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By Iqbal Tamimi Stand-up comedian Jack Whitehall, who hosted the BBC1 comedy show ‘Live at Apollo’ on 21 January 2012, apparently thinks it is funny to make fun of people suffering mental problems. He made a joke about starting a relationship... Read more
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Tweet by Iqbal Tamimi It was interesting to notice that the three women, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2011; the Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni human rights campaigner... Read more
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Tweet During the Iraq War, the US took aim at AlJazeera. Now, as the information wars heat up between the West and Iran, British regulators have ordered Iran’s Press TV off the air, a move that Danny Schechter says further limits public... Read more
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Tweet A prominent Israeli professor at the University of Haifa, Arnon Sofer, is urging the government to act fast to ethnically cleanse Palestinian Bedouins lest Israel be “destroyed” by them
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Tweet By Iqbal Tamimi The Independent and BBC bestowed upon a Saudi Princess the title of a journalist On 5 January, 2012, The BBC television channel [BBC World], broadcasting in Arabic from London, interviewed Her Royal Highness Princess... Read more
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Tweet Total spending on TV advertising in the Middle East and North Africa is in excess of US$1 billion (Dh3.67bn) a year. MBC pulls in the lion’s share of this, although it does not disclose exact revenue figures
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{jcomments on}Tweet Arab Spring may spark boom in movie business Emirati producer Nayla Al Khaja said the movie industry needs more funding The Arab Spring movement has spurred unprecedented interest in the region’s fledgling film industry... Read more
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{jcomments on}Tweet Veena Malik Nude Cover Photo: Pakistan Govt May Take Action Against the Actress Pakistani actress Veena Malik is in trouble after a nude picture of the actress appeared on the cover page of an Indian magazine. Soon after... Read more
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Tweet {jcomments on} Do you trust Jonathan Miller, Channel 4 News reporter in Damascus? Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan has covered conflicts, revolutions, natural and unnatural disasters and has won four Royal Television Society... Read more
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Tweet {jcomments on} Women in the UAE are split over whether working mothers should receive a longer period of paid maternity leave, with some critics warning employees could abuse child-friendly policies
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