Egypt Issues Arrest Warrant for Satirist
Egyptian authorities have issued an arrest warrant for popular television host and satirist Bassem Youssef for insulting Islam and President Mohammed Morsi.
Saudi Arabia 'May End' Twitter User Anonymity
Arab News daily reports that Saudi Arabia may try to end anonymity for Twitter users in the country by limiting access to the site to people who register their identification documents.
UAE Arrests an Activist for 'False News' Tweets
An Emirati activist arrested and charged with "spreading false news" on Twitter is yet another sign of dwindling free speech in the United Arab Emirates, writes Matt Duffy.
Listening Post: Media Mea Culpas and the Iraq war (Video)
Al Jazeera English’s programme "Listening Post" looks at the ways in which some journalists have admitted to misjudgments and group-thinking in covering the US invasion in Iraq ten years later. Interviews include Greg Mitchell, author of So Wrong For So Long, Iraqi blogger Raed Jarrar, and Jadaliyya’s Sinan Antoon. Listening Post also reports on Muslim Brotherhood supporters protesting against siege conditions by Egyptian media (at 11:41).
Journalist Pardoned, But Jail Term Highights Need for Legislative Reform
Reporters Without Borders reports that President Mahmoud Abbas has pardoned journalist Mamdouh Hamamreh after an appeal court in Bethlehem sentenced him to a year in prison for insulting the president.
In UAE and Qatar, Key Trials Go Unreported as Media Barred
Committee to Protect Journalists’s (CPJ) Jason Stern on media censorship in UAE and Qatar of key court proceedings.
The (Media) Crisis in Syria
Maha Zaraket argues that there is a media war in Syria and that social networking sites “failed” in their role in the Arab Spring.
Gaza Reporter Boycott Forum on Hamas' New Laws for Media
Abeer Ayyoub reports on Hamas’s new media law that many local journalists claim restricts freedom of expression.
Palestinian Journalists Banned from Covering Obama Visit
Palestinian security revoked the accreditation of 18 Palestinian journalists from covering President Obama’s recent visit to Ramallah, most likely due to their political affiliation, Daoud Kuttab reports.
Egypt Blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah Questioned Over Clashes
Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah has handed himself over to the authorities a day after being accused along with four others of inciting violence.
Egypt Arrests as Undersea Internet Cable Cut Off Alexandria
The BBC reports on three divers who have been arrested in Egypt after attempting to cut Internet cables off the coast of Alexandria.
Who Cut Egypt's Internet?
Daniel Nisman gives three possible motives as to why three divers were caught attempting to cut off Egypt’s Internet cables undersea.
News Blackout Imposed on Trial of 94 Activists on National Security Charges
Reporters Without Borders condemns the news blackout the UAE has imposed on the trial of 94 political activists and human rights defenders before the supreme court in Abu Dhabi.
The Revolution: Report from Literary Egypt (photos)
Photos accompanying the essay by contributing editor of Poets & Writers Magazine Stephen Morison Jr., who traveled to Cairo to speak with writers, publishers, and booksellers about the Arab Spring, freedom of expression and censorship, and the ongoing protests.
In Egypt, Crackdown Against Media Reaches New Lows
Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) Sherif Mansour on Egypt’s continued offensive against journalists, revealing “how low the government is willing to go in order to silence its critics.”
Articles on Jadaliyya Addressing the Media:
The Full Story: Silencing English-Language Media in Egypt
Dina K. Hussein on the history and impact of local English-language media before the revolution, and the unprecedented struggles they now face under the current administration.
Professor Samera Esmer in Coversation with Adala's Suhad Bishara; Marking Land Day in Palestine; and Lina Attalah on the Future of Egypt Independent Newspaper
Professor Samera Esmir speaks with Suhad Bishara, Director of the Land and Planning Rights Unit of Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, about Israel's contemporary land policies.
Noura Erakat and Rashid Khalidi on US-Israeli Relations: Interview with MSNBC's Chris Hayes (Video)
Jadaliyya co-editor Noura Erakat joined Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and author of the just-released Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East on MSNBC’s “Up With Chris Hayes” to discuss Obama’s Middle East visit.
Al-Moqattam Clashes in Photos
Photos of clashes that broke out between opposition protesters and both security forces and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in al-Moqattam on Friday March 22 2013.
From the DARS Media Roundup:
Revolutionary Art Rises from Downtown Cairo Streets
Marie-Jeanne Berger on burgeoning publications, art organizations, and collectives in Cairo as young Egyptians take to the streets to express themselves politically and artistically.
Debate flares on the revolutionary role of Facebook and Twitter
An article on the debate over the role of social media during the Arab Spring in which different scholars have argued for and against social media’s necessity in the revolution.
The art of Palestinian resistance
Khaled Diab writes about Qalandiya International, a new biennial festival organized by several different Palestinian cultural organizations in the hopes to reclaim a creative space for artists in Palestine.
From the Syria Media Roundup:
Qui a Tue al-Bouti, Qui Est Responsible et Pourquoi Est-Il Mort?
Ignace Leverrier also has doubts about the government’s narrative on al-Bouti’s death, especially since no picure of his body appeared in the media.
Just How Blind Are We In Syria
Robert Baer says experts now mainly rely on data analytics, algorithms and social media to understand Syria, while they should go back to a more traditional system and observe the situation on the ground.
The Most Important Thing: Syrian Refugees A photo essay by Brian Sokol
Social Media Buzz: Cleric’s Death Unites Many Syrians in Condemnation
Mohammed Sergie’s weekly social media buzz.
Reporters Without Borders Enemies of Internet Report Features Iran, Bahrain, and Syria
From the Egypt Media Roundup:
“اشتباكاتبينالمتظاهرينوقواتالأمنأماممدينةالإنتاجالإعلامي .. حبس 6 متهمينفىأحداثالمقطم .. وعودةالشرطةللعملبكاملطاقتهاببورسعيد”
Clashes erupt in front of the Media City outside Cairo, as Islamist protesters demonstrate against the media.
From the O.I.L Media Roundup:
"Kuwait Lengthens Sentence of Man Who "Insulted" Emir"
A court in Kuwait has raised the sentence of a man previously sentenced to two years for insulting the Emir over twitter to five years, according to his lawyer Jasser al-Jidei.
From the Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup:
Top Saudi cleric says Twitter is for clowns
A news report on Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul-Aziz al-Sheik’s description of Twitter as a “council for jokesters” and a place for untrue messages, on Al Jazeera English.
Saudi Arabia ‘threatens Skype ban’
A news report on Saudi Arabia contemplating a ban on encrypted messaging services, such as Skype, Viber, and WhatsApp, on BBC.
The Flawed Media Narrative on Yemen
Atiaf Zaid al-Wazir analyzes the coverage of Yemen in mainstream media, on Your Middle East.
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