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Fridays of Rage - Al Jazeera, the Arab Spring, and Political Islam (Hardcover)
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Fridays of Rage - Al Jazeera, the Arab Spring, and Political Islam (Hardcover)
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Fridays of Rage reveals Al Jazeera's surprising rise to that most
respected of all Western media positions: the watchdog of
democracy. Al Jazeera served as the nursery for the Arab world's
democratic revolutions, promoting Friday as a "day of rage" and
popular protest. This book gives readers a glimpse into how Al
Jazeera has strategically cast its journalists as martyrs in the
struggle for Arab freedom while promoting itself as the mouthpiece
and advocate of the Arab public. In addition to heralding a new era
of Arab democracy, Al Jazeera has become a major influence over
Arab perceptions of American involvement in the Arab World, the
Arab-Israeli conflict, the rise of global Islamic fundamentalism,
and the expansion of the political far right. Al Jazeera's
blueprint for "Muslim-democracy" was part of a vision announced by
the network during its earliest broadcasts. The network embarked
upon a mission to reconstruct the Arab mindset and psyche. Al
Jazeera introduced exiled Islamist leaders to the larger Arab
public while also providing Muslim feminists a platform. The
inclusion and consideration of Westerners, Israelis, Hamas,
secularists and others earned the network a reputation for
pluralism and inclusiveness. Al Jazeera presented a mirror to an
Arab world afraid to examine itself and its democratic
deficiencies. But rather than assuming that Al Jazeera is a
monolithic force for positive transformation in Arab society,
Fridays of Rage examines the potentially dark implications of Al
Jazeera's radical re-conceptualization of media as a strategic tool
or weapon. As a powerful and rapidly evolving source of global
influence, Al Jazeera embodies many paradoxes-the manifestations
and effects of which we are likely only now becoming apparent.
Fridays of Rage guides readers through this murky territory, where
journalists are martyrs, words are weapons, and facts are bullets.
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