One aspect of the recent WikiLeaks documents regarding Saudi Arabia that will deserve closer attention in time is what they reveal about Western media’s approach to news and governments in the Middle East, specifically the Gulf and Saudi Arabia. It has become […]
Here’s a link to my new book, Pop Culture in North Africa and the Middle East, with a detailed content list and limited access to many pages. The first iteration of this book in 2005 allowed the phrase ‘Arab world’ in the […]
(First published by Italian think tank IPSI) Arab media has been a powerful tool in the hands of Arab states since the decolonisation period. The Nasser regime used radio, television and print media to mobilise support for Egypt’s Non-Aligned and Pan-Arab foreign […]
تشرفت بفرصة نشر القال التالي في صحيفة الاخبار اللبنانية – عن موضوع الاستقلالية المزعومة في طريقة تغطيتها لأحداث الشرق الأوسط. al-akhbar.com/node/238223 إني أشهد… لماذا نحر الإعلام الغربي ضميره على مذبح آل سعود؟ Tweet
Media freedom has been one of the prime victims of the conflict in Bahrain since 2011. Both sides in the conflict saw media as a key arena for propagating their message and winning support. The protesters turned to outlets that would listen […]
Qatar’s Emir Tamim doesn’t have so much a Brotherhood problem as father issues. That’s the more likely explanation of a new television project that Qatar is involved in, people familiar with the project say. Tamim has set in motion a project to set […]
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s recent intervention in American politics with an article placed in The New York Times was possibly the most spectacular turn in an immense battle raging in parallel to the Syrian civil war over the past two years – a battle for control of […]
Wed May 2, 2012 3:33pm EDT * King Hamad: ‘Wilful foreign media campaign to distort facts’ * Solve any such problem by letting in foreign media -watchdog * Bahraini monarch expresses commitment to media freedom By Andrew Hammond DUBAI, May 2 (Reuters) […]
From 27 January, discussion on events in Syria, Libya, Egypt, etc. Tweet