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Egyptian Media Purges Continue, Critics Call for Total Overhaul

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Al Masry Al Youm, Egypt, National Democratic Party, Human Rights Watch, Hosni Mubarak, Twitter, Media, Nile Life TV, Consultative Council, Facebook, Gamal Mubarak, Paris, North Africa, Reporters Without Borders, Middle East, Hala Hashish, Nile Tv, Internet, Asharq Al-Awsat, Al Ahram, Youtube, Cairo University, Rassd, Al Dostour, Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU), Bikyamasr, World News

The ax is falling and heads are rolling in Egyptian media to rid once stodgy state-run organizations of deadwood noted for hampering professional and balanced news reporting.

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Egyptian Revolution Fallout Rattles Arab Media Cages

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Fallout from Egypt rattled cages at the pan-Arab, Saudi-owned satellite channel Al Arabiya when presenter Hafez Al Mirazi threatened to quit if he was not allowed to discuss the revolution's impact on Saudi Arabia.

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Media Coverage of Egyptian Events Draws Fire, Praise

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Hayat, Malek Alqaaqour, Egypt, Dubai, Al Jazeera, International Media, Hosni Mubarak, Twitter, Lebanon, The Daily Star, Facebook, Barack Obama, Beirut, Al Jadeed TV, Shahira Amin, Al Arabiya, Arab, Diana Moukalled, Nile Tv, Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat, Tahrir Square, Nilesat, Waddah Khanfar, Tariq Al Homaid, Qatar, Egypt Media, Egyptian Media, Media News

A sign carried by a demonstrator in Cairo's Tahrir Square read: "Egyptian media don't see, don't hear, they just talk." It was right on the mark.

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Media Muzzled for Egyptian Elections, but Blogosphere Thrives

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

The government may have shut down religious channels, limited live political broadcasts and used licensing requirements to silence texting services, but this hasn't halted the political discourse.

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Has Al Jazeera Lost Its Magic Touch?

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Assafir, Egypt, Jordan, Al Hayat, Dubai, Al Arabiya, Bbc, Morocco, Al Jazeera, Washington, Yemen, Lebanon, U.S., Ankara, Hezbollah, New York, World Cup, Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat, Cairo, Rabat, Al Manar TV, Qatar, Lebanese, Al Akhbar, Wikileaks, Media News

Why are so many people mad at Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.net and is it still a leading Arab satellite channel? Why have so many anchors and corresponde...

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Egyptian Clampdown on Press Freedom Gaining Pace

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, On TV, Gebran Tueni Award, An-Nahar, Al Jazeera Tv, Free Speech, Wafd Party, Al Doustour, Amr Adib, Deutsche Welle, El Sayyed Al Badawi Shehata, German, Committee to Protect Journalists, Islamist, Iaea, Al Akhbar, Lebanese, Mohammad El Baradei, Al Youm Al Sabeh, Press Freedom, Agence France-Presse, Coptic Christians, Hosni Mubarak, Facebook, New York, Gamal Mubarak, Orbit Satellite TV, Arab, Rida Edward, Cairo, Saudi, Asharq Al-Awsat, Moslem Brotherhood, Israel, Ibrahim Eissa, Kefaya, World News

Noted, controversial media figures critical of the Egyptian regime are being sacked ahead of legislative elections in November.

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Much Ado About BlackBerry?

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miami, Australia, Dubai, Bbc, Alma Kadragic, Terrorism, Gulf Arab States, University of Wollongong, Abu Dhabi, American, U.S., Lebanon, Denver, Orlando, Las Vegas, New York, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Research in Motion (RIM), Nada Abdelsamad, Arab, Asharq Al-Awsat, It, Tv, Pc, Iphone, Blackberry, Committee to Protect Journalists, Associated Press (AP), United Arab Emirates (UAE), Alfa, World News

While countless Blackberry users in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are distraught about an expected October ban on applications supporting emails, messaging and Internet browsing, others in the Arab region are already considering Plan B.

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Could Halayeb's Manganese Wealth Trigger A Sudan-Egypt Conflict?

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Australia, Anwar Sadat, Darfur, Steel, Canada, China, Iron, North Africa, South Africa, Iran, Metals, Islamic Legal Code, Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, Minerals, Ferromanganese, Al Masry Al Youm, British Colonial Powers, Sinai, Hosni Mubarak, Ottawa, Aluminum, Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, Brazil, Omar Hassan Al Bashir, Port Sudan, Khartoum, Manganese, Asharq Al-Awsat, Cairo, Mining, India, Sudan, Christian, Nile Basin, International Petroleum Company, Halayeb, World News

Egypt and Sudan almost came to blows 17 years ago over the Halayeb region, said to be rich in manganese. Since then, the Sudanese government has called for a negotiated settlement of the dispute.

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Lebanese Press Freedom Takes Hits: IPI Report

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Press freedom is suffering in Lebanon, despite a modicum of maneuverability allowed by the law and the government's non-interference with journalists,...

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Foreign Arabic-Language TV: An Exercise in Futility?

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Hayat, Trt, Russian, French, An-Nahar, Al Arabiya, BBC Arabic TV, Al Jazeera, Atlantic, Berlin, Al Hurra, Turkish, American, Euronews, Arab World, Cctv, Chinese, Voice of America, France, North Africa, Radio Sawa, Middle East, Deutsche Welle, Moscow, Saudi Arabia, Asharq Al-Awsat, Uncle Sam, British, Russia Today, Al Manar, Arabian Gulf, France 24, Media News

They're tripping over each other. American, British, French, Russian, Chinese and Turkish satellite TV channels want a piece of the Arab viewers' p...

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Lebanon's LBC TV Rides Layoffs Wave Ahead of Murdoch Buy-in, Arab Media Market Expansion

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Lebanese media group LBC recently sliced 140 jobs, is trimming fat, and repositioning itself for a mega deal involving Rupert Murdoch's purchase of shares in Rotana Media.

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What Was He Thinking?

James Zogby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, Afghanistan, Asharq Al-Awsat, Barack Obama, North Korea, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, World News

it is important to acknowledge that when Obama won the election last November he was not handed a magic wand. Instead, he was handed the shovel his predecessor had used to dig deep holes in many parts of the world.

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Egyptian Divorcées, Girls Only, Burst Onto Web Radio Scene

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Motalakat is an online radio station launched by Mahasen Saber, a thirty-something Egyptian divorcée and mother for other Egyptian women.

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Arabia Felix 102: Yemeni Government Fingers Iran as Arms Supplier to Northern Houthi Rebels

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ali Abdallah Saleh, Al Alam Tv, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Britain, Shiite Islam, Arab Countries, Unhcr, Tareq Al Houmayed, Iran, Abdel Malek Al Houthi, Saudi Arabia, Daoud El Shiryan, Sunni Muslim, Un, Al Hayat, Saleh Habra, Germany, Morocco, Unicef, Sana?A, Houthis, Hassan Al-Lawzi, Yemen, U.S. Embassy in Sana?A, Bahrain, Kuwait, South Korea, Asharq Al-Awsat, Israel, Sudan, Hadramawt, Together Against Sa?Ada War, Zaydi, Hasama, Sa?Ada, Aden, Sana'A, World News

The sixth Sa'ada war between central government forces and Houthi rebels in Yemen's north is well underway and expected to drag on, according to the country's ruling party.

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Arabia Felix 101: Yemen in the Grips of Unrest

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

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, Sana'A, World News

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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"Brand Dubai" Aims to Polish Emirate's Image Following Negative Reports

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

The Gulf emirate of Dubai is on a PR kick aimed at polishing its image and repairing damage from negative reports.

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Saudi Arabia: A Player in Middle East Elections

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Lebanon, Al Arabiya, Middle East, Asharq Al-Awsat, Saudi King Abdullah, Lebanese Elections, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Media, Iranian Election, Barack Obama, World News

It is a contradiction to mention Saudi Arabia and elections in the same sentence; however, no country in the Middle East, as of late, has been more invested in this democratic process than Saudi Arabia.

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Joy, Cautious Optimism Permeate Arab Media

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

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"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 05.25.2011

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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