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Book Review: ''News - The Televised Revolution''
Mouths Issuing Silent Screams
The work of artist Monika Huber is a critical appraisal of how the media reported on the Arab Spring. Some of her pieces now appear in a book published in cooperation with the Middle East reporter Susanne Fischer. A review by Björn Zimprich
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The Media and ''The Innocence of Muslims''
Against the Islamisation of Muslims
Reports by Western media on the violent protests in the Muslim world against the film "The Innocence of Muslims" have delivered a one-sided and over-simplified picture of the Muslims and the complex reality in which they live. By Hoda Salah
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Uprising against Assad
''We Syrians have become pretty fearless''
Syria's former star radio presenter Honey Al-Sayed is certain that Assad will be toppled. In her article she writes that for a free, democratic Syria, there will have to be strategic planning, political awareness and effective internal, regional and international support
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Social Media in Turkey
Circumventing Censorship
A growing number of young Turks are turning to social media, complaining that mainstream media are being increasingly controlled by the government. Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul
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Press Freedom in Turkey
Against the Criminalization of Journalism
Despite some reforms and ongoing negotiations for EU membership, Turkey's ranking in the Reporters without Borders Press Freedom Index remains strikingly low. Qantara's Fatma Kayabal spoke to, Erol Önderoğlu, the organization's correspondent in Istanbul
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Memoirs of Middle East Reporting
''Somebody had to go to Cairo''
The memoirs of former Middle East correspondent Ulrich Kienzle document how the spirit of optimism in the German media of the late 1960s and 1970s hooked up with the quixotic political idealism of the time. A review by Andreas Pflitsch
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Al Jazeera and Qatar
Accessories of the Arab Spring
The Arab Spring, a true popular uprising against decades of corruption and repression, owed its astonishingly rapid spread not least to the Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera, says media analyst Khaled Hroub
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The Image of the West in the Arab Media
The Perception of the Other
Lebanese media expert Maurice Abu Nader summarises the results of the latest report by the "Arab Thought Foundation" on inter-cultural dialogue – a report that undertakes a detailed examination of the perception of the West as portrayed by the newspapers "Al-Hayat" and "Al-Ahram"
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Arab and Western Media 10 Years after 9/11
When Is a Martyr a Martyr?
Ten years after the attacks of 11 September 2001, international media need an East–West consensus – and not just with regard to the usage of key terms. Common standards and ethical norms are indispensable for reporting in crisis situations. A commentary by Loay Mudhoon