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Rami G. Khouri

@RamiKhouri

Rami G. Khouri, a 2002 Nieman Fellow, is an internationally syndicated columnist and and a senior fellow & journalism professor at the American University of Beirut. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.

director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at American University of Beirut in Lebanon.

What Anthony Shadid Teaches Us Still: Rami G. Khouri, NF ’02, is studying the craftsmanship of the late Pulitzer-winning foreign correspondent to share it with a new generation

What Anthony Shadid Teaches Us Still: Rami G. Khouri, NF ’02, is studying the craftsmanship of the late Pulitzer-winning foreign correspondent to share it with a new generation

In life and death alike, Anthony Shadid was repeatedly recognized by his peers as among the finest foreign correspondents of his generation. To examine his legacy and share it with…
August 4, 2017

Arab Media: Rebuilding Trust With Their Public

Knowing where you are coming from helps in charting where you want to go. The Arab mass media, like many other sectors of society, need to gauge how to take…
September 13, 2011

The Arab Story: The Big One Waiting to Be Told

‘How do journalists make the lives and aspirations of Arab men and women who will not succumb to criminality or terror relevant to Western audiences?’
June 15, 2007

The Courage of Journalists in the Middle East

‘Acting with integrity means honestly probing the causes of the many problems and tensions that define the modern Middle East …’
June 15, 2006

Getting a More Complete War Story

Arab + U.S. television = more accurate war coverage.
June 15, 2003

The Arab Press

‘Like their audience, the Arab world’s newspapers are angry, nuanced, multifaceted, passionate and argumentative.’
June 15, 2003

Do Words and Pictures From the Middle East Matter?

A journalist from the region argues that U.S. policy is not affected by the way news is reported.
September 15, 2002

A Nieman Year During Difficult Times

A Jordanian journalist learns to listen and reflects on what he does and why.
March 15, 2002