Electronic Infitah: The Opening Up of Middle Eastern Media and Societies In the 1970s, the infitah, or opening up, of Egypt’s economy brought great opportunity to some Egyptians and great dislocation to others. Today, the opening up of communications through the adoption of new media across the Middle East likewise offers many opportunities for economic
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The Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC) has announced its 2008 Middle East book awards recipients. Awards recipients were provisionally announced at the MEOC Annual Business Meeting at the Middle East Studies Association conference held in Washington, DC, in November 2008. The 2008 MEOC award recipients are: PICTURE BOOK CATEGORY (Winner) Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad,
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The 2007 MEOC award recipients are: PICTURE BOOK CATEGORY (Winner) One City, Two Brothers, written by Chris Smith, illustrated by Aurélia Fronty (Barefoot Books,2007) Written by a former worker with UNICEF and Oxfam in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, this re-telling of a traditional story from the time of King Solomon serves as a metaphor for
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