Voices from the Arab press

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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A TURKISH petroleum engineer poses on the helipad of Turkish drilling vessel ‘Yavuz’ in the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus.
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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ALI AKBAR VELAYATI (2nd L), top Iranian adviser on international affairs, attends a World Federation of Resistance Scholars conference on ‘resistance to liberate, terrorism to destroy,’ in Beirut, 2016.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump's Muslim Brotherhood designation

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

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US PRESIDENT Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince MBS in the White House’s Oval Office, Nov. 18.

Voices from the Arab Press: The Trump-MBS meeting and AI

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

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Voices from the Arab press: What are the Syrian deposits in Lebanon?

Is it true that Syrian citizens hold such large deposits in Lebanon? A look at the data might reveal a different picture than the one painted by the Syrian regime.

JULY 29, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Saudi Health Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah announces the Kingdom's Hajj plan, in Riydh, June 12

Voices from the Arab press: Regulate social media before it's too late

Yes, there are celebrities who provide wonderful, informative and useful content on social media. However, the overwhelming majority of them in Saudi Arabia post poor content that opposes our values.

JUNE 24, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
DANGER: WHOEVER creates a Clubhouse room immediately controls the conversation.

Voices from the Arab press: Will Iraqis boycott the next election?

The 2021 Iraqi parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place in October. Will the scenario we witnessed in the previous elections of 2018 be repeated? Will Iraqis boycott the election en masse?

JUNE 17, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
THE DANISH flag.

Voices from the Arab press: Juncture in Ethiopian-Egyptian relations

In what can only be interpreted as a blatant act of defiance, Ethiopia launched the second filling of the Renaissance Dam, ignoring international law and turning its back on a diplomatic solution.

JUNE 3, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
SUPPORTERS OF Syrian President Bashar Assad celebrate after he won a fourth term in office, in Damascus on May 27

Voices from the Arab Press: Egypt and Qatar - Looks can be deceiving

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

MARCH 11, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
POPE FRANCIS meets with poetess and Holocaust survivor Edith Bruck in Rome on February 20.

Voices from the Arab Press: The far right - a threat to US democracy

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

FEBRUARY 18, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
RALLYING IN support of US president Donald Trump at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem on January 6.

Voices from the Arab Press: Twitter in Saudi Arabia

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

FEBRUARY 4, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Twitter in Saudi Arabia

Voices from the Arab press: Goodbye Trump, Hello Biden

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

JANUARY 28, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
GETTING VACCINATED in Kuwait City in late December.

Voices from the Arab Press: When the platform rises up against its owner

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

JANUARY 21, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
US President Donald Trump speaks next to first lady Melania Trump as he departs from the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, January 20, 2021.

Voices from the Arab press: ‘Haj Muhammad Hitler’

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

DECEMBER 10, 2020ByTHE MEDIA LINE
A TURKISH copy of Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ on display at a bookstore in Istanbul.