Al Arabiya

Threatened Iraqi Journalists Seek State's Protection Despite Charges It Instigated Colleagues' Murders

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.30.2008 | Media

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Magda Abu-Fadil

Arab media say that after years of Saddam Hussein's ouster as Iraq's strongman, Iraqi media are torn between a modicum of freedom and total chaos.

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Al Qaeda: Youths of Heaven

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

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Jamal Dajani

In a reflection of the terror group's setbacks, al Qaeda has had little choice but to recruit these women and young children in Iraq through threats, coercion, monetary enticement and kidnapping.

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Lebanon's "Future" Media Unplugged by Hezbollah Backers

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.12.2008 | Media

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Magda Abu-Fadil

Lebanese journalists marched in solidarity with Future media whose news channel was unplugged, TV station archives burned and daily newspaper targeted by Hezbollah rockets.

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Is Coverage of Arabs, Islam Good? Western Media Under Scrutiny

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 04.26.2008 | Media

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Magda Abu-Fadil

While media in the Muslim and Arab worlds have opposed the war in Iraq and in other Muslim countries, their reports and editorial lines can hardly be viewed as monolithic.

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Arab Broadcast Charter: Setting the Record Straight

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 04.20.2008 | Media

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Magda Abu-Fadil

Lebanon has not signed the Arab broadcast charter ratified by the region's information ministers, Information Minister Ghazi Aridi said in an exclusive interview.

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