Emirati Women: As Portrayed in Western Media
DAVID ROBERTS: It's always interesting to see how Western media choose to represent women from the Middle East. A slideshow published on U.S website 'Salon' featuring Emirati women is instructive. …
Palestine’s ‘Al Jazeera’ Launched: Timely Indeed
NIDA TUMA, CGNEWS: With the attention of all the major news organisations fixed on the 'Arab Spring' revolutions, Palestine has dropped down the news agenda. Ma'an TV is set to address this issue. …
‘The Stream’: A Radical New Concept?
SYRIA NEWS WIRE: Al Jazeera recently launched 'The Stream' designed to bring the 'holy grail' of convergence to a worldwide audience. Have they succeeded? …
What Is the Universal Symbol of Human Rights?
DAVID ROBERTS: Here's a challenge. Close your eyes. Now think of the phrase 'human rights'. Open your eyes and draw what you saw. Scan it and load it on a website. Easy. …
Larry David & The ‘Palestinian Chicken’ Affair
JESSE BENJAMIN, MONDOWEISS: When Larry David turned his attention to the Palestinian issue it provoked a veritable fire-storm. …
ENOC, PR & the Media: 5 Lessons to be Learned
ALEXANDER MCNABB: Here are the five rules of Public Relations that may help Enoc, and indeed any other company that has to break bad news, going forward...…
ENOC and Eppco: Where Not Just the Petrol Has Run Dry
ALEXANDER MCNABB: "Deliciously, Deena twists the knife: "Pressed for answers, he made casual comments on the weather to change the subject..."…
ENOC/EPPCO Thrown Out of Sharjah
ALEXANDER MCNABB: The end of ENOC/EPPCO in Sharjah? Quite possibly. Could it have been avoided with public debate over the real issues..?…
Media Watching: Be Careful What You Tweet
ALEXANDER MCNABB: This distortion of expressed opinion coming, let us not forget, from those who purport to give us 'context and analysis'...…
Advertising: No Subject for a Play on Words
DAVID ROBERTS: Other people's suffering is not the obvious subject of a play on words in advertising - and sometimes a negative cannot and should not be turned into a positive.…
