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The media doesn’t understand
The thing that’s hard with diplomacy is people say, ‘It’s just talking and doesn’t get you anywhere’. I end up blaming the media, because the question is always: ‘What did you just accomplish? What came out of this meeting?’ And if there’s not a specific result, then people say ‘diplomacy failed’. It’s part of a process – nothing failed.
Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State, giving the C. Douglas Dillon Lecture , April 19
Middle EastEnders
Turkish TV dramas are powerful vehicles of influence within the region. A survey in Arab countries revealed that 78 per cent of the respondents watched a Turkish drama. These dramas have a message to Arab women: Islam is not the reason they were ill-treated by their own husbands. Islam can combine with a modern life, high living standards, and equality between a man and a woman.
Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ, Chairwoman, Doğan TV Holding, April 30