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Ali Ibrahim
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on : Thursday, 16 May, 2013

Inside Sky News Arabia

Abu Dhabi, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Abu Dhabi-based Sky News Arabia celebrated its first anniversary this year on May 6. In that year, we saw the unique partnership between the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Company and the UK’s BSkyB flourish as they entered and competed in the congested Arabic satellite news market. Sky News Arabia’s management team say that they recognize—but are not fazed by—competition from older, more established Arabic news networks like Al-Arabiya and Al-Jazeera. The...

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Karabekir Akkoyunlu
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on : Thursday, 16 May, 2013

Driven to Distraction

On May 11, two powerful car bombs ripped through the Turkish town of Reyhanlı on the Syrian border, killing at least 51 people. This was not only the worst cross-border spillover of the Syrian conflict to date—it was also the deadliest terror attack in Turkey’s recent history. But if you were watching Turkish television or reading the national papers the next day, you could be forgiven for thinking that nothing had happened in Reyhanlı. Dominating the airwaves instead were the seaso...

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Jocelyn Elia and Vivian Haddad
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on : Thursday, 9 May, 2013

Lebanese reality TV breaks into politics

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Maya Terro won the opportunity to run for a Beirut parliamentary seat on Tuesday after winning Lebanese reality television show Al-Za'im (The Leader)....

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Tuesday, 7 May, 2013

New Jihadi Magazine Appeals for Help Against Drones

LONDON, Reuters—A new jihadi magazine set up by militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan has appealed to Muslims around the world to come up with technology to hack into or manipula...

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Thair Abbas
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on : Monday, 6 May, 2013

An English Newspaper in Turkey

Istanbul, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Hurriyet Daily News is considered to be the oldest English-language newspaper in Turkey. It was established in 1961 as a supplement of the widely pu...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Wednesday, 1 May, 2013

Journalists Increasingly at Risk in Libya

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Concerns are growing among journalists and human rights activists over press freedom in Libya following a spate of attacks on reporters. Earlier this w...

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Osman Mirghani
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on : Friday, 26 Apr, 2013

Opinion: Terrorism and Media and Difficult Questions

Amid the feverish race between traditional media and modern digital media—particularly social networking websites—numerous mistakes were committed while covering the Boston Mar...

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Mohamed Ajam
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on : Friday, 19 Apr, 2013

Egyptian Goverment Reaches Out With Social Media

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Social media played a major role in the Arab Spring, with the protesting youth utilizing this as a tool to topple their leaders and governments. It see...

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Yousef Al-Dayni
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on : Thursday, 18 Apr, 2013

Opinion: The Boston Bombings and Islamophobia

It is too early to speak about the Boston Marathon bombings, at least from a professional perspective. We must wait until the end of the investigations into this incident despite o...

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Mshari Al-Zaydi
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on : Saturday, 13 Apr, 2013

Syria: Empty Statements Abound

The Syrian people have gotten used to hearing statements characterized by empty superficial rhetoric that seems say both everything and nothing. Many people have called on the ...

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