Added on 10/10/2012
Common Ground News Service
Cairo , Civil society , DC , East Africa , Egypt , Facebook , Hosni Mubarak , Islam , Media outlets , Middle East , North Africa , President , Salafis , Starbucks , The New York Times , Washington
NADA ZOHDY, CGNEWS: You’ll find them at Costa or Starbucks. They’re happy to discuss rather than denounce and they’re seeking ways to build Egypt’s civil society.
Added on 26/09/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Charlie Hebdo , East Asia , France , Innocence of Muslims , Islam , Media outlets , Middle East , President , Salman Rushdie , South Asia , The New York Times , UN Court , United States
ROB L. WAGNER: In France they have laws to deal with hate speech but they’re applied inconsistently. In many ways France is a good example to other countries
Added on 29/08/2012
Common Ground News Service
advertising budgets , Ahmed Harara , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egypt Today , Facebook , Journalism , Mainstream media , Media outlets , Online activism , Satellite channels , Social Media , Twitter , Wael Abbas
NADINE EL SAYED: The names of once marginalised voices have entered the mainstream in Egyptian political discourse. But do they have a long term future?
Added on 22/08/2012
Common Ground News Service
Daily Forward , Haaretz , Hamas , Holocaust , Israel , Mahmoud Abbas , Media coverage , Media outlets , Middle East , Natalia Simanovsky , North America , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian government , Palestinian Territories , President , research officer
NATALIA SIMANOVSKY: The visit by a Palestinian official was not deemed suitable to receive strong coverage only its condemnation by Hamas
Added on 28/06/2012
Ramzy Baroud
Al Qaeda , Arab League , Beirut , Fatah , Israel , Israeli army , Jordan , Lebanese army , Lebanese government , Lebanon , Media outlets , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Territories , Palestinians , Real Estate , Syria , The Daily Star , Tripoli , United Nations
RAMZY BAROUD: 450,000 UN-registered refugees live in Lebanon. They subsist in poverty, living in 12 concentration style camps, denied basic rights and lack nominal political horizons.
Added on 31/05/2012
The View From Fez
Abdelilah Benkirane , Editor-in-Chief , Facebook , Islamist government , Journalism , Justice and Development Party (PJD) , Media outlets , Mohammed VI , Moroccan government , Morocco , satellite dishes , Social networking , Supreme Court
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: An attempt by Islamists to mould the Moroccan media in its own image?
Added on 01/05/2012
Common Ground News Service
Civil society , Congress , Ennahda Party , Ettakatol Party , freelance journalist and editor , government spokesperson , Islam , Manouba University , Media outlets , Republic Party , Sharia , Tunis , Tunisia
SONIA BAHI, CGNEWS: It was a bold move which has divided opinion in the country. But has it set the example for other ‘Arab Spring’ countries?
Added on 04/04/2012
Naseem Tarawnah
Jordan , Media , Media outlets , Parliament , Senate
NASEEM TARAWNAH: When I saw the accusations I felt like my head was imploding.
Added on 21/03/2012
Common Ground News Service
Facebook , Journalism , Libya , Media outlets , Middle East , Online community , Tripoli , YouTube
CGNEWS: Three young Libyans have used their new found freedom to set up a radio station to discuss issues formerly off-limits.
Added on 17/03/2012
Tabsir
Advertising , Benedict , Christianity , Islam , Media outlets , messenger , South Africa , The Washington Post
DANIEL M. VARISCO: A recently published ad seems to have united both Muslims and Christians in condemnation.
Added on 16/03/2012
Rachel McArthur
Abu Dhabi , Artist , Bashar al-Assad , Beirut , Entertainment , Lebanon , Media outlets , President , Singer , Syria , Syrian army
RACHEL MC ARTHUR: He’s been getting a lot of attention but what’s really behind his criticism of Basher al Assad?
Added on 08/03/2012
Common Ground News Service
Democracy , Egypt , Egyptian army , Egyptian government , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Hosni Mubarak , Journalist , Media outlets , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Mustafa Abdelhalim , Pakistan , President , Supreme Council of Armed Forces , Turkey , United States
MUSTAFA ABDELHALIM, CGNEWS: It works in many European countries and in Turkey. Why not in Egypt?
Added on 17/11/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Al Qaeda , Aleppo , Arab League , Army , Bashar al-Assad , Ba’ath Party , China , Damascus , Egypt , Energy , Europe , Hama , Hilary Clinton , Homs , Idlib , Libya , Libyan army , Media outlets , New York Times , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , President , Russia , Secretary of State , Security Council , Sergei Lavrov , Syria , Syrian government , Syrian military , Syrian National Council , The Times , The Washington Post , Tunisia , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States
RAMZY BAROUD: The lines are thus drawn, between US-led Western camp and Russia and its own camp, which vehemently rejects a repeat of a Libyan scenario.
Added on 30/09/2011
Common Ground News Service
Abdullah , Activist , Civil society , Facebook , Google+ , journalist and writer , Maha Akeel , Manal Al Sharif , Media outlets , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Twitter , Yahoo! , YouTube
MAHA AKEEL, CGNEWS: It’s clearly enabled women in the Middle East in particular to express their views more vocally but there are limits to what social media can achieve in effecting real change.
Added on 28/09/2011
Common Ground News Service
Democracy , Libya , Media outlets , National Transitional Council , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Oil wealth , political commentator , UN Court , United Nations , World Council of Churches
DR GHASSAN MICHEL RUBEIZ: It’s understandable that there will be significant differences in how various parties see Libya’s future. There are, though, important areas where agreement is needed
Added on 24/07/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Africa , British government , Djibouti , East Africa , Ethiopia , Food and Drink , Italy , Kenya , Libya , Media outlets , Middle East , Organization of Islamic Cooperation , Oxfam , Somalia , Sudan , The Telegraph , United Kingdom , United Nations , United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund , United States , World Health Organization
RAMZY BAROUD: Maybe it’s time to save a few bombing runs on Libya and donate the proceeds to the humanitarian catastrophe that’s unfolding in the Horn of Africa?
Added on 23/06/2011
Matt J. Duffy
Abu Dhabi , Geneva , International Trade Union Confederation , Media outlets , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , The National , UAE , United Arab Emirates
MATT J. DUFFY: The mistreatment of domestic staff in the UAE has long been a major concern inside and outside the country. Thankfully the issue appears to be rising up the political agenda.
Added on 11/06/2011
Sarah Grebowski
Al-Ahram Center , American University , American University in Cairo , Center for Political and Strategic Studies , Democracy , Egypt , Facebook , Media outlets , Mohamed elBaradei , Mubarak , Sinai , Supreme Council of Armed Forces , Tahrir Square , Twitter , U.S. Institute of Peace
SARAH GREBOWSKI: A spontaneous, youth-led uprising that brought instant democracy via Facebook and Twitter? I’m afraid not.
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 18/05/2011
Saad Al Dosari
Governor , Jeddah , Khalid al-Faisal , Makkah , Media outlets , PR
SAAD AL DOSARI: The decision of asking her to be part of the inauguration is clever because it gives the project a human face. She is the voice of Jeddawies.
