Arab Media & Society The Arab Media Hub
Ninth Annual AUSACE Conference, 18-21 November 2004, Cairo Building bridges and fortifying existing ones through co-operation and understanding between the US and the Arab World's communication experts is the best way to bridge any gaps created by the tragic events of 9/11 and the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. …
Read More »The Eighth International Conference of the Arab-US Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE)
The 2003 annual conference of the Arab-US Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE), held for the first time in Dubai, was once again a great success. More than forty AUSACE members - both scholars and media professionals from the Middle East and the US - presented original academic papers and/or provided …
Read More »The Role of Media in Defining Arab Culture—AUSACE’s 2002 Beirut Conference
"How are the modern media affecting Arab identity? And how is globalization affecting our culture?" These were among the questions posed by Dr. Ramez Maaluf, Director of the Beirut Institute for Media (BIMA), in his remarks at the opening of the seventh annual conference of the Arab-US Association for Communication …
Read More »El Mehwar The Mercurial
The possibility of the privatization or de-monopolization of television in Egypt has been much debated as the country makes steady steps towards a market economy. The year 2002 saw a more liberal government policy, enabling private ownership of satellite television stations and thus exhibiting a new tolerance and accommodation of …
Read More »A Dream TV Come True
Hala Sirhan is one of the Arab world's most famous television personalities. Her talk shows on ART (Arab Radio and Television) were among the most popular and controversial. Now she has taken both her popularity and her sense for the controversial to the new Dream TV network, Egypt's first privately owned …
Read More »Latest Tenants at EMPC: Private Egyptian Channels, and One Million-Dollar Show
Almost four years ago I went to meet with Orbit's vice president of programming Ross Chalder at the Egyptian Media Production City (EMPC), where Orbit was setting up in preparation for their first broadcast out of the new facilities during their World Cup 98 coverage. It was still the early …
Read More »The European Broadcasting Union: Covering the Globe
The president of Syria dies. The phones start ringing at the European Broadcasting Union's (EBU) headquarters in Geneva. TV producers from around the entire globe are calling to find out if EBU has a satellite transmission operation at the funeral. EBU does. According to EBU Producer Youssef el Alfy, on large …
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