October / November 2008 Bristol city is celebrating women in the media, and what a better way than focussing the lenses on the presentation, under presentation or misrepresentation of women in the media.
Between Oct 15th and Nov 15th Bristol Fawcett Group with Bristol Feminist Network invited those who are interested in the media and empowering women to collate and document experiences of the representation of women in all the media.
I feel really passionate about such issues, not on local scale only, but also on international level. I have been working on a parallel program in the Middle East. Of course how women are represented or misrepresented in the media is different from society to another, but still we are underrepresented and misrepresented all over the world in different degrees and in different ways. Funny enough this is the only thing different countries all over the world share and agree on. read full story / add a comment

why we should we blame the youngsters for their bullying behaviour when we journalists behave in a way that lacks mercy.
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As much as some Muslims suffer discrimination and I know that for I was and am still experiencing such acts of discrimination. Such experiences left many of my colleagues ' journalists' with one of two choices, either to show biased extreme views, or be extremely worried about hurting the feelings of people from other minorities. Both choices are wrong, because journalism is about ethics and responsibility towards the society in the first place. read full story / add a comment

Convincing a woman to drop her baby to embrace a belt of explosives is something that needs urgent academic study.
This study is written by a female Muslim researcher and journalist worked 15 years in the Media in the Middle East. Now NUJ member at Bristol branch,and creator of Palestinian Mothers Network to promote peace throught Motherhood between Palestinian and Israeli mothers.
This study is a deep look byoned the titles and the headlines. A psycological and sociological look inside the Iraqi women society. read full story / add a comment