Center for Strategic Communication

Youssef Rakha on ISIS, Hollywood, Islam

[ by Charles Cameron — stumbling across a new writer, and taking both note and notes ] . I recently came across the Egyptian writer Youssef Rakha. He asked me to “add him to my network” on LinkedIn, I checked his profile out and discovered he was a...

It’s not quite Easter yet (for the Orthodox)

[ by Charles Cameron — so I trust you’ll forgive me posting a couple of stunning movie crucifixion images ] . My first image comes rom the forthcoming Ernst Haas book, On Set, and features his sbehind-the-scenes shot of the crucifixion in The Greatest...

Analysis, and the question of trust

[ by Charles Cameron — who was taught to think of “longer term” as extending to our children of the seventh generation ] . Here’s the problem: Nicole Kidman as analyst Dr Julia Kelly gets an order in DreamWorks SKG’s movie, The Peacemaker...

Mosul Museum: then the good news, perhaps

[ by Charles Cameron — second of three posts, this one more hopeful ] . Experts say footage of beheading of Christians in Libya was FAKE http://t.co/3trjmAtlsi pic.twitter.com/yEw3kVhQC0 — Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) February 21, 2015 Does ISIS really...