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Arab Women Media Center

RELATED ARTICLE“Breaking Down Barriers in the Arab Media”– Naomi SakrIn December 1999, the Arab Women Media Center (AWMC) was launched in Jordan. Its mission is to assist women who work…
December 15, 2001

Breaking Down Barriers in the Arab Media

Women activists have shown that obstacles to progress take many forms.
December 15, 2001
Naomi Sakr

Interactivity Creates a Different Kind of Journalism

A former newspaper editor turned radio host discovers ‘a forum, simultaneously public and intimate, for digesting news and debating its meaning.’
December 15, 2001
Tom Ashbrook

Stories the Media Decide Not to Tell

An Arab American assesses coverage from his dual perspective.
December 15, 2001
Abdelmagid Mazen

Moving Coverage Beyond a Woman’s Veil

In Iran, important stories about women are submerged by inaccurate assumptions.
December 15, 2001
Naghmeh Sohrabi

President Harry Truman Enlisted Journalists in the Cold War

Are there parallels between then and now?
December 15, 2001
Nancy Bernhard

Asking Probing Questions in a Time of National Crisis

Are journalists asking ‘the right question?’
December 15, 2001
Charles Nesson

Revealing Beauty in the Harshness of War

A woman in a burka walks near a mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif. 1990. Photo by Reza/Webistan.©On his journeys to Afghanistan, Iranian photographer Reza used his camera to document the life and…
December 15, 2001
Reza

Language Matters as We Try to Describe What Happened

‘By accepting language’s failure, we surrender our understanding and the complex meaning of events to silence….’
December 15, 2001
Beverly Wall

Machismo Is Only One Obstacle Women Face

A Colombian war reporter becomes involved with women’s issues.
December 15, 2001
María Cristina Caballero