Al Arabiya’s piracy and journalism’s codes of ethics
January 29, 2011 2:38 pm Leave your thoughts
Iqbal Tamimi on the rights of journalists and photographers and the attempts by major news organisations to ride roughshod over them.
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Bullying and Hijacking Muslim Women’s Voices in the UK Live on Air
December 20, 2010 9:10 am Leave your thoughts
Iqbal Tamimi reflects on a gross incident of on-air sexist bullying on the UK Arabic TV channel, Alhiwar.
Arab Journalism and Egypt’s’ claimed control over UK’s mosques
October 1, 2010 11:11 am Leave your thoughts
Iqbal Tamimi on the ego-fuelled misrepresentation of facts by the Arab press.
The BBC’s defence of the ‘Death in the Med’ is far from being convincing or ethical
August 31, 2010 3:30 pm Leave your thoughts
Iqbal Tamimi on why the BBC's response to the complaints they received of bias in their 16th August 2010 Panorama programme is inadequate.
Saudi Sheik’s Obsession with Sex Fatwas
July 20, 2010 10:40 pm Leave your thoughts
Iqbal Tamimi on how the Muslim religious edict, or fatwa, has been used to control women.
Khaled Taja: The Anthony Quinn of Arab Drama
January 8, 2010 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Khaled Taja, 70 years old and the iconic figure of Arabic drama, is planning to play the leading role in a movie about the tunnels of Gaza, writes Iqbal Tamimi.
Muslim Women Find Expression Through Cartoons
December 18, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Iqbal Tamimi on how some Muslim women have overcome cultural marginalisation to express themselves through popular art.
Remembering Professor Kulthum Odeh (1892 -1965)
October 17, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Reviewing the life of Kulthum Odeh, the first woman in the Arab world to hold a professorship, Iqbal Tamimi considers the all-pervading ignorance about Palestine.