Death or Detention: Israel’s Attacks on Journalism Follow a Lethal Pattern
Israel’s campaign of targeting and silencing the media has hidden its crimes under a dark shadow
Israel’s campaign of targeting and silencing the media has hidden its crimes under a dark shadow
Some analysts have called Gaza a “news grave” because of the killing of journalists and their families, and the destruction of media outlets and communication infrastructure. For journalists on the ground in Gaza, the barriers are insurmountable, especially when they are fighting to survive themselves. On today’s episode, we hear from Nour Swirki, one of the few last standing journalists in Gaza about her own story of displacement, and about how she is able to continue doing her job during what she calls “a war against anything Palestinian…against our existence.”
Zahra Hankir talks about what it means to be a journalist covering the Middle East, and what she has learned from her fellow colleagues.
Hankir’s collection of portraits sheds light on the unique contribution of female Arab correspondents to their craft, including the integral role of their identity in giving voice to otherwise untellable stories from the Arab World
While the issue of climate change journalism is particularly relevant to the Arab World today, as the upcoming COP27 and COP28 will be hosted in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates respectively, climate reporting in the region still lacks a critical lens that reflects the issue’s urgency
A first-hand account of reporting from the Palestinian Occupied Territories in the aftermath of Shireen Abu Akleh’s death.
Whether in liberal democracies or across the Arab World, journalists today are struggling to navigate a difficult route amid government restrictions, ambiguous red lines, and non-state actors affecting how the media is run
What it has been like for Shireen Abu Akleh and other Palestinian journalists to report from Palestine
As fake news and reality collide, what impact is the current media and political climate having on the initial outline of U.S. contemporary history?
From social media to government narratives, the audience was bombarded with a plethora of information, some of which was confusing and contradictory.
Mustafa Amin was a touchstone for a generation of journalists who valued a freer and more truthful school of journalism. His recently donated private library offers a rare glimpse into his professional life.
Meet the sister of the rebels.
One of the most significant battles taking place these days in the Arab region is about how wide or narrow is the public space available for citizens to express themselves and offer views that differ from or challenge the state.
No other journalist was as influential in France or the rest of the world as Éric Rouleau. No one contributed to changing the Western vision of the complicated east, better yet, to making it understood, as much as he did.