The CPD Media Monitor features collections of news articles, videos, and essays from around the world on critical developments in public diplomacy and world affairs.
Obama on the Nile — Domestic
JUN 4, 2009
Great Expectations
The Jerusalem Post
It was with mixed feelings that we watched President Barack Obama deliver his extraordinary speech to the Muslim and Arab worlds in Cairo yesterday. Critics will see the speech as incredibly naive. Yet it was also the most meaningful and coherent attempt by an American leader since 9/11 to dissociate the world's 1.5 billion Muslims from demagogic elites preaching worldwide jihad and hatred of non-believers.
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JUN 4, 2009
‘Israel shares Obama’s hope for peace’
The Jerusalem Post
Israeli President Shimon Peres praised Obama, saying that his "speech was a speech filled with a vision, [it was] a brave speech which promises hard work for all of the sides involved in advancing the peace process in the Middle East.
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JUN 4, 2009
Obama Seeks New start With Muslims
Al Jazeera
Immediately after the wide-ranging speech, Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst, said it helped undo "the harm done by the Bush administration" "[The speech] was about willingness to engage in soft power while keeping the military option alive," Marwan said.
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JUN 4, 2009
Obama Cites Quran To Reach Muslims From Egypt
Al Arabiya
Likely to stir the emotions of Muslims everywhere, the president started his speech by greeting the room the Islamic way and went on to repeatedly quote from the Quran much to the delight of his audience who constantly interupted him with applause.
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JUN 4, 2009
Obama in Cairo: An Opportunity to Restore Faith
Khaleej Times
Obama’s Cairo speech is his opportunity to demonstrate that the United States is burying the American triumphalism of the past eight years once and for all. It is a chance to convince the world that we have renounced the false prophets who claim that we always know best or that we can impose our way of life on another society, and to show that we are ready to listen to and work with others.
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JUN 4, 2009
Some Arabs Inspired, Others Unimpressed After Obama’s Speech
Gulf News
Arab intellectual reaction to Obama's address fell on a broad spectrum ranging from hopeful and inspired to critical and unimpressed.
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JUN 4, 2009
Vox Pop: Obama’s Words Debated
Al Jazeera
Barack Obama, the US president, has delivered a landmark speech in Egypt's capital to hundreds of students and dignitaries at Cairo University. Though his intended audience was the Muslim community, people of all ages, nationalities and backgrounds listened in. This is what some students and academics had to say.
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JUN 4, 2009
Arab Press Demands Obama End Israel “Bias”
Al Arabiya
Egypt's press called on Barack Obama to end the United States' "blind bias" towards Israel, as the U.S. president arrived in Cairo where he will make a much-anticipated address to the world's Muslims.
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JUN 4, 2009
Time for Action, Mr President
Khaleej Times
Are the winds of change indeed sweeping the Middle East, or is it my hyperactive imagination coupled with my Obamania that is playing tricks? Ahead of President Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, a Gallup opinion poll has reported a significant turnaround in the Muslim world’s perception of America since Obama’s election.
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JUN 3, 2009
A Good Muslim-World News Cycle For Obama
The Atlantic
In coverage leading up to President Obama's speech in Cairo tomorrow, Middle East newspapers and TV stations--some of them government run, some of them censored--are posing the speech as an opportunity to improve relations, separating Obama from his predecessor, and touting Obama's perceived toughness on Israel. In short, the coverage was good from Obama's standpoint.
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