James M. Dorsey

The Booming Voice of Pent-Up Middle East Anger

The Booming Voice of Pent-Up Middle East Anger

JAMES M. DORSEY: As dark as that moment was for Casablancan rockers, the trial was a turning point setting Morocco on a path to becoming one of the Arab world’s more liberal societies when it comes to alternative lifestyles.

 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?