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Pan-Arab TV: Big on Audience, Lop-Sided on Advertising

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 07.08.2010 | Media

Read More: Syria, Egypt, Arab Media Outlook 2009-2013, Arab Gulf, Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera, Nessma TV, Melody TV, Dubai Press Club, Al Hayat TV, Lebanon, Abu Dhabi Media Company, Hollywood Movies, North Africa, Pan-Arab TV, Lbc, Saudi Arabia, MBC Group, The Levant Countries, FTA Channels, Jordan, 2M TV, Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanese Channels, Western Markets, Palestine, Future TV, Hollywood Studios, Dubai Media Inc., Dream Tv, Arab Gulf States, Rotana/LBC, Media News

Arab TV viewers enjoy more free satellite channels than their counterparts in developed countries. Still, FTA channels suffer from low advertising revenues.

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No Repeat of Kyrgyzstan in Arab states

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.10.2010 | World

Read More: Arab World, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Yemen, Lebanon, Tunisia, Algeria, Democracy, Hamas, Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Arabs, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Walid Jumblatt, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Iraq, Coup, Kuwait, Syria, World News

Recent events in Kyrgyzstan demonstrat how seemingly entrenched regimes can, in fact, be on the cusp of a coup d'état. Arabs have followed the events in Kyrgyzstan with wonder.

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How Not to Advance Arab-Israeli Peace

David Harris | Posted 05.07.2010 | World

Read More: Yasser Arafat, Libya, Jerusalem, Tunisia, Morocco, Palestinian Leadership, Erdogan, Jewish History, Israel, World News

Those who would cavalierly deny the Jewish people their history and religious sensitivities, whether in Jerusalem, Hebron, or Tripoli, while demanding full recognition of all their own claims, are doing the cause of peace no service.

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North African Bloggers; Activists Blossom Despite Constraints

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 04.26.2010 | Media

Read More: Leena El-Ali, Partners in Humanity, Search for Common Ground (SFCG), Tunisia, Morocco, Rachid Jankari, Mohamed Daadaoui, North Africa, Maghreb Blog, Social Media, Chahida Lakhouaja, Activism, Naoufel Chaara, Rabat, Algeria, MIT Media, Blogging, Maghreb, Media News

Eighteen North African bloggers gathered in Rabat last week for a workshop on writing and social media, despite censorship problems and various technical constraints in the Maghreb region.

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Arab Countries Aim to Improve Journalism Education With UNESCO's "Model Curricula"

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: The Middle East, Europe, Russian, French, Converged Media, Unesco, North and South America, American, Asia, University of Bahrain, Chinese, Arabic, Journalism, Paris, English, Singapore, Mauritania, Un, North Africa, Spanish, Africa, Media Academic Programs, Morocco, Tunisia, World Journalism Education Congress, Media Ethics, Anglo-Saxon, Bahrain, Model Curricula for Journalism Education, Media Laws, Education, Arab, Algeria, Gulf Cooperation Council, Manama, Francophone, Rabat, World News

Arab countries are making strides in trying to improve journalism curricula, but still face strictures, obstacles and challenges to press freedom as w...

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Tunisia urged to reopen Hached case

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 03.18.2010 | Home

Read More: Tunisia, Home News

Son of former union leader calls on officials to disclose details behind 1952 killing....

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Hugu Boos and Girgio Armwni: Please enjoy this series of photos...

Racked | Racked | Posted 03.18.2010 | Home

Read More: Tunisia, Home News

Please enjoy this series of photos of knockoffs in a souk in Tunisia. We're especially amused by the "GK On," an "antitranspirant" for men. Only Gal...

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No Toilets or Air For "Forgotten Prisoners"

Betwa Sharma | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: Egypt, Syria, Uruguay, Jordan, Torture, Tunisia, Morocco, Toilets, United Nations, Corporal Punishment, United States, Special Rapporteur, Equitorial Guinea, China, Human Rights Violations, Montevideo, Iran, Amman, Alien Deportation, Russia, Israel, Falun Gong Camps, Togo, India, Saudia Arabia, Cuba, Algeria, Nigeria, Manfred Nowak, Immigration Laws, Toga, World News

Prison conditions worldwide are worse than the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture could have imagined. Jails without air, toilets and food are not rare.

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Tunisia holds presidential election

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 03.18.2010 | Home

Read More: Tunisia, Home News

Incumbent Ben Ali, who has been in power for 22 years, likely to win fifth term. ...

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The Islamist Threat In Tunisia Still Justifies the Stagnation of the Political Scene

Amel Boubekeur | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: Tunisian Islamic Front, North Africa, Tunisia, Foreign Affairs, Africa, Islamists, Annahda, Terrorism, Radical Islam, World News

The Tunisian president has not chosen to address religious radicalism and terrorism through transparent solutions that are respectful of civil liberties.

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Moroccan Djellaba: 'Jedi Robes' Dominate Fashion Scene (VIDEO)

GlobalPost | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Djellabas, Tunisia, Africa, Morocco, Foreign Affairs, Djellaba, Advocacy, Video, World News

By Solana Pyne | GlobalPost RABAT, Morocco -- Star Wars fans can't help but notice: Jedi robes are everywhere in Morocco. These long-hooded cloaks ...

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Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 02.04.2010 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Michael Jackson, We Are the World, Al Sharpton, Baptize, Dr. 90210, Off the Wall, Mourners, African-Americans, Janet Jackson, Usher, Race, Bleach, Britain, President, Prescriptions, Joe Jackson, England, 125th Street, Tanning Salon, Thriller, Army, B.E. T, Collagen, Transformer, American Idol, Pharmaceuticals, Hallelujah, Bad, Heaven, The Wiz, California, Hate, Guilt, Tunisia, Broadway, Surrealism, Suntan, Los Angeles, The Staples Center, Barack Obama, Sunbathing, Elvis Presley, Las Vegas, Anti-Depressants, Gender, Skin, Dancing, Pharmaceutical Companies, 50, Art, John Lennon, Bible, Motown 25, The Beatles, Genetics, Singing, Paul Mc Cartney, Justin Timberlake, Jackson 5, Rain, Apollo Theater, LaToya Jackson, Australia, Cartoons, Britney Spears, Prescription Drugs, Reality Shows, Jamie Foxx, Black Fedora, Spike Lee, Drugs, King of Pop, Musicals, Jacksons, Tummy Tuck, Child Molestation, Fans, Russia, Americans, Cosmetic Surgery, Performers, Gary, Encino, Mtv, Quincy Jones, Amateur Night, Mardi Gras, Tabloids, Associated Press, Suicide, Trials, Music Videos, Billie Jean, Moonwalk, Hollywood, Tanning Booth, Nose Job, Berry Gordy, Dermatologist, Plastic Surgery, Diana Ross, Impersonators, Beat It, Moscow, Jordan Chandler, Chris Brown, Suntan Lotion, Katherine Jackson, Memorial, Botox, Indiana, Mowtown, Rx, New York, Paris Jackson, Lisa Marie Presley, Deborah Rowe, Aeg Live, Martin Bashir, Brooke Sheilds, Lauri Lyons, White-Glove, Judith Hill, Marlon Jackson, Manhattan, Cnn, Jermaine Jackson, Youtube, New Orleans, Female Photographers, Black History Month, Black Photographers, African American Photographers, Black Female Photographers, Carribean Artists, Carribean Photographers, Black Journalists, African American Journalists, New York News

The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

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Obama's First 100 Days: A Start On Guantanamo, But Not Enough

Andy Worthington | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Preventive Detention, Geneva Conventions, Pentagon Guantanamo, War on Terror, Algeria, President Obama, Guantanamo, Taliban, Binyam Mohamed, Omar Khadr, Eric Holder, Habeas Corpus, Obama Executive Orders, Dick Cheney, Politics, Libya, UN Convention Against Torture, Enemy Combatants, Robert Gates, Col. Patrick Parrish, Obama Guantanamo, Saudi Arabia, US Senate, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, Col. James Pohl, Judge Reggie B. Walton, Closing Guantanamo, Pentagon, US Supreme Court, Tunisia, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Neal Katyal, Guantanamo Detainees, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Ayman Batarfi, Justice Department, US District Court, Boumediene v. Bush, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Al Qaeda, Military Commissions, Guantanamo Uighurs, Lawrence Wilkerson, Judge Richard Leon, Uzbekistan, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Obama First 100 Days, China, 100 Days, World News

Just Binyam Mohamed and the Yemeni doctor, Ayman Batarfi have been cleared for release. At this rate, of course, it will take decades to close Guantánamo.

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Britain's Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

There are many unnerving similarities between the Bush administration's policies and those implemented in the U.K., which have caused barely a ripple of protest.

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The Budget's Foreign Policy Handcuffs

Stephen Zunes | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Budget, Foreign Policy, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Nancy Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi Spending, Omnibus Spending Bill, Israel, Egypt, Colombia, Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon, World News

As Americans are losing their jobs due to a lack of public funding, the Democrats' appropriation bill pours billions of dollars into sophisticated weapons for both Israel and neighboring Arab states.

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How Cooking For The Taliban Gets You Life In Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Supreme Court, Al-Qaeda, Congress, Ghaleb Al-Bihani, Abu Zubaydah, President Obama, Guantanamo, Taliban, Habeas Corpus, Politics, Enemy Combatants, Bosnia, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Mohammed El-Gharani, Hisham Sliti, Closing Guantanamo, Belkacem Bensayah, Yemen, Tunisia, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Salim Hamdan, US District Court, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Guantanamo Uighurs, Judge Richard Leon, Obama First 100 Days, Muaz Al-Alawi, Huzaifa Parhat, World News

Those of us who prefer justice to arbitrary and unaccountable detention without charge or trial were delighted when, last week, Barack Obama fulfilled...

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: France Tries Accused 9/11 Plotter In Tunisia Blast

AP | PIERRE-ANTOINE SOUCHARD | Posted 02.05.2009 | World

Read More: September 11, France, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Tunisia, Terrorism, 9/11, France Tries 9/11 Terrorist, Synagogue Bombing Tunisia, France Tunisia Trial, France Tunisia Bombing, War on Terror, World News

PARIS — A European convert to Islam allegedly caught on camera beside Osama bin Laden denied Monday any role in a 2002 suicide attack on a Tunis...

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How Guantanamo Can Be Closed: More Advice for Barack Obama

Andy Worthington | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Syria, Mohamed Jawad, US Supreme Court, Yemen, Tunisia, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Salim Hamdan, Uzbekistan, Military Commissions Act, Omar Khadr, Uighurs, Barack Obama, Habeas Corpus, Military Commissions, Guantanamo Uighurs, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Enemy Combatants, Obama Guantanamo, Albania, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, Libya, Huzaifa Parhat, President Bush, The Guantanamo Files, Iraq, China, Closing Guantanamo, Politics News

Several prominent human rights and legal organizations launched a campaign in Berlin on November 10, aimed at persuading European countries to accept cleared prisoners from Guant�namo.

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Global Obama: Big Opportunities, Bigger Challenges

William Bradley | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Venezuela, Britain, Tunisia, Opec, Missile Shield, Iran, Georgia, Vladimir Putin, Qatar, Ukraine, Arctic, Boris Johnson, Libya, Energy Future, Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign, Germany, Petro Rush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Oil, Dmitry Medvedev, Iraq, Israel, John McCain, Natural Gas, John F. Kennedy, Joe Biden, Persian Gulf, Middle East, Afghanistan, Czech Republic, Poland, Politics News

If he wins, Obama will have the global popularity that no American president has had in a great many years.

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Clearing Out Guantanamo: Two More Algerians Transferred

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Mustafa Hamlili, Mohammed Al-Qadir, Tunisia, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Abdulli Feghoul, Abdul Raham Houari, Taliban, Return to Torture, Al-Qaeda, The Guantanamo Files, Algeria, Politics News

As part of its alleged "desire not to hold detainees any longer than necessary," the Pentagon announced on Tuesday that two Guantánamo prisoners had ...

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Italy's Forgotten Residents in Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Saleh Sassi, Abdullah Bin Omar, Italy, Hedi Hamamy, Lotfi Bin Ali, Tunisia, Bisher Al-Rawi, Adel Ben Mabrouk, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Lotfi Lagha, Lahcen Ikassrien, Jamil El-Banna, Adel Al-Hakeemy, Hisham Sliti, Judge Gladys Kessler, Murat Kurnaz, Politics News

Except Albania, no other country has stepped forward to help the US clean up it own mess by offering asylum to foreign nationals captured by mistake and held for years at Guantánamo.

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