Part 1: "Arab Media, Power and Influence" conference hosted by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Moderated by: Susan Bennett, Freedom Forum/Newseum. Panelists include: Hisham Melhem, news anchor, Al-Arabiya TV; Mona El Tahawy, columnist, Al-Asharq Al-Awsat news daily; Salameh Nematt, columnist, Al-Hayat news daily; Brian Katulis, MPA '00, author of the Freedom House report, "Liberated and Occupied Iraq: New Beginnings and Challenges for Press Freedom"; Ambassador William Rugh, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, and author of Arab Mass Media; Ali El Saleh, spokesman, Al-Asharq Al-Awsat.
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