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Ten days after on-air shaming, BBC Arabic contributors still await payments
BBC Arabic has still not paid contributors some ten days after being publicly shamed on live TV by one of…
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Middle East Eye journalism ‘vindicated’ after Palestinian politician drops libel case
Middle East Eye has said its journalism has been “fully vindicated” after a Palestinian politician dropped a libel case against…
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Death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to be marked by week of vigils as Saudi top prosecutor meets Turkish officials
The death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi will be marked by vigils tonight and this week as Turkish investigators looking into…
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Gulf media crackdown: Bahrain closes down nation’s ‘only independent newspaper’ Al-Wasat
Amidst increasing restrictions on the press in the Gulf nation, authorities in Bahrain have shut down Al-Wasat, the country’s only…
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IFJ hits out at attempts by Gulf states to ‘force the closure of Al Jazeera’
Amid tension between other Gulf states and Qatar, the International Federation of Journalists has demanded that journalists are not used…
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Vogue magazine to launch in the Middle East for the first time
Condé Nast-owned monthly magazine Vogue is to launch an edition for the Middle East this autumn. Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz, who will…
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As Sky News building hit by Israeli missile – correspondent warns that no one in Gaza can feel safe
A Sky News reporter, who was in a Gaza building hit by an Israeli missile, has said that no journalists…
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