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Libyan Media March to Beat of a Different Drummer

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

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Magda Abu-Fadil

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Media Key to Covering Egyptian Revolution

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Assafir, Guardian, An-Nahar, Al Arabiya, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Al Wafd, Al Jazeera, Islamists, Cairo Today, Jack Shenker, Britain, President Hosni Mubarak, Al Azhar, Muslem Brotherhood, Osama Saraya, Abdel Moneim Said, Saudi Arabia, Tahrir Square, Nilesat, Al Hayat, Dubai, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Mardell, Egyptian, Al Riyadh, President Barack Obama, Mahmoud Saad, The White House, Al Jazeera Mubashar, Sky News, World Editors Forum, Cairo, Al Ahram, Naguib Sawiris, BBC Arabic Service, John Donne, Corniche, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

The scene of protesters trying to break into the state-run TV station on Cairo's Corniche brought to mind other revolutions where control of the media was of primary importance.

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Has Al Jazeera Lost Its Magic Touch?

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

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Magda Abu-Fadil

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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Critics Skewer Arab Regimes for Stifling Press Freedom

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Khadija Ben Qinna, Assafir, An-Nahar, Al Jazeera, Lebanon, 9th Arab Media Forum, Al Dustour, Beirut, Muhamad Al Rumaihi, Akhbar Al Youm Al Maghrebiya, Ayman Jaballah, Maharat Foundation, Awan, Jordan, Laila Al Shaikhli, Dubai, Nidal Mansour, Morocco, Mohamed Krichen, World Association of Newspapers & News Publishers, Al Qabas, 4th Arab Free Press Forum, Taoufik Bouachrine, Walid Al Nousef, Khalid Al Sirgany, Iman Ayyad, Moroccan Media, Kuwait, Arab, Roula Mikhael, Islamization, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

The dust had barely settled following harsh criticism of his government, when Moroccan journalist Taoufik Bouachrine was slapped with a real estate and sales fraud charge and sentenced to six months in prison.

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Egyptian Divorcées, Girls Only, Burst Onto Web Radio Scene

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Assafir, Arab World, Divorcées, Egypt, Robert De Niro, Tchaikovsky, Hussein Fahmy, Al Pacino, Brian Adams, Sting, Amani El Tunsi, Webcasts, Lebanon, Mahasen Saber, Arabic, Koran, Ed Harris, Moslem, Asharq Al-Awsat, Cairo, Blogposts, Banat W? Basssss, Omar Sharif, Ayza Atala Wa, Jack Nicholson, Motalakat Radio, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

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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