Voices of the New Arab Public is reviewed in the new issue of Global Media and Communication (vol 2, no 3, 2006)by Soek-Fank Sim of Macalester College, along with books by Mohammed Zayani and Hugh Miles. I only have a PDF version, and don't have time to reproduce the review here, so this just serves as a placeholder/notice. The review does a very nice job of juxtaposing the three books, and says nice things about Voices.
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Praise for Voices of the New Arab Public
- Choice
"Outstanding Academic Title" 2006. - Perspectives on Politics
"a significant contribution to the emerging field of the media and politics and the budding literature on the new electronic media and Arab politics. It is a highly scholarly study, extensively researched, well documented, and lucidly written, combining a wealth of data and keen analysis, which offer an excellent understanding of the nature, evolution, and impact of the Arab media and the rising Arab public sphere." -Mahmud Faksh - Middle East Journal
"Here, the study of Arab public opinion has matured to the standards of American political science.... Lynch has not only described voices of the new Arab public; he has provided the point of departure for all serious analysis of it in the future." - Jon Anderson - Choice
"This study is lucidly written, and an excellent discussion of the true nature of the Arab media and opinion... Highly recommended." - TBS Journal
" a scholarly book that reads in parts like a thriller.... must-read work for anyone interested in political communication, civil society, democratization or transformation processes in Arab societies." - New Statesman (UK)
"...an exhilarating story of the emergence of an Arab public voice, frustrated by the oppressive incompetence of most of its rulers and hungry for better government. But it is also a cautionary tale of a huge energy that we have hardly begun to appreciate... Lynch's authoritative and exciting book, rooted in local knowledge, urgently demands that we engage with this modern Arab world..... We have everything to learn from listening to it, much to gain from a conversation with it, and have already disastrously lost much by ignoring it." - Philip Sieb
"an excellent job of appraising the impact of this change... a fascinating look at media-driven political discourse." - Milwaukee Journal, February 2006 - William Rugh
"a unique and valuable contribution to understanding issues vital to Americans. Its wealth of detail on what Arabs discuss among themselves will help Westerners understand the true nature of Arab media and opinion. Marc Lynch lets us listen to ongoing Arab discussions Westerners rarely hear." - Ambassador William Rugh - John Bradley
"this subtly subversive book will quickly become the focus of what is too often a shrill debate over the role of the Arab media." - Newsweek International, February 20, 2006
Appearances
- Williamstown, MA
February 9, Water Street Books. 7:15. - Al-Jazeera Media Forum
January 31-February 2. Details to follow. - San Francisco: World Affairs Council
February 16. World Affairs Council of Northern California. Download mp3 of the talk here: http://wacsf.vportal.net/?fileid=4301 - Ann Arbor, MI
Shaman Drum Bookstore, March 9. Also participating in workshop on the Arab media, University of Michigan, March 10. - Washington DC
World Affairs Council - to be rescheduled - University of Texas, Austin
March 30. As part of the series on America and the World. - University of Maryland
Mid-April - date TBA. - The Doha Debates
January 31, in Qatar; to be broadcast on the BBC World a few days later. Topic: "The Arab media needs no lessons about journalism from the West." - WCFIA: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
March 1. Whitehead Center Seminar on U.S. Foreign Policy (Harvard). Not a book event, I'll be presenting a paper. - Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley. February 16, 12:00, format and place and title TBA.
In the media
- Mona Eltahawy (al-Sharq al-Awsat)
Book mentioned in her column on the Doha Debates. - Salon (Juan Cole)
November 30, 2005. Book mentioned in Juan Cole's "Did Bush plan to bomb al-Jazeera", Salon. - WNYC Interview (NPR)
December 16, 2005. On the Media, WNYC.
blogging about the book
Aardvarkabilia
- Brothers gonna work it out? - The National Newspaper
- The conversation - the U.S. and the Muslim world
Long essay on the new public diplomacy and strategic communications. - Blogging the Middle East
State Department blogger summarizes my talk to IIP. - The Muslim Brotherhood's Dilemma
Crown Center Middle East Brief from January 2008, which never got linked here for some reason - scroll down for PDF. - Why Obama still needs to get out of Iraq
Foreign Policy (web only) briefer - Foreign Affairs: Politics First
Why only U.S. withdrawal can spur Iraqi cooperation. - CFR interview: Iraq's political house of cards
Conversation with Bernard Gwertzman for Council of Foreign Relations. - Iraq's Political Transition After the Surge
With Brian Katulis and Peter Juul, Center for American Progress - Middle East Policy: Thinking Strategically About Iraq
Link to published version of symposium with me, Colin Kahl, and Brian Katulis. - David Brubek, Cultural Diplomacy, and Talib Kweli
Talk to the Elliott School, April 8, 2008 - Arab Media & Society: The Alhurra Project
- Sunni World | The American Prospect
- Cato Institute: Assessing the Surge (Policy Forum)
- Foreign Policy: Memo to the MB
Summary of subscribers-only article. - Middle East Report: Young Brothers in Cyberspace
- CSM: Why US Strategy on Iraq is Crumbling
- Six Questions...
Iraq, the surge, al-Qaeda, the usual. Harpers. - Profs who blog
Williams Alumni Review article about blogging professors (me, Dan Drezner, Sam Crane). PDF. - Arab pluralism requires free, contentious media
Daily Star version of article I wrote for Bitter Lemons for World Press Freedom Day. - TAP: Our Enemy's Enemy
- Blogging the New Arab Public (WPW Remix)
Abridged and slightly adapted version of my Arab Media and Society article, for a wider audience. World Politics Watch. - Blogging the New Arab Public
Arab Media and Society. Long. - On The Media: Transcript of "Hanged Jury" (January 5, 2007)
In which I discuss the Arab media coverage of the Saddam execution. - Open Source: Optics of War
Chris Lydon, Radio Open Source, on the media coverage of the Hezbollah-Israeli war. - Power Ploy
Piece in The American Prospect about Saudi, Jordanian, and Egyptian policy towards Hezbollah. - Foreign Affairs Roundtable
Foreign Affairs roundtable on what to do in Iraq. In two parts. - The fast and the furious
Link to my discussion of the NYT Week in Review piece about internet experts in which I appear ... for those of us who don't pay for Times Select. - Tisdall, hidden leader of virtual war
uses my TNI essay on al-Qaeda's media strategy - Reality is not enough
Why reality TV is really interesting, but isn't promoting democracy. - An Aardvark Speaks
Berkshire Eagle story on a talk I gave.
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