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Middle East Review of International Affairs
Anti-Americanism In the Arabic Language Media
by Adel Darwish
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Abstract
Anti-Americanism in the Arabic language media has grown rapidly over the past couple of decades. Utilized for its own ends by the totalitarian Arab states and their government controlled media, anti-American news stories and analysis are common from North Africa to the Gulf. While not an indigenous phenomenon, anti-Americanism in the Middle East is a more virulent form of European anti-Americanism where lighthearted ridicule has been given a darker, more sinister tone. The future is not totally bleak, as recently, new media outlets have attempted to combat in some small way the long legacy of anti-Americanism in the Arabic language media.
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Note *: Adel Darwish has been a journalist covering international affairs for thirty-five years. He has written for the Independent, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, and The Middle East, and contributes to several American papers. He has written several books on Iraq, political terrorism, Islamist movement, water, the spread of missile technology in the Middle East, and modern Iran. Back