[Dean's World] Aziz P: Sultan ul-Jazeera

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Posted by Aziz P:
Sultan ul-Jazeera
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1141589693.shtml


   the [1]wise Aardvark sayeth:

     It's so cute that so many people are hyperventilating over the fact
     that Wafa Sultan, a secular Muslim based in America, appeared on
     al-Jazeera and gave a dressing down to an Islamist. On al-Jazeera,
     of all places!

     Just the other day, I had exactly the same kind of experience. I
     was watching TV, and I couldn't believe my eyes, and I said "wow,
     did you just see Lebron James dunk? A dunk! In the NBA! Can you
     believe it? No, really - here's a video: he dunked!! Maybe this
     will totally change the NBA's culture, now that they've finally
     seen someone dunk!"

     In other words, this sort of thing is exactly what al-Jazeera has
     been doing for the last decade. Indeed, this wasn't even Wafa
     Sultan's first appearance - she was on an al-Jazeera show just last
     July.

   he has more, including an email from Faisal al-Qassem, the producer of
   that segment.

   For all the bad rap that al-J gets in western media, its actually the
   most diverse and viral mechanism in the middle east for promoting
   genuine debate and discussion. The Aardvark has been discussing al-J
   for many years and has even [2]written a book about the Arab media. If
   you're curious about what the media landscape really is like in the
   middle east, you really should be reading [3]his blog regularly.

References

   1. http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/abuaardvark/2006/03/wafa_sultan_on_.html
   2. http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/voices/
   3. http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/abuaardvark