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Conversation on Groong: The Artsakh War in Arab Media &
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Introduction
Hello and welcome to Armenian
News Network, Groong.
In this episode of Conversations on Groong, Asbed Kotchikian discusses the coverage of the war in Artsakh in
Arab media with two representatives of the Armenian diaspora in the Middle
East.
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How is the current war treated in Arab press?
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How does this treatment differ from country to
country?
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And more importantly, how to improve the quality
of coverage about Armenia for Arabic audiences in general?
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Topic: The Artsakh War in Arab Media & Policy
Overview
Hello and welcome to Armenian
News Network, Groong.
Since September 27,
Azerbaijan has been waging an all out-war on Artsakh,
cluster-bombing towns and villages and killing civilians and destroying
churches and cultural centers, with the aim to destroy and depopulate the
region. The worldwide Armenian Diaspora has come together to fight this
existential threat.
We’ve read much about the
Diaspora’s activities around most of the world, but what about the Arab world?
This episode explores some of the challenges and opportunities that the
Armenian communities in the Arab world face.
Guests
To help guide today’s Conversation on Groong, we have with us Prof. Asbed Kotchikian,
who is a senior lecturer of political science and international relations
at Bentley
University in Massachusetts where he teaches courses on
the Middle East and the former Soviet space.
Prof. Kotchikian
is joined by:
Katia Peltekian,
who has been teaching at the American University of Beirut since 1988. She has
published two books which compile newspaper articles and reports from the
Genocide years published in the Canadian and British press. Katia has been
compiling news for the Armenian News Network Groong since 1999.
And
Vera Yacoubian,
who is the executive director of the Armenian National committee of the Middle
East. She’s a PhD candidate in political science and a lecturer at the American
university of Beirut (AUB) in politics. Vera also teaches courses on The
Armenian Genocide at Haigazian university.
Background
The Armenian communities living in the Middle East in general, and in Arab countries in specific, have a long history of advocacy and building bridges between their two homelands (their country of residence and Armenia). Since the outbreak of war in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Arab media and policy makers have been covering and commenting about the war. Today we’ll try to have a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities that the Armenian communities and advocacy groups have been facing in trying to get the Arab public and policymakers to be correctly informed about the war and ways to counter Turkish propaganda.
Discussion
A quick update on Beirut since the Explosion on August 4. Acceleration of relations between Armenia and the Lebanese Armenians.
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How has the Artsakh war been covered in the Arab
media?
● What
factors influence the Arab media in their coverage?
● Who
influences these media outlets?
● What
are the challenges & opportunities for shaping public opinion in the Arab
world?
● Can
there be “lobbying” of policy makers in the Arab world?
Wrap-up
That concludes this Conversation On
Groong episode. As always, we hope it helped improve your understanding of
the issues involved and look forward to your feedback, including your
suggestions for Conversation topics in the future.
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Special thanks to Laura
Osborn for providing the music for our podcast. I’m Hovik Manucharyan, and on
behalf of everyone in this episode, I wish you a good week. Thank you for
listening, talk to you soon.
Keywords
Artsakh, Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Arab Media, Katia Peltekian, Vera Yacoubian