Articles

History, Memory and Context

‘… when a major story erupts in Lebanon, Westerners don't already have the dots by which they can make connections.’
June 15, 2007
Iman Azzi

Fiction Can Be More Real Than Journalism

‘In journalism, the color gray too often comes out a muddy brown.’
June 15, 2007
Matt Beynon Rees

Finding Ways to Bridge the Abyss of Misunderstanding

‘… to travel in ignorance when insight and understanding are possible is to drive a wedge between Islam and the West.’
June 15, 2007
Khaled Almaeena

Glossary

Allah: Literally, "The God." Arabic speaking Jews, Christians and Muslims use this term as the proper name for God. Muslims view Allah as the Creator and Sustainer of everything in…
June 15, 2007
Various Sources

Exposing Extremism—No Matter Where It Is Found

What happens when journalists fail to separate what is evil in people from what is good in those who share their religious tradition?
June 15, 2007
Bruce B. Lawrence

Deconstructing ‘the Other’—And Ourselves

“… they came to a certain point and the mufti said, ‘Well, now I’m going to pray.’ And he was silent. And the pope clasped his hands sort of at…
June 15, 2007
Robert Azzi

Newspapers Portray Women in Pakistan as the ‘Good’ Muslims

An analysis of news reporting and commentary in the wake of 9/11 reveals a pattern in which women's circumstances and lives served as a vehicle for a desired narrative.
June 15, 2007
Susan Moeller

A Master Narrative About Iran Emerges

‘… the surplus of news outlets has had the paradoxical effect of increasing our information and reducing our knowledge.’
June 15, 2007
Ali M. Ansari

A Dilemma for Black Women in Broadcast Journalism

‘They say you look militant, like Angela Davis. You're scaring them!’
June 15, 2007
Renee Ferguson

‘A Voice, a Brain, and a Notebook’

Bloggers have taken up where I.F. Stone left off, and journalists shouldn't be far behind.
June 15, 2007
Dan Froomkin