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Dubai's Gulf News Embraces Convergence With Gusto

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Magda Abu-Fadil

Reporters and editors at Dubai's Gulf News are blazing a trail in multimedia that could serve as an example for Arab newspapers struggling with a journalistic identity crisis.2010-06-27-editingvideo.jpg

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Murdoch Targets Abu Dhabi as International Media Hub

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Media Hub, Aol, Sheikh Abdallah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Washington, Hong Kong, Hans Vestberg, Eric Schmidt, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Media Company, Lebanon, Arab World, China, United Arab Emirates, North Africa, Abu Dhabi Media Summit 2010, Digital Media, Broadband, Online Advertising, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Mehmet Ali Yalçindag, Rupert Murdoch, Dubai Media City, Ericsson, Scott Shuey, Google, LBC Satellite Channel, Dubai, Tim Armstrong, Turkey, Interactivity, Dogan Media Group, Alwaleed Bin Talal, Rotana Group, Cnn, Blog, Internet, Cairo, Israel, Arabic Websites, India, Gulf News, D.C., Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Abu Dhabi is slated to become the hottest new international media hub, if Rupert Murdoch and like-minded moguls have their druthers, but the region's ...

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Arab Print Media Weather Financial Crunch Better Than Western Counterparts

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Syria, Jordan, Al Masry Al Youm, Egypt, Gulf Countries, Morocco, Mona Al Marri, Dubai Press Club, Lebanon, American, The Daily Star, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., English, Kuwait, Assada El Massaia, Arab Print Media, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Arab Media Outlook, Al Ahram, 7 Days, New York Times, Al Majalla, Gulf News, El Badeel, European, Qatar, Assabahia, Assawt, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Print media in the west may be struggling for survival but newspapers in the Arab world, which took a few hits, are nonetheless thriving and expected ...

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Saudi Arabia: Child Marriage Annulled

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Two families in Saudi Arabia have agreed to annul the marriage of an 11-year-old girl due to pressure from a lobby group, AHN reports. The girl was m...

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Shoo Haida? The Shoe Saga Snowball Rolls On

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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