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He was founding dean of The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University, served as dean of the Graduate School of Media and Communications at The Aga Khan University in East Africa, helped found Pakistanâs Centre for Excellence in Journalism, and directed the Arab worldâs leading media training center in the years leading up to the Arab Spring. A former CBS News Middle East correspondent, Pintak is the author of seven books at the intersection of Islam, media, and U.S. policy, and was named a Fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists in 2017 for âextraordinary service to the profession of journalismâ around the world. He holds a PhD in Islamic Studies and coordinates international projects for Murrow College from a European base. His most recent book, <em>Lessons from the Mountaintop: Ten Modern Mystics and Their Extraordinary Lives</em>, was published in August 2025.</p> 755</div> 756 757 758<a class="button" href="https://pintak.com/biography">Read More</a> 759 760</div> 761 762 763</div> 764<!-- // --> 765 766 767 768 769<!-- Author Photo --> 770<div class="small-12 medium-4 columns"> 771<div class="author-photox"> 772<img data-interchange=" 773[https://images.weserv.nl/?url=https://pintak.com/images/uploads/library/_constrain-480w/Pintak_Spain_MS_Headshot.jpeg&w=480&h=480&fit=cover&a=attention&output=jpg, small], 774[https://images.weserv.nl/?url=https://pintak.com/images/uploads/library/_constrain-480w/Pintak_Spain_MS_Headshot.jpeg&w=480&h=480&fit=cover&a=attention&output=jpg, medium], 775[https://images.weserv.nl/?url=https://pintak.com/images/uploads/library/_constrain-480w/Pintak_Spain_MS_Headshot.jpeg&w=480&h=480&fit=cover&a=attention&output=jpg, large]" 776class="author-image" 777alt="Lawrence Pintak, PhD" 778name="Lawrence Pintak, PhD"> 779</div> 780 781<div class="photo-credit text-center"> 782 783</div> 784 785</div> 786<!-- // --> 787 788 789 790 791 792 793</div> 794</div> 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804<!-- Articles x 3 Stories --> 805<div class="articles-home-container"> 806 807<div class="row content-listing-home" data-equalizer-xxx data-equalize-on="medium" id="articles-eqx3-home"> 808 809 810<div class="small-12 columns"> 811<div class="text-center"> 812<h2>Articles</h2> 813</div> 814</div> 815 816 817 818 819 820 821 822<!-- article story --> 823<div class="small-12 large-4 columns"> 824<div class="article-home-story col-01" data-equalizer-watch="articles-eqx3"> 825 826 827<div class="article-home-image hoverfade"> 828<a href="https://pintak.com/articles/covering-the-palestinianisraeli-conflict-between-exasperation-and-empathy"> 829 830 831<img data-interchange=" 832[https://images.weserv.nl/?url=https://pintak.com/images/uploads/library/_crop-720w480h/cr-49-cover-final-01.webp&w=720&h=480&fit=cover&a=entropy, small], 833[https://images.weserv.nl/?url=https://pintak.com/images/uploads/library/_crop-720w480h/cr-49-cover-final-01.webp&w=720&h=480&fit=cover&a=entropy, medium], 834[https://images.weserv.nl/?url=https://pintak.com/images/uploads/library/_crop-720w480h/cr-49-cover-final-01.webp&w=720&h=480&fit=cover&a=entropy, large]" 835class="extras-image" 836alt="Covering the PalestinianâIsraeli Conflict: Between Exasperation and Empathy" 837name="Covering the PalestinianâIsraeli Conflict: Between Exasperation and Empathy"> 838 839 840 841 842 843 844</a> 845</div> 846 847 848 849<div class="article-home-text"> 850 851 852 853<h4> 854<a href="https://pintak.com/articles/covering-the-palestinianisraeli-conflict-between-exasperation-and-empathy">Covering the PalestinianâIsraeli Conflict: Between Exasperation and Empathy</a> 855</h4> 856 857 858<!-- Entry Date --> 859<div class="entry-date">08 February 2024</div> 860<!-- // --> 861 862 863 864 865<p> 866 867CNNâs Ben Wedeman looked exhausted as he fielded questions from an anchor in the United States in late November 2023. He had just reported on the deaths of two Palestinian boys in the West Bank,⦠868 869</p> 870 871 872 873 874<div class="readmore"> 875<a href="https://pintak.com/articles/covering-the-palestinianisraeli-conflict-between-exasperation-and-empathy">Read more</a> 876</div> 877 878 879 880 881</div> 882 883 884</div> 885</div> 886<!-- // --> 887 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895<!-- article story --> 896<div class="small-12 large-4 columns"> 897<div class="article-home-story col-02" data-equalizer-watch="articles-eqx3"> 898 899 900<div class="article-home-image hoverfade"> 901<a href="https://pintak.com/articles/ringside-seat-to-radicalization"> 902 903 904<img data-interchange=" 905[https://images.weserv.nl/?url=https://pintak.com/images/uploads/library/_crop-720w480h/Cairo_Review_web.jpeg&w=720&h=480&fit=cover&a=entropy, small], 906[https://images.weserv.nl/?url=https://pintak.com/images/uploads/library/_crop-720w480h/Cairo_Review_web.jpeg&w=720&h=480&fit=cover&a=entropy, medium], 907[https://images.weserv.nl/?url=https://pintak.com/images/uploads/library/_crop-720w480h/Cairo_Review_web.jpeg&w=720&h=480&fit=cover&a=entropy, large]" 908class="extras-image" 909alt="Ringside Seat to Radicalization" 910name="Ringside Seat to Radicalization"> 911 912 913 914 915 916 917</a> 918</div> 919 920 921 922<div class="article-home-text"> 923 924 925 926<h4> 927<a href="https://pintak.com/articles/ringside-seat-to-radicalization">Ringside Seat to Radicalization</a> 928</h4> 929 930 931<!-- Entry Date --> 932<div class="entry-date">08 November 2023</div> 933<!-- // --> 934 935 936 937 938<p> 939 940Imagine you are a 12-year-old Palestinian boy in Gaza. 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