by halverson | May 7, 2010 | Counterterrorism, Diplomacy, Government, Image, Islam, Media, Popular Culture, Religion, State Dept.
by Jeffry R. Halverson Apparently I wasn’t the only one thinking about the diplomatic potential of Muslim hip-hop when I posted a blog about it for COMOPS Journal back in September of 2009. Recently we heard from Tyson Amir, one of the Muslim artists that I featured...
by halverson | Sep 14, 2009 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Identification, Islam, Popular Culture
by Jeffry Halverson In the September 10 cover story on ForeignPolicy.com Jarret Brachman warns the Obama administration to pay careful attention to al-Qaeda’s new Libyan-born media darling, Abu Yahya al-Libi. He writes: Whether he’s shown traipsing through...