Media on the Front Lines: Satellite TV In Iraq Transnational Broadcasting Studies Volume 2, Number 1

by AUC Press

• ISBN13: 9789774160158
• ISBN10: 9774160150
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-01
• Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press

Summary

Transnational Broadcasting Studies examines the hottest trends and controversies involving satellite TV in the Arab and Muslim worlds. Past issues have tackled such provocative topics as the culture wars over Arabic music videos and the democratizing effect of Arab reality TV. TBS Volume 2, Number 1, titled Satellite TV in Iraq, features articles examining the impact of television news and entertainment on Iraqi society and politics by top political scientists and media experts, as well as interviews with some of the Arab media's leading figures. It also features a wide range of essays on other media-related topics by such regular contributors as William Rugh, Marwan Kraidy, Marc Lynch, Hugh Miles, Yahya Kamalipour, Jon Alterman, Naomi Sakr, Tarik Sabry, Walter Armbrust, Lawrence Pintak, Hussein Amin, Kai Hafez, Charles Levinson, and S. Abdallah Schleifer.

Table of Contents

Letter from Dubai and Doha Arab Media: Not Quite Utopia	1	(8)
Lawrence Pintak
Media on the Front Lines: Arab Satellite TV in Iraq
The `Lebanonization' of the Iraqi Media: An Overview of Iraq's Television Landscape	9	(11)
Paul Cochrane
Interview with Nabil Khatib, Executive Editor of Al Arabiya	20	(7)
Interview with Major Amy Connelly, Former Director, Baghdad Press Center	27	(7)
Interview with Brigadier General Mark T. Kimmitt, Deputy Director for Strategy and Plans, US Central Command	34	(3)
When Reality Meets Reality: Why Iraqis Love Reality TV	37	(6)
Brooke Comer
Usama Najeeb
Religious TV in the Arab World
Amr Khaled vs Yusuf Al Qaradawi: The Danish Cartoon Controversy and the Clash of Two Islamic TV Titans	43	(7)
Lindsay Wise
Interview with Tareq Alsuwaidan, General Manager of Al Resalah Channel	50	(8)
Fatwas and Feminism: Women, Religious, Authority, and Islamic TV	58	(9)
Sharon Otterman
God, Politics, and the Video Clip
The Appeal of Sami Yusuf and the Search for Islamic Authenticity	67	(26)
Christian Pond
The Fool Sings a Hero's Song: Shaaban Abdel Rahim, Egyptian Shaabi, and the Video Clip Phenomenon	93	(22)
James R. Grippo
Syria and Lebanon on TV: Censorship, Sectarianism, and Superstar
The Thin Red Lines: Censorship, Controversy and the Case of the Syrian Soap Opera Behind Bars	115	(14)
Marlin Dick
Popular Culture as a Political Barometer: Lebanese-Syrian Relations and Superstar	129	(5)
Marwan M. Kraidy
The Re-feudalization of the Public Sphere: Lebanese Television News Coverage and the Lebanese Political Process	134	(9)
Nabil Dajani
Open Airwaves, Open Society?
Hurricane Katrina in Yemen: Development and Democracy Refracted in the Satellite Lens	143	(9)
Stacey Philbrick Yadav
SMS: The Next TV Revolution	152	(7)
Habib Battah
The State and the Media, Past and Present
Libya: A New El-Dorado? Not For Its Media	159	(6)
Claudia Gazzini
Hamas TV: Palestinian Media in Transition	165	(11)
Vivian Salama
Whose Voice? Nasser, the Arabs, and `Sawt al-Arab' Radio	176	(11)
Laura M. James
Politics and the Pan-Arab Media
The (un)Funny Pages: Examining the Arabic-Language Media's Role in the Danish Cartoon Crisis	187	(4)
Andrew Exum
In US, a Cold Welcome for Al Jazeera International	191	(6)
Issandr El Amrani
The Al Jazeera Memo: To Publish or Not to Publish?	197	(7)
Hugh Miles
View from an Arab Newsroom: Terrorizing the Arab Media	204	(5)
Abdel Bari Atwan
Probing Public Diplomacy
America's Vanishing Voice?	209	(9)
Alan L. Heil Jr.
Interview with Hosam El Sokkary, Head of the BBC Arabic Service	218