Fake news, gossip and Islam’s solution
14th February 2022 Atif Rashid, UK What is it about fake news and sensational headlines that attract so many eyeballs? Why do gossip columns and trash TV shows get high […]
South African Muslim woman becomes head of oldest media watchdog
Khadija Patel has been elected Chair of the International Press Institute (IPI). (AN Photo) Short Url https://arab.news/c8emg Khadija Patel, an investigative journalist and fourth-generation Muslim of Asian background, is the […]
Pakistan Takes Cues From China to Clamp Down on Freedom of Expression
Pakistan puts press freedom at the core of the struggle for new world order. By Qrius Sweeping new regulations restricting social media in Pakistan put freedom of expression and […]
‘Think more, share less’: Fake news researchers offer tips to avoid online manipulation
by Monica Nickelsburg on January 25, 2020 Researchers from UW’s Center for an Informed Public. From left: Jevin West, Emma Spiro, Kate Starbird, Chris Coward, and Ryan Calo. (GeekWire […]
Arab conventional media in the digital age
Jan 13,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – Shehab Al Makahleh I have attended a seminar recently on the role of Arab conventional media in the era of digital media age where some […]
Muslims treated differently by newspapers, says press watchdog
Fleet Street regulator will issue guidance to editors on ‘difficult’ issue next year Patricia Nilsson in London December 30 2019 The portrayal of Islam and Muslims in the British press […]
TheFace: Lubna Abdul Aziz Al-Khalidi, Saudi media personality
I am an emerging media figure working for the Eastern Region Channel and a director of corporate communications, public relations and media in a major Saudi investment company. Born […]
A Muslim girl will be the star of the new Marvel’s Avengers video game and people are ecstatic
Marvel’s first Muslim Avenger Kamala Khan, who goes by the alter-ego of Ms Marvel, is set to have her own video game, it was announced at New York Comic Con. […]
How Muslims became the good guys on TV
Hit show Homeland is about to end, after many years casting Islam as the enemy. But in its place has come a wave of thrillers portraying Muslims as heroes, writes […]
Selling Africa’s good news stories
Feb 07,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Shayera Dark LAGOS — Anywhere in the world, freelance journalism is an extreme career choice. The job requires withstanding pitch rejections, ignored queries, stolen story […]
How ‘halal media’ can change perceptions of Muslim world
Maha Akeel January 28, 2019 Reuters’ recent State of the Global Islamic Economy Report revealed that Muslim countries are emerging as a production powerhouse for “halal media” — i.e., content […]
Paperback writers: Can ‘pop-lit’ give literary classics a run for their money?
In the traditional pantheon of ‘great literature’ there is no room for authors such as Maeve Binchy and Len Deighton, whose rollicking reads meet with mass-market appeal but critical snobbery. […]
Time’s ‘Person of Year’ goes to journalists, including Reuters pair
Dec 11, 2018 – http://www.swissinfo.ch By Gina Cherelus NEW YORK (Reuters) – Time on Tuesday named a group of journalists, including a slain Saudi Arabian writer and two Reuters […]
Making ‘the Guardians’ Time person of the year is courageous – but it ignores America’s relationship with power
The osmotic-parasitic relationship which still exists between power and the American media is as powerful as ever – it’s merely more discreet under the Trump regime Robert Fisk @indyvoices The […]
Arab Journalism: ‘Who did not die from bullets, died of hunger’
By Rana Husseini – Dec 02,2018 DEAD SEA — Journalists, many of whom worked in conflict zones, shared their experience with over 400 participants of an investigative reporting forum […]
Is seeing believing? How documentaries are taking liberties with historical truth
Recreating ‘authenticity’ to engage audiences risks undermining a proper reliance on archive sources, says Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent When I was five years old, my parents arranged for a local photographer in Maidstone to take a portrait picture of their beloved son. A tall gentleman arrived at our home […]
Fake news in Turkey: Hunting for truth in land of conspiracy
By Mark Lowen BBC Turkey correspondent, Istanbul 15 November 2018 Image caption The BBC’s Mark Lowen has himself been the subject of absurd allegations in Turkish media A headscarved woman whose baby was kicked while she was urinated on by anti-government demonstrators. Veteran political activist Noam Chomsky championing President […]
Lack of perspective: Why journalists should be haunted by a history of blinkered reporting
When news of the Holocaust first hit papers, it didn’t make the front page – now, writers report impending wars that never materialise. Both approaches are dangerous, says Robert Fisk […]
A Saudi’s view: Issue of freedom of speech at the heart of Khashoggi debates
Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg November 06, 2018 The heated discussions about Jamal Khashoggi’s life and death have exposed several deep differences between our region and the US. An important issue underlying […]
Best way to respond to the disappearance of Khashoggi
Oct 17,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB There are two indisputable facts in the Jamal Khashoggi disappearance trauma. He was seen entering and never leaving the Saudi consulate in Istanbul […]