Showing posts with label Rachel Shabi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rachel Shabi. Show all posts

Friday, 8 July 2016

Chilcot: The verdict from the UK's media (Rachel Shabi, Al Jazeera)

Protesters dressed as Tony Blair hold a demonstration as they wait for the release of the Chilcot Inquiry in London, Britain [EPA]

How upset was he, really? For a brief period, as Tony Blair gave a speech in response to the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war, that seemed to be the central question for Britain's commentariat: Blair's voice is breaking, is it genuine? Is he about to cry?

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/07/chilcot-verdict-uk-media-160707075642530.html

Sunday, 29 May 2016

Hologram for a King might trigger US soul-searching (Rachel Shabi, Al Jazeera)

The UK premiere of A Hologram For The King at British Film Institute, on the Southbank, in London [Getty]

That it is irritating is a given: It is, after all, a Hollywood film. So yes, if you're watching the new Tom Hanks movie, A Hologram for the King, set in Saudi Arabia, you're going to be gritting your teeth at quite a bit of sappiness - and also, at the general condescension to a viewer's intelligence in its delivery of plot or character development

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/05/hologram-king-trigger-soul-searching-160526075531209.html

Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Who is 'weaponising' the Syrian refugees? (Rachel Shabi, Al Arabiya)

Of course, it was a comment too good to resist. When a NATO commander accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of "weaponising" migrants, it was picked up by media outlets everywhere. Because that is exactly the sort of thing the dastardly Russian president would do, in cahoots with the murderous Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, isn't it?

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/03/weaponising-syrian-refugees-160313121135473.html