Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Wild Horses Couldn't Drag Al-Hurra Away

THE U.S.-FUNDED NEWS OPERATION HAS A CURIOUS MOTIF FOR ITS WEB SITE.


Al-Hurra has redesigned its Arabic-language Web site and as Abu Aardvark notes, the choice of stories is what you might expect from Washington-based staffers, rather than what an Arab might want to read. (Secretary Rumsfeld's tour of North Africa would otherwise be unlikely to make the list.)

But I'm more interested in the visuals: Why did the powers that be at Al-Hurra choose a thundering herd of wild horses as the marquee image for the home page?

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