Browsing Archive: March, 2009
Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Monday, March 30, 2009,
Fox News unveiled a new Web site The Fox Nation today. As expected, the populist, anti-Obama machine that is Fox News does not tire. Headlines on the frontpage read like we're heading for doomsday tomorrow, which is literally what Glenn Beck, the channel's new star host, believes. With a strong and growing primetime audience, thanks to the explosive trio: O'Reilley-Hannity-Beck, the channel now has twice as many viewers as CNN and MSNBC.
Note the comment on a recent book of resumes presented ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Wednesday, March 18, 2009,
PBS will be broadcasting an interesting documentary, New Muslim Cool in June. It chronicles the story of Muslim rapper Hamza Perez, a former drug dealer from Puerto Rico who moved to Pittsburgh to set up a new religious community for Latino and African-American Muslims. Here is a blurb from the documentary description:
" New Muslim Cool takes viewers on Hamza's ride through the
streets, projects and jail cells of urban America, following his
spiritual journey to some surprising places - where ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Monday, March 9, 2009,
Here is a call for papers for an international conference we're organizing in Boulder that will address many of the questions raised on this blog on Islam and the media.
Islam and the MediaJanuary 7-10, 2010 The Center for Media, Religion and Culture School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Colorado, Boulder
The events of September 11, 2001 have unleashed an unprecedented period of global re-thinking of issues in media and religion. Islam has emerged as a major focus of inquir... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Wednesday, March 4, 2009,
One of the pitfalls for any ethnic group or religion to be constantly in the news- mostly in a negative light- is that most of their members’ valuable energy is consumed trying to defend or react to newspaper headlines. Muslims often find themselves in private conversations or on TV shows easily unnerved by what they see as consistent vilification of their faith. The truth is we Muslims have been mostly reactive and our defensiveness has deprived us of a vital quality: constructive self-cri... Continue reading ...
I was born and raised in Morocco. My research focuses on the intersections between Islam, Arab popular culture and the media. I'm currently an assistant professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
