Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mouin Rabbani


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Dori ☾Talk ☯ Contribs☽ 02:00, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Mouin Rabbani

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Per WP:BASIC, a person is only notable "if he or she has been the subject of multiple published secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject." This has not been demonstrated, nor the fact that he is "regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors" per WP:AUTHOR. 7 of the refs are simply articles that this journalist has written and have nothing to do with the subject themselves. The trivial coverage in the author bios of the Nation and Al Shabaka is not secondary and does not sufficiently establish notability. ' Ankh '. Morpork  20:26, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Keep - Totally ridiculous discussion. Sample of 10 Authors citing Mouin Rabbani out of over 1,000 hits for "Mouin Rabbani" in google books search



Sample of 10 internationally recognized news media quoting Mouin Rabbani or citing his analysis:-


 * 1) The Guardian
 * 2) The New York Times
 * 3) The American Prospect
 * 4) Al Jazeera
 * 5) Los Angeles Times
 * 6) The Boston Globe
 * 7) Reuters ,
 * 8) Fox News
 * 9) ''The Scotsman
 * 10) Newsweek

Sample of 10 publications in which Rabbani's writing has appeared


 * 1) Third World Quarterly
 * 2) Journal of Palestine Studies
 * 3) The Nation
 * 4) Foreign Policy,
 * 5) London Review of Books
 * 6) The Hill.
 * 7) ''The Daily Star (Lebanon)
 * 8) Counterpunch
 * 9) Middle East Report Articles written by Mouin Rabbani (as contributing editor)
 * 10) Jadaliyya Articles written by Mouin Rabbani (as co-editor)

Google scholar returns 403 hits for "Mouin Rabbani" which from a brief look appear to be a mixture of Rabbani's own scholarly research and academics citing Rabbani's work.

Some examples of News Media that have interviewed or conducted a debate involving Mouin Rabbani:-
 * 1) Democracy Now
 * 2) Al Jazeera ,
 * 3) RT  Dlv999 (talk) 23:04, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Seeing as his specialism is the the Arab-Israeli conflict I had a quick look at Israeli RS. He has been cited by the mainstream English language Israeli papers:
 * 1) Haaretz
 * 2) The Jerusalem Post ,
 * 3) The Times of Israel
 * 4) Ynet
 * 5) And even partisan, fringe Israeli sources like Arutz Sheva  Dlv999 (talk) 23:52, 10 October 2012 (UTC)