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Broadcasting Change
Arabic Media as a Catalyst for Liberalism
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2017
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Amid civil war, failing states, and terrorism, Arab liberals are growing in numbers and influence. Advocating a culture of equity, tolerance, good governance, and the rule of law, they work through some of the region’s largest media outlets to spread their ideals within the culture. Broadcasting Change analyzes this trend by portraying the intersection of media and politics in two Arab countries with seismic impact on the region and beyond. In Saudi Arabia, where hardline clerics silenced their opponents for generations, liberals now dominate the airwaves. Their success in weakening clerics’ grip over the public space would not only help develop the country; it would ensure that the birthplace of the prophet Muhammad exports a constructive understanding of Islam. In Egypt, home to a brutal government crackdown on Islamists and a bloodsport of attacks on Coptic Christians, local liberals are acting with courage on the ground and over the airwaves. Through TV talk shows, drama, and comedy, they play off the government’s anti-Islamist agenda to more thoughtfully advocate religious reform.
Author Joseph Braude, himself a voice in Arabic-language broadcasts and publications, calls for international assistance to the region’s liberals, particularly in the realm of media. Local civic actors and some reform-minded autocrats welcome a new partnership with media experts and democratic governments in North America, Europe, and the Far East. Broadcasting Change argues that support for liberal reform through Arabic media should be construed as an international “public good” — on par with military peacekeeping and philanthropy.
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2017
ISBN-Print
978-1-5381-0127-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-5381-0129-2
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
222
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Contents No access
Foreword No access
Acknowledgments No access
1 From Cairo to Palermo No access
2 Why and How to Engage Authoritarian Media No access
3 The Crown and the Beret No access
End of Days Around the Clock: An Iran-Backed Shi’ite Broadcast from Baghdad No access
Jihad on the Run: Sunni TV Preachers in Search of a Home No access
The Basis for a Liberal Constituency No access
Conjuring Change: Saudi Liberals and How They Work No access
Fast-Forwarding through a Century: Saudi Liberals’ Long-Term Plan No access
Online Appeals for Critical Thinking and Tolerance No access
A Push by the Saudi Security Sector for an Anti-jihadist TV Show No access
State TV Comedians Spoof Extremism and Corruption No access
A Saudi Liberal Family and How It Functions No access
Al-Arabiya: Teachable Moments in TV News No access
MBC: Transformation through Entertainment No access
Foreign Capitals Catch Wind No access
8 Despair Along the Nile No access
The “Single Voice” at Its Prime No access
Sadat-Era Broadcasts: Nibbling around the Edges of Reform No access
Mubarak and ERTU: Islamization and Muscular Control No access
The Endurance of Tradition and Faint Signs of Change No access
From a Check on Government to an Arm of the Government No access
A Narrow Space for Liberals No access
The Government’s TV Assault on Al-Azhar No access
Egyptian Liberals’ Campaign for Islamic Reform No access
Grappling with Al-Azhar’s Global Posture No access
12 The Eleventh Plague No access
Four Types of Pilgrims No access
Dueling Superpowers: American Disarray, Russian Method No access
Western Europe: Building on Generations of Trust No access
East Asian Powers: A Lean Media Strategy for Mercantile Expansion No access
Christian and Jewish Broadcasting: A New Proliferation No access
