Joseph Mayton

New, Independent Media Empowering Women

New, Independent Media Empowering Women

JOSEPH MAYTON: Our main supporters are women… The women who want to write – and read -about “real” news stories…

 Ahmed-Al-Omran

The Wait is Over: New Saudi Online Law Unveiled

The Wait is Over: New Saudi Online Law Unveiled

AHMED AL OMRAN: The wording may be clunky but the intent is clear. The Ministry of Culture and Information is looking to extend its control.

 Mohamed Marwen Meddah

The Writing’s on the Wall: The Arabic Content Crisis

The Writing’s on the Wall: The Arabic Content Crisis

MOHAMED MARWEN MEDDAH: Only one pct of content online is Arabic. Shocking yes, but the problem is much much bigger…

 M.-Lynx-Qualey

Al Ahram’s New English Portal ‘gets bookish’

Al Ahram’s New English Portal ‘gets bookish’

M. LYNX-QUALEY: The Arab world’s highest circulating daily newspaper goes live with a beta version of its new English portal. There’s a strong focus on ‘the intellectual arena’.

 James Mullan

Give the social media toddler a chance, Mr Gladwell!

Give the social media toddler a chance, Mr Gladwell!

The social media community has reacted emotionally to Malcolm Gladwell’s calculated attack, but has he got a point? “Social media is like a toddler, but nobody yet knows what promise that toddler holds…”

 Tony Saghbini

Lebanese bloggers: pioneers in the Arab world

Lebanese bloggers: pioneers in the Arab world

A recent survey of readers of the more than 400 blogs in Lebanon shows that their numbers are close to the online readership of Lebanese newspapers, but do their readership rates mean that blogs can be a tool for change?

 Sultan Al Qassemi

Holidays abroad shouldn’t mean breaking the law

Holidays abroad shouldn’t mean breaking the law

Since we expect tourists to be on their best behaviour when they visit the UAE, it’s only fair that we feel equally outraged when our own misbehave elsewhere.