A curated selection of public diplomacy-relevant news from a global cross-section of English-language media outlets, including independent, corporate-owned, and state-sponsored sources. The stories featured don't necessarily represent CPD's views nor have they been verified by CPD.
Obama Seeks New start With Muslims
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.
Obama Cites Quran To Reach Muslims From Egypt
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.
The President’s Cairo Speech: A “New Beginning”
I've come here to Cairo to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one based on mutual interest and mutual respect, and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles -- principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
Obama in Cairo: An Opportunity to Restore Faith
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.
Some Arabs Inspired, Others Unimpressed After Obama’s Speech
Arab intellectual reaction to Obama's address fell on a broad spectrum ranging from hopeful and inspired to critical and unimpressed.
Cairo Speech: Obama As a One-man United Nations
Typically, Barack Obama's speech in Cairo, though billed as an exercise in bridge building with the Muslim world, held something for everyone. It was Obama at his preternaturally evenhanded best, though at 55 minutes, he had ample time to please more than one audience.
Vox Pop: Obama’s Words Debated
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.
Obama Speech Gets Solid Reaction World-Wide
From Cairo to Baghdad, Arabs watching President Obama's speech said he won their admiration for peppering the address with the type of moral message Muslims receive at weekly homilies as well as the straightforward talk that they rarely get from their own leadership. "He seems like a committed and serious man," said Ahmed Farouk, a 25-year-old movie producer who sat in an Egyptian coffee house a few minutes drive from Cairo University, where Mr. Obama spoke. "Just one of him is worth 10 George Bushes."
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