Jonathan Wright

Position: Journalist

Articles

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Iran President to ensure U.S. reporter's rights April 19, 08:58pm EDT 

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on the judiciary to ensure that an Iranian-American journalist jailed for espionage enjoys her legal right to defend herself, the official news agency IRNA said on Sunday.  Full Article 

Blog Posts

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Banana art on the River Nile

    It looked like a perfect picture story, with all the right elements -- the Nile, a fountain, 2,000 large inflatable bananas heaped in the shape of a pyramid, all set in a framework of Austrian conceptual ...  Full Article 

New traffic law puts brakes on driving in Cairo

The streets of the Egyptian capital Cairo have been unusually quiet since the start of the month and cabbies say they now drive around in fear of the massive police presence, evident at all major intersections. ...  Full Article 

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Arab states' guidelines for sat TV coverage of religion

Arab Media and Society has published an English translation of the Arab League's Satellite Broadcasting Charter approved by Arab governments at a meeting in Cairo in February, along with contrasting opinions ...  Full Article | Comments [2]