Mix May 4 2012
Track Listing Phony Rappers – A Tribe Called Quest Section – The Roots Deceptively Yours – Norah Jones Certainly – Erykah Badu Tired of Being Alone – Al Green You Put it on Me – BB King Lonely Avenue –
Meedan beta launches!
I have been meaning to write a post on the new Arabic-English translation/discussion service, Meedan, that just launched its public beta version the other day. It’s a service that allows Arabic and English speakers to discuss current events
Arab Media Today @ SOAS
I am just back from a quick trip to London to speak at a conference organized by the London Middle East Institute, which is part of SOAS. Check out Marc Lynch’s roundup here. My talk was an expansion of my
About those 70,000 Iranian martyrs…
There is an interesting story unfolding in Iran this week about a fatwa issued by Khamenei declaring those killed fighting Israel over Gaza to be martyrs. The AP reported that, following the fatwa, student groups went to work distributing sign-up
Mulidcast
Continuing on music, this fun mix from last year (seems like forever ago) recently popped up on my Itunes. I made it as a podcast to go along with a great article by Jennifer Peterson on sha3bi music played at
UAE: Media hub strategy
I’m reproducing a brief I wrote a few months back for Oxford Analytica about the media hub model in the UAE. At the time Abu Dhabi hadn’t formally launched its big media hub to compete with Dubai Media City, but