The Arab Story: The Big One Waiting to Be Told

by Rami G. Khouri

Two things have dominated much of my professional and personal life during the 37 years since I graduated from journalism school in the United States: following American college sports and following Middle East politics, society and culture. Reading the U.S. mainstream press, especially in the early spring, I often have a hard time distinguishing between American media coverage of March Madness and Middle East Madness-both defined by intense emotions and extreme confrontation.