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Speaking of media war, I heard an interview of Jehane Noujaim with Lisa Mullins yesterday on PRI, in which she discussed her new documentary, Control Room. The film is about Donald Rumsfeld’s favorite TV station, the one and only Al-Jazeera. Noujaim spent several weeks in Al-Jazeera’s control room, interviewing anchors, reporters, and producers for the station, as well as American reporters and press liaisons. The movie is coming this month in select cities. Startup.com, Noujaim’s previous documentary, won her the DGA award.
Additional links: A feature on Control Room in the Village Voice. Another NPR interview, this time with Tony Cox. Jehane Noujaim’s website.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.