Losing the War for Hearts and Minds in the Middle East

NOW
t r u t h o u t | Programming Note

Airdate: Friday, April 6, 2007, at 8:30 p.m. on PBS.
(Check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html.)

Losing the war for hearts and minds in the Middle East. This time on NOW.

Is America losing the war for hearts and minds in the Middle East? On Friday, April 6, at 8:30 p.m., NOW travels to Egypt for an international perspective on America, Americans and the war in Iraq. Among those profiled is a thoughtful, educated young woman who boycotts American goods and represents a new generation of Egyptians familiar with Western culture, but turning toward Islam.

From Arab streets to corporate settings, we heard outrage at America's foreign policy in the Middle East. We also investigate what America must do to regain the trust of one of our closest allies in the region.

"There is a book, you know, how to lose your marriage in 30 days?" Emad Eldin Adib, an Egyptian media tycoon tells NOW. "The Bush administration should write a book: how to lose your allies in the Middle East in 30 months."

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Note: The NOW website at www.pbs.org/now will provide additional coverage starting Friday, April 6. We'll have a web-exclusive video interview with an Egyptian couple who are among the leading bloggers in Egypt fighting for change, as well as a behind-the-scenes photo essay and reporter's journal from the NOW production team that traveled to Egypt.

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