http://donklephant.com/2005/11/10/where-the-street-gets-its-meat/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://donklephant.com/2005/11/10/where-the-street-gets-its-meat/comment-page-1/#comment-3671 Callimachus Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:22:15 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1314#comment-3671 My suspicion is, these kind of stories never get heard over there, at least not in the native media. I can't read Arabic, but the English-language editions of al Jazeera and other publications don't write about such matters. The Elmenshawy piece also goes on to point out how the U.S.-sponsored media outlets in the Arab world have made little headway. My suspicion is, these kind of stories never get heard over there, at least not in the native media. I can’t read Arabic, but the English-language editions of al Jazeera and other publications don’t write about such matters. The Elmenshawy piece also goes on to point out how the U.S.-sponsored media outlets in the Arab world have made little headway.

]]> http://donklephant.com/2005/11/10/where-the-street-gets-its-meat/comment-page-1/#comment-3663 Joshua Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:02:26 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1314#comment-3663 I wonder how much coverage they give to stories involving American Arabs and Muslims, like the North Carolina case involving a Muslim who wants to be able to testify upon a Qur'an (which NC state law currently forbids) or the sociopolitical landscape in places like Detroit-metro, with especially large Arab/Muslim populations. Do Middle Easterners follow these stories too, and if so, how do they affect their view of America? I wonder how much coverage they give to stories involving American Arabs and Muslims, like the North Carolina case involving a Muslim who wants to be able to testify upon a Qur’an (which NC state law currently forbids) or the sociopolitical landscape in places like Detroit-metro, with especially large Arab/Muslim populations. Do Middle Easterners follow these stories too, and if so, how do they affect their view of America?

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