Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Tuesday, July 7, 2009,
Al-Jazeera English has recently been picked up by a major cable company in the Washington D.C. area after a long battle with U.S. cable operators across the country and fierce anti-Al-Jazeera campaigns led by various groups. They're apparently working on more agreements with other cable companies across the US, and soon millions of Americans will be able to see for themselves if Al-Jazeera is the dangerous channel many in the West have warned us against. There is no perfect news channel, but ... 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.
