AFP
“Events in the Arab region raised concern over energy supply… I would like to stress on the commitment made … to maintain oil supply,” Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al-Thani said at the opening of an energy forum in Doha. …
Middle East Studies failed predicting and addressing the Arab Spring
International Analyst Network
When the young Tunisian burned himself in protest against authoritarian oppression and lack of economic justice, triggering massive demonstrations in this small North African country, commentators hesitated to coin the movement as an Arab Spring. …
The Arab Spring and Turkey
Sunday’s Zaman
First, let me underline one fact: The Arab world has not been on Turkey’s radar only because of reasons related to religion. The increased importance of this region as a market for Turkish exports has made the Arab lands precious for
BBC’s Arabic service wins huge audiences
The Guardian
Independent research published today shows that overall audiences to the BBC’s Arabic services have risen by more than 50% to a record high of 33.4m adults weekly – up from 21.6m before the “Arab spring.’ BBC Arabic TV’s audience has risen to 24.4m…
Recent revolutions are neither Arab nor Spring
Ha’aretz
One can say that they are actually living proof of the identity crisis and reverberating bankruptcy of Arab nationalism. By Salman Masalha Tags: Arab Spring The vicissitudes that have, for some reason, been collectively dubbed the “Arab Spring” are …
BBC myths
Jerusalem Post (blog)
The BBC’s recent effort to do away with “Arab Spring myths” is rather remarkable: it’s a very short piece that, in my opinion, doesn’t really bust any myths but instead perpetuates some of the all-time favorites that inform much of the BBC’s Middle …
Tunisia Live
Tunisian diplomats and scholars will participate, discussing the Arab Spring, its birth in Tunisia, how it spread to the rest of the Arab world, and its effects on the region. The UN’s interest in the impacts on the present and future situations of the ..
Mideast press freedom conference on Arab Spring begins in Amman
Monsters and Critics.com
Amman – A regional media forum opened in Amman Monday to try to evaluate the challenges facing press freedom in the Arab world following the Arab Spring uprisings and calls for sweeping political reforms. The three-day conference, which is organized by …
Nazret.com (blog)
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in an interview with Pan-African magazine, African Business, said, Ethiopia and much of the Sub-Sharan Africa already had its own African Spring back in the 1980’s and the Arabsare ‘latecomers to the game’. …
