Voices from the Arab press

Voices from the Arab press: Bint Jbail, Trump's options, and Lebanon's courage

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

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LEBANESE CHILDREN play with toy soldiers in the southern city of Bint Jbail.
The Liberia-flagged tanker ‘Shenlong Suezmax,’ loaded with Saudi Arabian crude, arrives at a port after transiting the Strait of Hormuz amid supply disruptions, in Mumbai, India, March 12.

Voices from the Arab press: Iran threatens global shipping in Strait of Hormuz

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

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A TURKISH petroleum engineer poses on the helipad of Turkish drilling vessel ‘Yavuz’ in the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus.

Voices from the Arab press: Turkey’s strategic bet on energy

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

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EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER Mostafa Kamal Madbouly speaks to the media during a press conference for the Grand Egyptian Museum opening, in Giza, Nov. 1.

Voices from the Arab press: Education across the Middle East

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

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Voices from the Arab press: Trump and Musk’s ugly breakup

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

JUNE 19, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump stand before the White House covered in cracks in an illustrative picture.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump’s first 100 days in office

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

JUNE 7, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (front), Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte Vasquez (middle), and US Southern Command head Adm. Alvin Holsey tour the Miraflores locks, in Panama City, April 8, 2025.

Voices from the Arab press: Israel’s strategy for managing US tensions

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

MAY 24, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a ‘coffee ceremony’ at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh, May 13

Voices from the Arab press: Historic election opens new page in the Vatican

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world/

MAY 18, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Cardinals attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square, April 26.

Voices from the Arab press: Pope Francis and peace with Islam

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

MAY 3, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
BILLBOARD BEARS portraits of Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, in Baghdad, March 2021 – ahead of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq.

Voices from the Arab press: Integrating Hezbollah into the Lebanese army?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

APRIL 25, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun poses at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on January 9, 2025.

Voices from the Arab press: Is there US-European coordination toward Russia?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

APRIL 19, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin reviews a military honor guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping, during a ceremony outside Beijing’s Great Hall of the People.

Voices from the Arab press: Hezbollah’s weapons are just decoration

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

APRIL 11, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Balloons dot the Beirut sky over a poster of the deceased Hezbollah chair Hassan Nasrallah.

Voices from the Arab press: Syria and forgotten memory

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

APRIL 4, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Shattered portrait of Syrian president Bashar Assad is seen at a regime facility near Homs, in December 2024.

Voices from the Arab press: Will trade wars make America great again?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

MARCH 23, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
TESLA SHOWROOM in Lisbon, Portugal.