On the media: what does the future hold for Arab state media?
The discussion was chaired by author and broadcaster Tom Fenton.
Taking part were:
Faisal J. Abbas, London-based journalist, blogger and social commentator. He writes regularly for Huffington Post on Middle Eastern affairs and has worked with several leading Arab media outlets such as Asharq Al Awsat, where he established and edited the paper’s weekly ‘Media Supplement’, Al Hayat and Future Television of Lebanon;
Dina Matar, senior lecturer in Arab Media and Political Communication at SOAS;
Hugh Miles, award-winning investigative journalist specialising in the Middle East and North Africa, author of Al Jazeera: How Arab TV News Challenged the World and Playing Cards in Cairo and contributing editor of the American University in Cairo’s Centre for Television Journalism media journal;
Ayman Mohyeldin, Middle East-based correspondent for Al Jazeera English.
The retro feel is a result of daylight balanced film and a 1966 50mm Summilux on an M6.
Read MoreTaking part were:
Faisal J. Abbas, London-based journalist, blogger and social commentator. He writes regularly for Huffington Post on Middle Eastern affairs and has worked with several leading Arab media outlets such as Asharq Al Awsat, where he established and edited the paper’s weekly ‘Media Supplement’, Al Hayat and Future Television of Lebanon;
Dina Matar, senior lecturer in Arab Media and Political Communication at SOAS;
Hugh Miles, award-winning investigative journalist specialising in the Middle East and North Africa, author of Al Jazeera: How Arab TV News Challenged the World and Playing Cards in Cairo and contributing editor of the American University in Cairo’s Centre for Television Journalism media journal;
Ayman Mohyeldin, Middle East-based correspondent for Al Jazeera English.
The retro feel is a result of daylight balanced film and a 1966 50mm Summilux on an M6.
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