A bloody year is over and we lost a total of 151 colleagues working at different media establishments, 121 of them were killed in conflict areas, and 30 died of accidental reasons and illness related deaths. The deadliest... Read more
Caricature
The current 2012 Christmas was celebrated in the most difficult human and political situations, especially in the Middle East. This was reflected by cartoons, paintings and photography. Unfortunately many of such creative work were circulated... Read more
Opinion
Akhtham Suliman, Al-Jazeera’s longtime Germany correspondent, details the reasons for his recent resignation from the station. There are interviews with Suliman circulating in English, but this piece, published in the FAZ, includes a number of... Read more
Akhtham Suliman, Al-Jazeera’s longtime Germany correspondent, details the reasons for his recent resignation from the station. There are interviews with Suliman circulating in English, but this piece, published in the FAZ, includes a number of... Read more
Poetry & Literature
Dr. Shihab Ganem is the first Arab to receive the Tagore Peace Award for his contribution to developing human understanding through translation of poetry
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Art and Culture
Cash prizes totalling AED185,000 were awarded in Dubai to visual art winners of a competition which aims to encourage, recognize and promote emerging artists from UAE university students
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Opinion
It is interesting to receive two different news stories on the same day; both of which mentioned the Gulf state of Bahrain and the UK Parliament
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News
Forty-one writers from 19 countries have received 2012 Hellman/Hammett grants for their commitment to free expression and their courage in the face of persecution. Among them 4 Arabs
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News
I have received an email from Amir Tibon, one of the two Israeli journalists who filmed a documentary in the Syrian city of Idleb, accusing the pro Iranian, Almanar Television Channel of not telling the truth
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Opinion
Arab Spring is not the governments that follow the fall of the regimes. It is rather the Arab youth who started the revolution, and adopted and protected its big project
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