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.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE
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.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE
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: The beginning of Israeli concern about Trump

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

MARCH 14, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
US President Donald Trump and Prime Miniser Benjamin Netanyahu speak at the White House, Washington DC., February 4, 2025

Voices from the Arab press: Most Syrian roads lead to Washington

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

MARCH 8, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
DESTROYED BUILDINGS line the devastated Hajar Aswad area on the southern outskirts of Damascus, Jan. 1.

Voices from the Arab press: Corruption, corruption, corruption

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

MARCH 1, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
NEWLY ELECTED Lebanese President Joseph Aoun reviews an honor guard upon his arrival at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Jan. 9.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump’s Gaza plan remains a fantasy

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

FEBRUARY 21, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
(L-R) US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a backdrop of Hamas terrorists in Gaza.

Voices from the Arab press: Trumpism's Risks and opportunities

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

FEBRUARY 15, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, 2017.

Voices from the Arab press: Is there another way with Israel?

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

FEBRUARY 8, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
IDF troops operate in the West Bank. February 6, 2025.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump’s opportunity to determine the Middle East’s future

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

JANUARY 25, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
TRUMP’S ‘AMERICA First’ agenda could significantly sway global geopolitics.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump and Musk, the arsonists

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

JANUARY 19, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
BILLIONAIRE ELON MUSK joins Donald Trump on stage during a campaign rally at the site of Trump’s first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, Oct. 5, 2024.

Voices from the Arab press: Will Elon Musk mark a victory in politics?

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

JANUARY 11, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Donald Trump (L) and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas, November 19, 2024.

Voices from the Arab press: The German attack – despite Saudi Arabia’s warnings

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

JANUARY 6, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt Reiner Haseloff and German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser visit the site where a car drove into a crowd of a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany December 21, 2024.