Madrid, Spain
2006 - 2007 IPF Fellow
Ibrahim Al-Marashi's media policy recommendations adopted in Iraq
In the course of his project on ethno-sectarian discourse in the Iraqi media, Ibrahim Al-Marashi conducted fieldwork in and around Baghdad and gained the respect of Iraqi parliamentarians and UN officials and Iraqi media officials charged with drafting a new Media Code for Iraq. The Code was drafted by Iraq's newly established information commission overseeing the country's information and media policy - the first such body in the Arab world. Recommendations from his policy study were incorporated into the Code and are available on his personal website.
Original affiliation: Post-Doctoral Fellow and lecturer, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
Current affiliation: Assistant Professor of Communication History and Policy, IE University, Segovia/Madrid, Spain
e-mail: almarashi@policy.hu
secondary e-mail: ibrahim.almarashi@gmail.com
website: http://www.policy.hu/almarashi/
Fellow project
2006 - 2007: Ethno-sectarian discourse in the Iraqi media
The objectives of the project are to study the development of the Iraqi media since the 2003 Iraq War; analyze how various Kurdish, Sunni Arab and Shia Arab factions have developed their own media networks; examine how these various media networks portray and report on ethno-sectarian differences; and write policy study and research paper for the Iraqi National Commission on Media and Communication (NCMC), and the Iraqi Higher Media Commission.
Working groups: Open Society Promotion in Predominantly Muslim Societies
Relevant countries: Iraq
2006 - 2007 IPF Fellow
Ibrahim Al-Marashi's media policy recommendations adopted in Iraq
In the course of his project on ethno-sectarian discourse in the Iraqi media, Ibrahim Al-Marashi conducted fieldwork in and around Baghdad and gained the respect of Iraqi parliamentarians and UN officials and Iraqi media officials charged with drafting a new Media Code for Iraq. The Code was drafted by Iraq's newly established information commission overseeing the country's information and media policy - the first such body in the Arab world. Recommendations from his policy study were incorporated into the Code and are available on his personal website.
Original affiliation: Post-Doctoral Fellow and lecturer, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
Current affiliation: Assistant Professor of Communication History and Policy, IE University, Segovia/Madrid, Spain
e-mail: almarashi@policy.hu
secondary e-mail: ibrahim.almarashi@gmail.com
website: http://www.policy.hu/almarashi/
Fellow project
2006 - 2007: Ethno-sectarian discourse in the Iraqi media
The objectives of the project are to study the development of the Iraqi media since the 2003 Iraq War; analyze how various Kurdish, Sunni Arab and Shia Arab factions have developed their own media networks; examine how these various media networks portray and report on ethno-sectarian differences; and write policy study and research paper for the Iraqi National Commission on Media and Communication (NCMC), and the Iraqi Higher Media Commission.
Working groups: Open Society Promotion in Predominantly Muslim Societies
Relevant countries: Iraq