ALSO AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbaIUxpR9Yg Research shows that 9 in 10 of all news reports about Muslims, Islam and organizations are related to violence – war or terrorism. In fact, most Muslim newsmakers are warlords or terrorists. Alarmingly, media representations of Islam were worse in 2015 than any other time since 9/11. Are such portrayals representative of today’s global realities? Are Muslims simply over-sensitive? Are concerns with media depictions of Muslims and Islam in the West reflective of a liberal culture obsessed with political correctness? If not, are there opportunities for change? Moderator: Engy Abdelkader, Faculty, Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Speakers: John Esposito, Founding Director, Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University; Arsalan Iftikhar, The Muslim Guy; Dalia Mogahed, Director of Research, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. Special thanks to the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute for making this session possible. Read more on this panel at http://www.newseum.org/event/islamophobia-in-focus-muslims-and-the-media/