At a lunch talk at the Shorenstein Center today, in the midst of a discussion on media influence, someone raised a question they had been asked at an event weeks prior: “Are you more afraid of terrorists or the U.S. government?” The ensuing discussion centered on the fear mongering of the far-right media (e.g., Glenn […]
I was sitting on the bus yesterday morning, reading with headphones in, hood up, lost in my own world, when the woman sitting next to me accidentally elbowed me. She apologized, then in a deep southern drawl, asked, “Whatcha readin’?” I, headphones, still in, flipped the book closed to show her the cover: She paused […]
This is a guest post written by my friend Saed Karzoun, and translated from its original Arabic by Amani Omari. The article in its original Arabic can be found at 7iber.com. On my typical day-to-day life, I hang out with a group of young boys and girls like myself; and I realized their growing temptation […]