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.

|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: Hezbollah and Nasrallah

At age 64, Nasrallah has been at Hezbollah’s helm since 1992.

JUNE 28, 2024ByTHE MEDIA LINE
A man holds a Palestinian flag as Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks in a pre-recorded message shown on a screen during an event ahead of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day on Friday April 5, in Beirut, Lebanon April 3, 2024.

Voices from the Arab press: Palestine in the Olympics?

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

JUNE 23, 2024ByTHE MEDIA LINE
OFFICIAL LOGO of the Paris bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games is seen on the Arc de Triomphe, 2016

Voices from the Arab Press: American attitudes towards the region

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

JUNE 15, 2024ByTHE MEDIA LINE
CANDIDATES DONALD TRUMP and Joe Biden face off during the final presidential debate of that election season, Oct. 22, 2020.

Voices from the Arab press: Egypt: Difficult decisions toward Israel

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

JUNE 8, 2024ByTHE MEDIA LINE
PALESTINIANS FLEE Rafah with their belongings, May 28.

Voices from the Arab press: Who will lead Iran next?

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

JUNE 3, 2024ByTHE MEDIA LINE
IRANIAN PRESIDENT Ebrahim Raisi, known as the ‘Butcher of Tehran,’ meets his eternal end at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran, May 23.

Voices from the Arab press: Are we seeing a resurgence of 1960s protests?

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

MAY 18, 2024ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Palestinians and pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest in front of the Greek parliament, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Athens, Greece, May 7, 2024.

Voices from the Arab press: Israel and the question of deterrence

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

MAY 4, 2024ByTHE MEDIA LINE
IN IRAN’S central city of Isfahan.

Voices from the Arab press: Iran is at the forefront, and Gaza is being sidelined

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

APRIL 28, 2024ByTHE MEDIA LINE
PALESTINIAN GUERRILLAS patrol the Amman streets in Sept. 1970, after a civil war – known as Black September – broke out between the Jordanian army and various Palestinian forces.

Voices from the Arab press: Cairo negotiations: Why are mediators optimistic?

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

APRIL 20, 2024ByTHE MEDIA LINE
DONALD TRUMP arrives for his first 2024 presidential campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport in Texas, March 25. The rally coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Waco standoff.

Voices from the Arab press: Iran and Israel: Is the denial game over?

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

APRIL 12, 2024ByTHE MEDIA LINE
PORTRAIT OF IRGC generals Mohammad Reza Zahedi and Mohammad Hadi Haj Rahimi, slain in an April 1 Israeli airstrike and noted as ‘Martyrs of Quds’ [Jerusalem], seen on a Tehran street.