America: A View from the Middle East Jamal Dajani Link TV Monday, January 26 Westin Oaks Hotel The Roof 21st Floor 5011 Westheimer

The US presidential elections attracted attention from around the world and especially from the Middle East. How was the process covered and what does the region now expect from the new administration? Career journalist Jamal Dajani gives an inside look into how the important relationship between the Middle East and America is discussed in the Arab media. Jamal Dajani is an award winning producer and Senior Director of Middle Eastern Programming at Link TV. Since 2001 he has produced more than 1,700 installments of Mosaic: World News from the Middle East, which won him the prestigious Peabody Award. Dajani has worked on several television productions, including Occupied Minds, a documentary shedding light on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and Who Speaks for Islam?, both of which aired on Link TV and PBS stations. Born and raised in Jerusalem, Dajani completed his early studies at Collège des Frères and attended Columbia University in New York City, where he received a B.A. degree in Political Science.