When many North African countries achieved their independence, nationalists began to repeat a sentence of great importance: Colonization will leave out the door, only to come back through the window. The sentence has proved to be prescient, as colonization has come back through the gateway of media, with an orientalist view that detaches reality from its cultural, and socio-political contexts.

To what level is the news media independent, and to what degree can it influence policymakers?
The "CNN effect" suggests that intense media coverage of humanitarian crises can sway public opinion and pressure governments into foreign policy action. It highlights how the media influences political agendas while also raising concerns about journalistic independence and manipulation by political elites.

Can Arabs accurately report their own affairs? Can Muslims be reliable
sources of objective information about their daily lives and historic changes? We from the Arab and Muslim world are rethinking the news.