Mona is a Muslim reporter that is popular with the ‘intelligent’ media in Denmark such as Deadline.
She is interesting as a progressive secular Muslim, and her views represents a rare blend of opinions, in my view, which is why I give her a place here.
If you look at the list of mainstream TV networks she’s flaunting, particularly FOX, you’ve got to be suspicious if she’s actually really capable of escaping US mainstream filtering, or if she’s just packaging the distorted US-world-view, in an intellectually appealing wrapping.
Mona Eltahawy

Mona is an award-winning New York-based journalist and commentator. Her essays, which focus on Arab and Muslim issues, make her one of only a few writers whose work appears regularly in both the Arab and U.S. media.She has published Op-Eds in the pan-Arab Asharq al-Awsat, Egypt ’s al-Dostour and Lebanon ’s The Daily Star. Her Op-Eds have also appeared in The Washington Post, the International Herald Tribune, The New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor.
Mona’s writing often tackles the most controversial topics of the day. During the Danish cartoon controversy she wrote Op-Eds for the International Herald Tribune, Lebanon’s The Daily Star, Egypt’s al-Dostour and Asharq al-Awsat. She was interviewed by Danish TV news shows, BBC World Service Radio, NPR’s Talk of the Nation and Voice of America. She was also a panelist on the popular The Doha Debates, which are broadcast on BBC World to a potential audience of 270 million viewers.
Since she moved to the U.S. in 2000, her views on Arab and Muslim issues have become sought after by producers and college campuses alike. She has been a guest analyst on ABC Nightline, PBS Frontline, BBC TV and Radio, CNN, Al-Arabiya, Al-Hurra, MSNBC, VOA, Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor and various NPR shows.
Over the past year, she has spoken at conferences nationally in New York, Virginia, Texas and Washington DC and has been keynote speaker at UCLA’s Hammer Museum as well as at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She visits the Middle East frequently where she has spoken at conferences in Dubai and Morocco.
Later this year, her speaking engagements will take her to Ireland and Denmark. In the fall, she will be a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the American University in Cairo, her alma mater.
In March, the Next Century Foundation awarded her its Cutting Edge Prize for distinguished contribution to the coverage of the Middle East and in recognition of her “continuing efforts to sustain standards of journalism that would help reduce levels of misunderstanding”.
She is available to speak on a variety of issues. For more biographical information, see her page on the Harry Walker website