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WHAT DOES THE ARAB NEWSPAPER THINK ABOUT ITSELF?

By July 17, 2020
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PDF version available here Recent data appear to demonstrate the weakening of the Arab newspapers versus strengthening of the digital media. However, this weakening is less extensive than the corresponding erosion of Western newspapers in their own markets. This study examines the question of how Arab newspapers see themselves. A content and discourse analysis of articles in seven newspapers of different characteristics and distribution zones indicates an ambivalent attitude towards the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Coverage of the Middle East, MERIA Journal Volume 18, Number 2 (Summer 2014) Tagged With: , , , , ,

Saudi Arabia/United States: Strange Bedfellows in the Middle East

By May 22, 2021
barry-rubin

What is the difference between Saudi and U.S. policy in the Arabic-speaking Middle East? It’s complex but fascinating and if you can understand the weird twists and turns in this situation you can understand the Middle East. While the two countries may appear aligned in fact–and often when they have the same goals–their policies differ extensively. And the Saudis are not always wrong. Arguably, they are pursuing their own interests more effectively than is the United States. The Saudis … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gulf, Iran, Lebanon, Middle East Politics, Radical Movements, Saudi Arabia, Syria, U.S. Policy on the Middle East Tagged With: , , , , ,

War over the Ruins

By March 8, 2021
jonathan-spyer

Jerusalem Post, 8/3. The Syrian civil war bursts its banks This week, 48 Syrian soldiers who were reported as having ‘sought refuge’ in Iraq were ambushed and killed on Iraqi soil. At least 9, and possibly as many as 19 Iraqi soldiers who were reported as being in escort of the convoy of Syrian defectors also died in the ambush. This incident lays bare the extent to which the Syrian civil war has now burst its banks. The expansion follows the lines of local and regional sectarian … [Read more...]

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