Al-Jazeera - by Mohammed El-Nawawy & Adel Iskandar (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The objective of this book is to shed light on the background of the Al-Jazeera network, how it started, how it operates, and its implications for the future of news broadcasting in the Middle East and its struggle for public opinion in the Arab world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Al-Jazeera, the independent, all-Arab television news network based in Qatar, emerged as ambassador to the Arab world in the events following September 11, 2001. Arabic for the peninsula, Al-Jazeera has scooped the western media conglomerates many times. With its exclusive access to Osama Bin Laden and members of the Taliban, its reputation has been burnishing quickly through its exposure on CNN, even as it strives to maintain its independence as an international free press news network. <i>Al-Jazeera</i> sheds light on the background of the network: how it operates, the programs it broadcasts, its effects on Arab viewers, the reactions of the West and Arab states, the implications for the future of news broadcasting in the Middle East, and its struggle for a free press and public opinion in the Arab world.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Mohammed el-Nawawy</b>, Egyptian born and raised, has worked as a journalist in the Middle East and the U.S. The author of <i>The Israeli-Egyptian Peace Process in the Reporting of Western Journalists</i>, he is an assistant professor of Communications at Stonehill College in Massachusetts. <p/><b>Adel Iskander</b>, an Egyptian-Canadian, is an expert on Middle East media. He has conducted studies on viewership of Arab media and the use of North American media by Arab immigrants. He has lived in Kuwait and in Egypt for many years, and currently teaches communication at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
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