Steven StalinskySTEVEN STALINSKY is the executive director of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), founded in February 1998 to inform the debate over U.S. policy in the Middle East. MEMRI is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization tht explores the Middle East and South Asia through their media, bridging the language gap between the West and the Middle East and South Asia. MEMRI provides original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends as well as timely translations of Arabic, Farsi, Urdu-Pashtu, Dari, and Turkish media into English, French, Polish, Japanese, Spanish and Hebrew. MEMRI's main office is located in Washington, DC, with branch offices in various world capitals. Read More Read Less