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World Links: Obama in Middle East, Chinese Firm Buys Hummer from General Motors
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Dishing Democracy: Discussion Guide Introduction
Dishing Democracy goes behind the scenes at Arab television channel MBC in Cairo and its hit all-female talk show, Kalam Nawa'em.
Jun 1st, 2009 | Comments Off | 1,001 Views
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Dishing Democracy: Satellite TV Spurs Evolutionary Democracy in the Arab World
by Marda Dunsky. The right of citizens to freely elect representative governments is the hallmark of democratic societies. While this right is not widely enjoyed in the Arab world, democratization in Arab societies has nevertheless taken root -- bolstered by media technologies that bypass government control and put the potential for change in the hands of the people.
Jun 1st, 2009 | 1 comment | 1,847 Views
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Dishing Democracy: Themes and Video Segments
This is a list of important themes and video segments that can be used in classroom discussions of Dishing Democracy.
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Dishing Democracy: Video Segment 1
This segment introduces the hosts of Kalam Nawaem -- Fawzia Salama, Rania Barghout, Muna AbuSulayman, and Farah Besiso -- and describes the program's history and impact.
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Dishing Democracy: Video Segment 2
Satellite TV reaches nearly 300 million Arabic speakers worldwide. Even though independent commercial media companies like MBC have bipassed direct government control and national borders, it still has to monitor what it broadcasts.
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Dishing Democracy: Video Segment 3
A gay man who was invited to be on Kalam Nawaem feared for his life and was interviewed by phone instead. While a gay man has still not appeared on the program, a famous actor who plays a gay character in the film The Yacoubian Building was a guest in 2007.
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Dishing Democracy: Video Segment 4
Muna AbuSulayman talks about her life as a Muslim feminist and what it's like for her to appear on Kalam Nawaem.
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Dishing Democracy: Vocabulary and Resources
glossary, suggested reading and Web sites
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Oprah in the Middle East
Video: Oprah now reaches over 6 million viewers in the Arab world each day, bringing conversations about domestic violence or homosexuality to living rooms where these subjects are still taboo.
Jan 23rd, 2009 | 0 comments | 1,312 Views
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Meet the New Administration
What do Joe Biden, Leon Panetta, and Hillary Clinton have in common? They're all expected to serve in high-level positions in the Obama administration, and they've all appeared as distinguished guests on WIDE ANGLE.
Jan 22nd, 2009 | 2 comments | 1,909 Views
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Dishing Democracy: Handbook: Satellite Television in the Arab World
The introduction of satellite television in the Middle East in the early 1990s completely transformed its media landscape. Satellite channels set in motion the emergence of modern TV journalism, live debate and reality TV.
Jul 31st, 2007 | 1 comment | 3,240 Views
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Dishing Democracy: Resources
Links to information on the media and human rights groups in the Arab World.
Jul 31st, 2007 | 1 comment | 1,777 Views
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Pickles, Inc.: Data: Events, Women and Galilee
Information on literacy rates and education levels among Arabs in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and North America.
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