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Arabia Felix 101: Yemen in the Grips of Unrest

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Ali Abdallah Saleh, Al Qaeda, An-Nahar, Zaidi, Khaled Misha’al, Guantanamo, Lebanon, Iraq, U.S., Hezbollah, Salah Al Shanfara, The Losing Bet, Arabian Peninsula, Shafee Saif, United Arab Emirates, Chatham House, Yemen Times, Saudi Arabia, Al Manar, Najib Ghalab, Ramadan, Al Hayat, Carsten Niebuhr, Nasser Al Waheeshi (Abu Baseer), Palestinian, Sana’A, Yemen, Jihadi, Hamas, Qat, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, Osama Bin Laden, Al Hirak Al Jounoubi (Southern Movement), Abu Bakr Al Qurbi, Al Yaman Al Saeed, Ginny Hill, Kuwait, Arab, Asharq Al-Awsat, Arabia Felix, Afghanistan, Hassan Nasrallah, Sa’ada Province, Sunni, 21st Century, Danish, Moslem, Houthis, Orientalist, Hadramawt, Wahabi, Israel, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Yemen has mounted a tight security plan for the holy Moslem month of Ramadan starting this week in a bid to thwart any new terrorist attacks, the Yemen Times reported.

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Rima Maktabi: Al Arabiya's Stunning, Substantive, War-Tried Anchor

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Samir Kassir, Jordan, Dubai, Al Thamina KSA, An-Nahar, Bbc, Palestine, Future TV, Al Arabyia, Fox, U.S., Iraq, Lebanon, Rima Maktabi, Cnn, July 2006 War, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Gebran Tueni, Algeria, Skynews, Youtube, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Fearless, dedicated, yet emotional about conflicts ripping into her country, Rima Maktabi knows when to suppress tears and get on with her job as a professional journalist.

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Nadia al-Sakkaf: Yemen Times Editor on a Mission

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 01.31.2009 | Media

Read More: World Association of Newspapers (WAN), Sana’a University, World Editors Forum, An-Nahar, Gebran Tueni Award, Yemen Times, Press Under Siege, Yemen, Nadia Al Sakkaf, Lebanon, Abdulaziz Al Sakkaf, Osama Ben Laden, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

It's not easy in a country where illiteracy is estimated at between 60% to 70% (depending on whose figures one believes), and where the president has been in power for close to 30 years.

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Shoo Haida? The Shoe Saga Snowball Rolls On

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

Read More: Al Hayat, Damascus, Dubai, New TV, Pierre Sadek, An-Nahar, Agence France-Presse, Washington, Cairo, American Idol, Stavro Jabra, Muntadhar Al Zaidi, Daoud Al Shiryan, Shada Hassoon, Gulf News, Beirut, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Egyptians have had a field day with the shoe-thrower story. According to one joke, the U.S. accused Syria of being behind the shoe attack, citing phone taps that intercepted the word "shoo" (Arabic for "what").

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Lebanese Editor Defies Norms With Magazine Glorifying the Body

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 01.07.2009 | World

Read More: An-Nahar, Al Arabiya, Arab, Saudi Arabia, Body, Islamic Fundamentalism, Lebanon, Booker Prize, Joumana Haddad, Jasad, Raidy, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Joumana Haddad is provocative, sensual and dares the censors with a magazine aimed at shattering Arab taboos on eroticism, sexuality, and everything having to do with the human body.

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Joy, Cautious Optimism Permeate Arab Media

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Azzaman, Al Jazeera International, An-Nahar, Al Jazeera, The Yemen Times, Asharq Al-Awsat, Al Ahram, Mcgraw-Hill, LBCI TV, The Sudan Tribune, Barack Obama, Al Akhbar, Tishreen, Elaph, President Obama, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day, Sarah Palin, HuffPost Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, John McCain, Obama Wins, Election Day 2008, World Reaction Obama, Election Results, Joe Biden, 2008 Election, Election, Presidential Results, Election Reaction, Presidential Election, Politics News
Magda Abu-Fadil

"Americans Chose Change" was the striking blue headline in Wednesday's An-Nahar daily of Lebanon.

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U.S. Election Fever Grips Arab Media

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Al Hayat, Gop, John McCain, An-Nahar, Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera, Cindy McCain, Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, The Daily Star, Barack Obama, Al Seyassah, Kuwait, Asharq Al-Awsat, Future TV News, Israel, Aipac, Al-Akhbar, Ralph Nader, Michelle Obama, HuffPost Election Analysis, 2008 Election, HuffPost Election Reaction, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Lebanese citizens interviewed on Lebanon's Future TV News channel were mostly for Obama, while Iraqis were waiting for the election's results to determine their country's fate, according to an FTV report.

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