Added on 30/01/2012
Alexander McNabb
Journalism , Journalist , News journalist , Twitter
ALEXANDER MCNABB: Journalists are taking to Twitter to stand up stories on selected, partial tweets. Balanced? Fair? Honest? Since when has that sold a story?
Added on 26/01/2012
Common Ground News Service
AIDS , Amr Salama , Civil society , Egypt , HIV , Journalist , Middle East , Rasha Dewedar , surgery , Women , Women's issues
RASHA DEWEDAR, CGNEWS: Asmaa, a newly released movie, portrays the life of a an Egyptian woman suffering from AIDS and deals sympathetically with her plight.
Added on 12/01/2012
Syria News Wire
AFP , Arab League , Asma al-Assad , Assad , Damascus , Foreign Policy , France , Homs , international official , Journalist , London , Middle East , Nicolas Sarkozy , President , Syria , Syrian government , United Kingdom , William Hague
SYRIA NEWS WIRE: The Arab League mission is close to collapse;physically attacked on the streets, verbally attacked by Assad. And the killing continues.
Added on 07/01/2012
Richard Silverstein
Ameer Makhoul , Haaretz , IDF , Israel , Israeli police , Journalist , Kalashnikov
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: There’s a new environment in Israel 2.0, which many of us have come to detest. It’s characterized by fear, intimidation, hatred…
Added on 05/01/2012
Syria News Wire
America , Ammar Abdulhamid , Amnesty , Bush , Christopher Hitchens , Iraq , Journalism , Journalist , London , Nick Cohen , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Syria , Syrian National Council , United Kingdom , United States , Washington
NEWS FROM SYRIA: Christopher Hitchens famously did it with Iraq and now his friend Nick Cohen is doing the same on Syria – advocating for war.
Added on 22/12/2011
Syria News Wire
Army , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Democracy , Egypt , Electronic Frontier Foundation , European Union , Facebook , Internet cafés , Internet users , Jillian York , Journalist , Mainstream media , Mobile Phones , President , satellite dishes , Singer , Skype , Social Media , Spy , Syria , Syrian Computer Society , Syrian government , Twitter , United States , Yahoo! , YouTube
NEWS FROM SYRIA: At first the authorities in Syria were caught unawares at how ‘new technology’ was used against them. But they caught on quickly.
Added on 07/12/2011
Common Ground News Service
Al Ahram Weekly , Army , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Food and Drink , Journalist , Manufacturing , Mohamed el Sayed , Mubarak , Salafist Al Nour party , Tahrir Square , the Al Ahram Weekly
MOHAMED EL SAYED, CGNEWS: The huge turnout showed that Egyptians are hungry for democracy. Whoever comes to power, though, has three ‘top priority’ issues to address.
Added on 01/12/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah Al-Fayez , Abdullah Alami , Baraim Al-Watan Girls’ School , Education , Electricity , Emir , guard , Jeddah , Journalist , Ministry of Education , Nora bint Abdullah Al-Fayez , SAR , Saudi Arabia , Umm Al-Qura University , Women's issues
ROB L. WAGNER: A teacher, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said there are significant differences in safety features between boys and girls schools.
Added on 29/11/2011
Juan Cole
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Arab League , Arab Spring , Bashar al-Assad , Democracy , Egypt , Gulf Cooperation Council , Interior Ministry , International Criminal Court , Iran , Iraq , Journalist , Kuwait , Lebanon , Middle East , Morocco , Prime Minister , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tawakkul Karman , Tunisia , Turkey , United Nations , United States , Yemen
JUAN COLE: Events are moving quickly in the region, and here are some notable developments with implications for democracy in the Middle East.
Added on 29/11/2011
The View From Fez
Actress , Athens , Journalist , Morocco , Romania , The Maghreb , Women , Women's issues
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: A recently released movie portrays the lives of rural Moroccan women in a humane, entertaining and funny way. See it…
Added on 26/11/2011
Rania Al Malky
Cairo , Egypt , France , Hosni Mubarak , Journalist , Kamal El-Ganzoury , Mona Eltahawy , President , Prime Minister , Reuters , Rubber bullets , SCAF , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , YouTube
RANIA AL MALKY: No apology will suffice to reverse the insult that such a blatantly false claim has dealt to the memory of the victims…
Added on 09/11/2011
Steve Royston
consumer products , Erdogan government , European Union , God , Istanbul , Jesus Christ , Journalist , Middle East , National Day , Orhan Pamuk , Ottoman Court , Pakistan , President , Prime Minister , Sofia , Turkey
STEVE ROYSTON: Spiritually, today’s Istanbulus are not so different from their Byzantine predecessors – they still delight in debate and intrigue.
Added on 25/10/2011
Rania Al Malky
Al Adha , Al Rai , Al-Wafd party , Arabian Peninsula , Army , Bashar al-Assad , BBC , CNN , Damascus , Egypt , Eid Al-Adha , Iraq , Journalist , Libya , Media freedom , Mubarak , National Transitional Council , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , political exclusion law , Saddam Hussein , Syria , Tunisia , United States , Yemen
RANIA AL MALKY: Is it logical that the ousted Mubarak, responsible for the disintegration of Egypt’s institutions is now living in a five-star hospital suite…
Added on 16/10/2011
The Moor Next Door
Afghanistan , Ben Ali , Democracy , Eileen Byrne , Iran , Islamist party , Journalist , Progress Party , The Financial Times , The Washington Post , Tunis , Tunisia , Turkey
THE MOOR NEXT DOOR: With a week to go before Tunisia’s national election anticipation is mounting. With more than 100 parties contesting which of them is set to emerge victorious?
Added on 12/10/2011
Common Ground News Service
Egypt , Journalist , Khaled Youssef , Mainstream media , Middle East , Online media , Rasha Dewedar , Women , Women's issues
RASHA DEWEDAR, CGNEWS: Marginalised and often rejected by their communities divorced women have waited a long time to see the issues they face portrayed fairly in the media.
Added on 09/10/2011
David Roberts
Ali Khamenei , America , Bahrain , Food and Drink , Gulf Cooperation Council , Hizballah , Iran , Iraq , Journalism , Journalist , Kuwait , Manama , Manama’s Pearl Square , Martial law , Middle East , Oman , Persian Gulf , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Shura Council , Tehran , The Wall Street Journal , United Arab Emirates , United States
DAVID ROBERTS: The Wall Street Journal has published a very curious piece indeed on the relationship between Iran and Bahrain. It’s long on allegation but very short on proof.
Added on 06/10/2011
Common Ground News Service
Ben Ali , Bulgaria , China , Civil society , Democracy , Free media , Georgia , Journalism , Journalist , Media freedom , President , Responsible media , South Africa , Tunisia , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
MOURAD TEYEB, CGNEWS: ‘With freedom comes responsibility’ goes the saying. The Tunisian media need to start taking their’s seriously.
Added on 05/10/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , Al Watan , Australia , Canada , Conservatives , DC , Egypt , Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood , Ehsan Ahrari , Finance , Jeddah , Journalist , Middle East , Middle East Analyst , Ministry of Education , Ministry of Higher Education , Newcastle , Prophet Muhammad , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Security Council , Social Media , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , Washington , Washington DC
ROB L. WAGNER: A new secondary school textbook highlights the struggle between liberals and conservatives within the Saudi Ministry for Education.
Added on 02/10/2011
The View From Fez
counsel , Education , France , High Atlas Mountains , Journalist , Mecca , Morocco , Spain , Valencia City , Women's issues
DEREK WORKMAN, VIEW FROM FEZ: An initiative to provide for the education of a group of young girls in the High Atlas has had an unexpected impact.
Added on 12/09/2011
The Moor Next Door
Benghazi , Burkina Faso , Burundi , Chicago , Civil society , Eileen Byrne , Italy , Journalist , Liberia , Libya , News media , Nicaragua , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , President , Ramadan , Rwanda , Transitional National Council , Tripoli , Tunis , Tunisia , Uganda , United States , Western Libya , Yemen
EILEEN BYRNE, TMND: Now that Qaddafi’s regime has been unseated thoughts of the men who did the fighting are turning to the nation’s immediate priorities.
