Ahmed-Al-Omran

Squeezed: Saudi Journalists Coming Under Pressure

Squeezed: Saudi Journalists Coming Under Pressure

AHMED AL OMRAN: New regulations that are coming into force in Saudi Arabia mean increased oversight of their work

 Tabsir

Sinan Antoon: ‘The Barbarian Who’s Keeping It Real’

Sinan Antoon: ‘The Barbarian Who’s Keeping It Real’

TABSIR: A celebrated novelist, poet and filmmaker Sinan Antoon reflects on life in Iraq before and after the fall of Saddam Hussein

 Syria News Wire

The ‘Essential Collection’ on Syria’s Blighted Year

The ‘Essential Collection’ on Syria’s Blighted Year

NEWS FROM SYRIA: It begins with the infamous Bashar interview and continues grimly as death and mayhem envelop the country

 Francis Matthew

Media Still Searching For its Role Post Arab Spring

Media Still Searching For its Role Post Arab Spring

FRANCIS MATTHEW: Government has a huge influence on what is reported, even if in theory the relationship is supposed to be at a distance.

 Christina Hebert

GCC Media and the Language of Racism

GCC Media and the Language of Racism

CHRISTINA HEBERT: “Aren’t they people too?” He was a man. She was a woman. Their lives mattered. Let’s show that they did.

 Common Ground News Service

Prizes: Nobel Gets Muslim World Right, Pulitzer Doesn’t

Prizes: Nobel Gets Muslim World Right, Pulitzer Doesn’t

DR MUQTEDAR KHAN, CGNEWS: Whatever you think about prizes they help to define an era. Pulitzer judged wrong this year.

 Juan Cole

Censorship Undone: CBS Stands Up to Israeli Pressure

Censorship Undone: CBS Stands Up to Israeli Pressure

JUAN COLE: A report on the plight of Palestinian Christians proved to be too much for the Israeli authorities.

 Common Ground News Service

Journalism and Religion: Breaking the Taboo

Journalism and Religion: Breaking the Taboo

CG NEWS: The Arab Spring succeeded in breaking many of what used to be sensitive issues, but religion remains yet to be tackled and reported…

 Common Ground News Service

“Picture an Arab Man”: See What Google Says

“Picture an Arab Man”: See What Google Says

NADA AKL, CGNEWS: A project by an Iraqi Canadian photojournalist confronts cliche and stereotype

 Tabsir

The Myth That is Values-Based Analysis

The Myth That is Values-Based Analysis

DANIEL M. VARISCO: The U.S should only support regimes that believe in ‘our values’, says Tom Friedman. Really?

 Common Ground News Service

Free Speech: All You Need is Mic & Laptop

Free Speech: All You Need is Mic & Laptop

CGNEWS: Three young Libyans have used their new found freedom to set up a radio station to discuss issues formerly off-limits.

 M.-Lynx-Qualey

Pure Theatre: The Drama Of The Press Conference

Pure Theatre: The Drama Of The Press Conference

MAURICE CHAMMAH, ARABLIT: It’s a performance which has protagonists and an audience. Too often though the drama is not reflected in the finished article

 Richard Silverstein

Israel: A Nation with War in its DNA?

Israel: A Nation with War in its DNA?

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Do Israelis wish their children and their enemies’ children to be cannon fodder for this permanent war machine?

 Tabsir

The Shadid Legacies: Linked by a Common Humanity

The Shadid Legacies: Linked by a Common Humanity

ANOUAR MAJID, TABSIR: The sudden demise of Anthony Shadid calls to mind the work of one of his relations.

 Alexander McNabb

A Worrying Journalistic Twend: Twitter Tales

A Worrying Journalistic Twend: Twitter Tales

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?

 Syria News Wire

What Happens When Journalists Want War

What Happens When Journalists Want War

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.

 Matt J. Duffy

Collective Silence Greets Activist Trial Statement

Collective Silence Greets Activist Trial Statement

MATT J. DUFFY: The people of the UAE deserve to know the context surrounding this trial. The press does them a disservice by ignoring crucial elements of the story.

 James Mullan

News Analysis: Yosri Fouda’s “Free Speech” Protest

News Analysis: Yosri Fouda’s “Free Speech” Protest

NEWS ANALYSIS: The story behind prominent Egyptian political talk show host Yosri Fouda’s suspension of his programme indefinitely on Friday.

 David Roberts

Big Claims By ‘WSJ’ on Iran & Bahrain. But Proof?

Big Claims By ‘WSJ’ on Iran & Bahrain. But Proof?

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.

 Common Ground News Service

Tunisian Media – It’s ‘Not Up to the Mark’

Tunisian Media – It’s ‘Not Up to the Mark’

MOURAD TEYEB, CGNEWS: ‘With freedom comes responsibility’ goes the saying. The Tunisian media need to start taking their’s seriously.