POMED Notes: Press Freedom in the Muslim World

On Tuesday, the American Islamic Congress hosted a panel discussion comprised of Omran Salman, Executive Director of Aafaq, Maneeza Hossain, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, and Richard Eisendorf, Middle East North Africa Senior Program Manager at Freedom House. Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Washington Correspondent for the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai, moderated the discussion. The purpose of the discussion was to examine what the status of the media is in the Muslim world, what is allowed and what is prohibited, who decides, and how can the U.S. support free media to help advance reform.

For POMED’s full notes on the event, click here.