Friday, July 08, 2011

Media coverage of the Arab world

I found this today in an al Jeezera article.

"The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) is an organisation set up in the US that specialises in providing translations of Arabic-language broadcasts. It has become a useful tool for many a journalist covering the Middle East with a limited, or in many cases, zero understanding of Arabic. So in its purpose lies its problem.
MEMRI is a source for journalists that do not understand Arabic, but because they do not understand Arabic, they cannot validate the source. When you consider that the source is the brainchild of a former Israeli intelligence officer and has been caught selectively translating Arabic broadcasts that would reflect negatively on the Muslim world, the problem increases ten-fold."

Notable Links:
Arab Voices

Morocco Youth Uprising

Calm Morocco

Morocco Riots

Palestine Veto at the UN