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 Scholarly Articles & Papers

Asymmetry of Cultural Styles & The Unintended Consequences of Crisis Public Diplomacy (2003)

Al-Jazeera & American Public Diplomacy:
A Dance of Intercultural Miscommunication  (2003)

A Tale of Two Intifadas:
A Communication Analysis of the Messages of the Palestinian Uprising (2003)

An "In-awareness" Approach to International Public Relations (2001)

A Public Relations Tour of  Embassy Row:  The Latin Diplomatic Experience (2001)
(co-author Juan Cristobal Villalobos)

Intercultural Communication and International Public Relations:  An Integrated Literature
Review and Critique (2000)

Overview:  Florence Kluckhohn Value Orientations (2000)

Palestinian Value Orientations (2000)

Rhetorical Ethnocentricism:  Understanding the Rhetorical Landscape of Arab and American
Relations (1998)

Competing Systems of Values and Communication Styles In Contemporary Palestinian Society (1997)

Managing Cross-Cultural Challenges: A Pre-K Lesson for Training in the Gaza Strip (1996)

The Palestinian Leadership & The American Media (1996)

 Bridging Cultural Differences:  American Public Relations Practices & Arab
Communication Patterns (1995)

Cross-Cultural Differences in American & Palestinian Expressions of Identity (1991)

Self-Shock:  The Challenge of Identity (1989)
 
 

Commentary & Analysis

"Repeat: Iraq is not a Modern Day Germany," Op-ed, The Christian Science Monitor, August 21, 2003.
Available online:  http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0821/p09s02-coop.html

"Is Arm's Length Public Diplomacy Effective?" The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, July 10, 2003.
Prepared Remarks

"Unintended Consequences of Crisis Public Diplomacy:  America Public Diplomacy in the Arab World," Policy Brief, Foreign Policy in Focus, June 2003.
Available online:  http://www.fpif.org/briefs/vol8/v8n02diplomacy.html

"Winning Round Two of American Public Diplomacy in the Arab World," Global Affairs Commentary, Foreign Policy in Focus, June 13, 2003.
Available online: http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2003/0306comm.html

"How Bin Laden Tape Played," Global Affairs Commentary, Foreign Policy in Focus, February 2003.
Available online:  http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2003/0302binladen.html

“The New Bin Laden Tape,” Op-ed, Counter Punch, February12, 2003.
Available online:  http://www.counterpunch.org/zaharna02122003.html

"Finding America's Voice in the Middle East," Global Affairs Commentary, Foreign Policy in Focus, April 2002.
Available online: http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2002/0204usmideast_body.html

"Incredible and Unbelievable," Op-ed, Baltimore Sun, April 14, 2002.

 “Israel’s True Intentions in Removing Arafat,” Global Affairs Commentary, Foreign Policy in Focus, December 2001.
Available online:  http://www.fpif.org/commentary/0112arafat_body.html

“American Public Diplomacy in the Arab and Muslim World:  A Strategic Communication Analysis,” Policy Report, Foreign Policy in Focus, November 2001
Available online:  http://www.fpif.org/papers/communication_body.html

 “Israel’s Policy of Targeting Terrorists:  Implications for the U.S.,” Policy Analysis, Foreign Policy In Focus, Vol. 6, No. 32, September 2001
Available online:  http://www.fpif.org/briefs/vol6/v6n32exjud_body.html

“The Plan to Remove Arafat,” Global Affairs Commentary, Foreign Policy In Focus,  July 2001.
Available online:  http://www.fpif.org/commentary/0107arafat_body.html
 
 
 
 

Congressional Testimony

U.S. House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations
The 9/11 Commission Recommendations on Public Diplomacy
August 23, 2004
Oral Statement
Written Statement

U.S. Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations
Public Diplomacy and Islam
February 27, 2003
Oral Statement
Written Statement
 

U.S. House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations
 Public Diplomacy in the Arab World
October 8, 2002.
Oral Statement
 
 
 
 

Manuals

Proposal Writing Handbook, Nalbus University (1997/2001)
 


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