Muslim Brotherhood Starts Own Social Networking Site
CAIRO (AFP) – The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's influential Islamist opposition movement, will launch its own social networking site next month to promote moderate Islam, an official said on Wednesday.
Ikhwanbook.com, which is already up, was created ... more |
Jordanian Journalists Furious Over New Cyber Crimes Law
AMMAN (AFP) – Jordanian journalists are up in arms after the government on August 3 passed a temporary law on cyber crimes seen by many as a way of controlling local news websites.
Late last month the government also barred civil servants while at ... more |
Brotherhood TV Series Angers Egypt Islamists
CAIRO, (AFP) – A television series being broadcast throughout the Muslim month of Ramadan has drawn the ire of Egypt's Islamist opposition, who view it as additional pressure ahead of a November parliamentary election.
"The Group" focuses on the ... more |
Lebanon TV Stations Scrap Controversial Jesus Show
BEIRUT, (AP) – Two Shiite Muslim television stations in Lebanon canceled a controversial program about Jesus on Friday, saying they do not want to stir up sectarian conflict in the country.
The 17-episode program, which was produced in Iran, describes ... more |
Asharq Al-Awsat Talks to CNN's Peter Bergen
London, Asharq Al-Awsat – Peter Bergen is a journalist and academic, he is a senior fellow at the New America foundation in Washington D.C. and CNN's national security analyst. He is a true expert on terrorism, and the first western journalist to meet ... more |
Al-Jazeera Wins Nod for News International Emmy
New York, (AP) - Al-Jazeera English (Qatar) has been nominated for an International Emmy in the news category for its coverage from both sides during the Gaza War in January 2009.
Other nominees include Russia's RT Channel for its coverage of President ... more |
A Conversation with Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- Fareed Zakaria, aged 46, is one of the most influential figures in the American media, and he enjoys broad popularly within the US and throughout the world at large. He is the editor of Newsweek International which has ... more |
CNN Fires Veteran Editor for Mideast over Tweet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CNN has fired a senior editor for Middle East news after she published a Twitter message that said she respected a Lebanese Shi'ite cleric branded a terrorist by the United States, U.S. and British media said on Thursday.
The ... more |
Saudi Tycoon to Launch 24-Hour News Channel
RIYADH (AFP) – Saudi Arabia's Kingdom group controlled by tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said on Tuesday it would launch a regional 24-hour news channel to be headed by prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The new channel "will focus on development ... more |
Newspapers Look for Ways to Profit in Internet Age
LONDON (AFP) – Newspapers worldwide are being forced to reinvent themselves for the Internet age -- and will be watching closely the success of two experiments launched in London, analyst say.
Suffering a long-term fall in sales and a collapse in ... more |
Al Jazeera Launches Free TV Service in Britain
LONDON, (Reuters) - Arab news network Al Jazeera will begin broadcasting its English news channel on Britain's Freeview free digital platform on Thursday, making the UK its biggest English-speaking market for free TV.
The network, which has branched ... more |
A Talk with the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- Jeffrey Goldberg is an American–Israeli journalist and a national correspondent for the Atlantic magazine. He has previously worked for the Jerusalem Post, the Washington Post, and the New Yorker. Goldberg is known for his ... more |
Al-Jazeera Anchorwomen 'Quit in Clothing Spat'
DOHA (AFP) – Five female news presenters at the pan-Arab Al-Jazeera satellite television channel have resigned over conflicts with management over dress code and other issues, a journalist there said on Sunday.
"This collective resignation is not ... more |
Asharq Al-Awsat Talks to FT Editor Lionel Barber
London, Asharq Al-Awsat - Lionel Barber is the editor of leading international business newspaper the Financial Times. Since Barber’s appointment in 2005, the FT has won numerous global awards for its quality journalism, including three newspaper of ... more |
A Talk with the New Yorker's David Remnick
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- Amidst the upheaval that journalism is experiencing in light of the rise of new digital and internet technologies and the global financial crisis, David Remnick, Editor of the New Yorker magazine agreed to speak to Asharq ... more |
Saudi Editor Who Interviewed Bin Laden Resigns
RIYADH (AFP) – Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who built Al-Watan newspaper into a voice for progressives and who interviewed Osama bin Laden before he launched Al-Qaeda, announced his resignation on Sunday.
Khashoggi, 52, said he was stepping down ... more |
Washington Post puts Newsweek Up for Sale
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Washington Post announced Wednesday it was putting Newsweek magazine up for sale, relinquishing the publication after more than 40 years in the latest sign of the news industry's distress.
The magazine, founded in the 1930s, ... more |
Kuwaiti Daily Closes for Economic Reasons
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) – Kuwaiti Arabic-language newspaper Awan announced on Monday it was closing due to economic difficulties after almost 30 months of publication.
Editor Mohammad al-Rumeihi said in a front-page article the paper was closing due to ... more |
Iraq Tops for Unsolved Murders of Reporters: CPJ
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Unpunished violence against journalists has soared in the Philippines and Somalia while Iraq has the worst record of solving murders of reporters, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CJP) said.
The New York-based media rights ... more |
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