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Tuesday, June 01, 2010
reaping what one sows
"Five women presenters have resigned from the Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera after being accused of not dressing modestly enough
After the channel refused to back them, the five women, some of the best-known faces in the Middle East thanks to the channel's popularity, quit. Three others have registered protests while staying with the station
An internal inquiry has since cleared the official, the deputy editor-in-chief Ayman Jaballah, and asserted that the channel had the right to dictate how its presenters appeared.
The women concerned in the latest clash are Jumana Nammour, Lina Zahr al Deen Jullinar Mousa , Luna al-Shibl and Nawfar Afli, the first three from Lebanon, the other two from Syria and Tunisia resectively.
All are relatively liberal societies, and the five appeared with their hair uncovered, in contrast to some of Al-Jazeera's other women presenters, as well as heavily made up.
According to sources within the channel, there had been an escalating conflict between the two sides, with Mr Jaballah in particular making repeated comments about the women's "clothes and decency".
..."
it's funny how folks have no issue with taking a paycheque to decry the lax morals and values of another culture but become outraged when that exact same lens is eventually turned on themselves.
In choosing to work for a media agency known for extolling the virtues of Islamic fundamentalism, what did these women think would happen?
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"Five women presenters have resigned from the Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera after being accused of not dressing modestly enough
After the channel refused to back them, the five women, some of the best-known faces in the Middle East thanks to the channel's popularity, quit. Three others have registered protests while staying with the station
An internal inquiry has since cleared the official, the deputy editor-in-chief Ayman Jaballah, and asserted that the channel had the right to dictate how its presenters appeared.
The women concerned in the latest clash are Jumana Nammour, Lina Zahr al Deen Jullinar Mousa , Luna al-Shibl and Nawfar Afli, the first three from Lebanon, the other two from Syria and Tunisia resectively.
All are relatively liberal societies, and the five appeared with their hair uncovered, in contrast to some of Al-Jazeera's other women presenters, as well as heavily made up.
According to sources within the channel, there had been an escalating conflict between the two sides, with Mr Jaballah in particular making repeated comments about the women's "clothes and decency".
..."
it's funny how folks have no issue with taking a paycheque to decry the lax morals and values of another culture but become outraged when that exact same lens is eventually turned on themselves.
In choosing to work for a media agency known for extolling the virtues of Islamic fundamentalism, what did these women think would happen?
