Added on 04/06/2011
Steve Royston
Argentina , Bahrain , Blogging , CEO , Conventional media , Dubai , Facebook , Food and Drink , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Middle East , Osama , Print media , Rwanda , Social Media , Social networking , South Africa , The Huffington Post , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: “If you manage to persuade your CEO to write a blog, you’d better make sure he or she writes lively content. Otherwise their blog will have the opposite effect…”
Added on 04/06/2011
Alexander McNabb
Broadband , Social Media , Telecommunications Regulatory Authority , UAE , United Arab Emirates
ALEXANDER MCNABB: Elephants may still not be flying, but the TRA can actually be responsive. No, don’t laugh – it’s true… and here’s proof.
Added on 02/06/2011
Common Ground News Service
Al Qaeda , Cell phones , Censorship , Health insurance , Iraq , Media , Media outlets , Saddam Hussein , Satellite channels , Social Media
AHMED FAHAD, CGNEWS: While most focus with Iraq has been on the political upheaval, a law protecting the media represents a major step forward.
Added on 24/05/2011
Sultan Al Qassemi
AED , Afghanistan , Barack Obama , Broadband , George Washington , Gulf News , Libya , Philippines , President , Prime Minister , Russia , Social Media , South Africa , UAE , UAE's National Day , United Arab Emirates , United States , Woodrow Wilson
SULTAN AL QASSEMI: This year is an ideal time for the UAE, the only successful union in the Arab world, to institutionalise a State of the Federation address.
Added on 16/05/2011
Alexander McNabb
Beirut , Facebook , Google+ , Gulf News , Online media , Privacy , Social Media , Twitter
ALEXANDER MCNABB: It would do as well to be aware that you’re now essentially a public figure. And you’re leaving footprints behind all the time…
Added on 15/05/2011
Crossroads Arabia
airline , Al Qaeda , Damascus , Egypt , Facebook , Georgetown , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Arabian Airlines , Saudi Gazette , Social Media , Social networking , Tunisia
CROSSROADS ARABIA: It’s fingers on the keyboard rather than ‘feet on the street’ that are exercised by Saudis fed up with their lot.
Added on 12/05/2011
Alexander McNabb
Android , Egypt , Facebook , Google+ , Gulf News , Hillary Clinton , Jordan , Morocco , Saudi Arabia , Sky News , Social Media , Twitter , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , White House
ALEXANDER MCNABB: Presumably GN felt it couldn’t use the word ‘Jewish’, but I do feel misled… Context and analysis? I’d rather trust Twitter…
Added on 10/05/2011
Sultan Al Qassemi
AED , Arab Gulf , Arabian Peninsula , Asharq Al-Awsat , Civil society , Dubai , Dubai School , Egypt , Facebook , Finance , Freedom and Justice Party , Gaza Strip , GCC , Gulf News , Hosni Mubarak , Human Rights Watch , Iran , Jordan , Kuwait , London , Media law , Middle East , Mohamed elBaradei , Muslim Brotherhood , Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt , President , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Syria , Tahrir Square , Turkey , UAE , UAE government , United Arab Emirates , Yemen
SULTAN AL QASSEMI: UAE national observers commented in private that many names on the UAE petition calling for an elected parliament were UAE members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Added on 07/05/2011
Jonathan Cook
Bar Ilan University , Ben Gurion University , Benjamin Netanyahu , Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian government , Facebook , Fatah , foreign ministry official , Gaza , Hamas , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Israel , Israel Radio , Israeli embassy , Jerusalem , Mahmoud Abbas , Menachem Klein , Middle East , Natural gas , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Pew Research Centre , politics professor , President , Prime Minister , Reuters , Social Media , special adviser , Syria , Tehran , The Jerusalem Post , The National , The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , United Arab Emirates , United Nations , United States , unnamed official , Washington , West Bank
JONATHAN COOK: The political sands are shifting a little too quickly in the Middle East for Israel and the United States. Will they be able to keep up?
Added on 07/05/2011
Steve Royston
Ahmed Al-Omran , Ali Shah , BBC , Blogging , blogs , Cairo , Casablanca , CNN , Dubai , East Africa , Jeddah , John Burgess , Journalist , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , North Africa , Omar al-Issawi , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , prolific author , Riyadh , Saad Al Dosari , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Syria , Tahir Shah , The National , The Times , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: My only quibble about CNN’s list is that it picks up exclusively on Arab writers and – with the honourable exception of Mahmood the Bahraini Blogfather – most of the writers seem relatively young.
Added on 25/04/2011
Sultan Al Qassemi
Social Media
SULTAN AL QASSEMI: On Twitter, a common response I receive for people losing their jobs because of ‘political activity’ is the phrase ‘the traitors deserve it.’
Added on 19/04/2011
Steve Royston
Australia , Bahrain , Cairo , Canada , China , Cyprus , Delhi , Dubai , Egypt , Employment , Europe , European Union , Expatriates , Far East , Germany , India , Indonesia , Ireland , Japan , Jeddah , Jordan , Lebanon , London , Los Angeles , Malaysia , Manama , Middle East , Moscow , Naples , Oil and gas , Oman , Red Sea , Rio , Riyadh , Russia , Rwanda , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , South Korea , Syria , Thailand , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Yugoslavia
STEVE ROYSTON: One year ago I wrote the 10 good reasons to work in the Middle East. I would not change one of them. I have, however, added 10 reasons you may not want to.
Added on 17/04/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
Censorship , Dubai , Foreign media , Gulf News , Kuwait , Local media , Mishaal Al Gergawi , MSNBC , Official spokesperson , Omani government , PR , Public Relations , Social Media , Spy , United Arab Emirates
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: Most government media arms have dug their boots in. That their positions may be correct is irrelevant. After all, how strong is a position that isn’t communicated?
Added on 12/04/2011
Matt J. Duffy
Abu Dhabi , Al Ittihad , Arabic media , Bahrain , Censorship , CNN , Dubai , Dubai Crime , Dubai Laws , Dubai police , Egypt , Facebook , Gulf News , Local media , Media outlets , News media , Nichola Jones , Qatar , Qatar Peninsula , Reuters , Saudi , Social Media , The National , Twitter , UAE , United Arab Emirates , Yahoo!
MATT J. DUFFY: The question all UAE, and indeed regional, newsrooms ask is what is the responsible approach. A responsibility to reporting the facts, or to safeguard their future.
Added on 05/04/2011
Allan Biggar
Bahrain , East Africa , Facebook , Middle East , North Africa , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Tiananmen Square , Twitter , United Arab Emirates , Yemen
ALLAN BIGGAR: The path is now open for a consumer revolution where a new generation will be more influenced by their social-network contacts than by traditional marketing messages.
Added on 03/04/2011
Steve Royston
Amazon.com , Bahrain , blog site , Blogging , Egypt , Facebook , Fidel Castro , Google+ , Hosni Mubarak , Middle East , Search Engine , search engines , search results , Social Media , Tahrir Square , The Huffington Post , Twitter
STEVE ROYSTON: You could say that I’ve now entered my next career. Not a hobby – because I do earn money – but an activity entirely under my control, and in which money is not the prime motivation.
Added on 02/04/2011
Steve Royston
Baghdad , Bahrain , BBC , Beirut , Facebook , Hizballah , Iran , Kuala Lumpur , Local media , Malaysia , Manama , Pearl Roundabout , policeman , Salmaniya Hospital , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , South Asia , Thailand , The New York Times
STEVE ROYSTON: The past two weeks have witnessed enormous upheaval in the tiny island of Bahrain. On my return from holiday the changes are immediately evident.
Added on 24/03/2011
James Mullan
Algeria , Algiers , Civil society , Egypt , Facebook , Islamic Salvation Front , Social Media , Twitter
N. HAFID, CGNEWS: The Algerian revolution appeared to be stopped in its tracks but forces for change have been released and are making an impact on Algerian society.
Added on 21/03/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Alwaleed bin Talal , Bahrain , Islam , Islamic feminism , Isobel Coleman , King Abdullah , Kuwait , Middle East , princess , Prophet Muhammad , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Sharia , Social Media , United Arab Emirates , Yemen
ROB L. WAGNER: Some prominent Saudi women frequently address Saudi women’s rights on Western news shows. Yet they have little traction in Saudi Arabia.
Added on 17/03/2011
American Bedu
Al Qaeda , Arabic , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Women
AMERICAN BEDU: Al-Shamikha, meaning ‘Majestic Woman’ in Arabic is a women’s magazine which Al-Qaida has combined elements of Soldier of Fortune and “Cosmopolitan” magazine.
