Alhurra Should Return to the Federal Fold
(1 comments) Since inception in February 2004, Alhurra has cost Congress more than half a billion dollars, and has ranked low in almost all viewership charts, according to surveys by the Washington-based Intermedia. In Egypt, the Arab nation with the biggest population at 75 million, the channel did not feature among the top 20 satellite channels. In fact in Egypt, Alhurra scored a statistically insignificant weekly reach of 1.19 percen

Saturday, February 14, 2009
What would Obama's Middle East Policy Look Like?
Middle Eastern leaders have been holding their breath in anticipation of the new US foreign policy under President Barak Obama. Yet like these leaders, Obama has also been on his toes, trying to measure to what extent should he break with the policy of his predecessor George Bush.

Monday, December 22, 2008
Syrian Cyber Terrorism
The cyber jungle has unintentionally revealed part of the cyber anonymity of the Syrian regime and brought it from its dark alleys to the light of computer monitors. The rule of law will certainly follow soon.

Friday, November 14, 2008
Read Seymour Hersh with a Grain of Salt
Pultizer Prize winner journalist Syemour Hersh is onr the finest reporters America has produced. But when reporting on the Middle East, Hersh has committed flagrant mistakes that should make readers read his articles with a grain of salt.