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ArtsInterviewsMB VS. Qaeda January 13, 2008

Arab Stereotypes in American Film

Al Jazeera anchor and senior correspondent Yosri Fouda -- who interviewed al Qaeda leaders Ramzi bin al Shibh and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed -- sent me this clip this morning on
Reports January 13, 2008

How The Arab Press Sees Bush Trip

If Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder, So Is News In The Expanding Universe Of Middle East Media
Other Issues January 13, 2008

George Weigel’s Anti-American Jeremiad

What, one wonders, can possibly inspire the neoconservatives’ hate for Americans, their history, their traditions, and their ideas? In the context of this question, George Weigel’s new book, Faith, Reason,
Human RightsMB VS. Qaeda January 13, 2008

Islamists emerge in stifled Tunisia

MENZEL BOURGUIBA, TUNISIA — The jihad journey of the Nasri brothers began in this mud-splattered town where shipyards rust and umbrella sellers wait with mercenary fervor for storms to rumble
Human RightsWomen January 13, 2008

Tunisia Veil Case Threatens `Odious Rag’ Struggle

Saida Akremi, a Tunisian lawyer, specializes in human rights -- including the right to wear the Muslim headscarf that her country’s late founder called an ``odious rag
Human RightsWomen January 13, 2008

Poll finds Turks oppose headscarf ban in universities

The newly appointed Higher Education Board (YضK) president’s first comments have led to a flare up in the debate over the headscarf ban in universities.
Human Rights January 13, 2008

Turkey to change free speech law

Turkey is expected to amend a heavily criticised law which makes "insulting Turkishness" illegal, in order to improve its chances of entering the EU.
Other Issues January 13, 2008

Al Jazeera No Longer Nips at Saudis

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — When a Saudi court sentenced a young woman to 200 lashes in November after she pressed charges against seven men who had raped her, the
Other Issues January 13, 2008

Is There a ’Foxification’ Underway at Al Jazeera Television?

Sources inside Al Jazeera who are in a position to know what is going on now confirm to MediaChannel.org that there is an internal struggle underway that may dilute Al
Human RightsMB NewsMilitary TribunalPrisoners of Conscience January 13, 2008

MB Military Tribunal Adjourned till Jan, 14th to resume Defense Pleading

The Military Court will resume its sessions on Monday Jan, 14th, in the trial of 40 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders topped by Khairat Al Shater the second deputy chairman of