Arab media

Arab media reactions to flydubai hijacking attempt mixed between cautious, sensational

In the first hours of Arab media coverage, a clear divide emerged. As reports spread beyond Dubai, additional and increasingly serious claims emerged.

Passengers queue at the flydubai counters in Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on September 30, 2026.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (L) welcomes Lebanese President Aoun at the presidential palace in Ankara, July 30.

Voices from the Arab press: A new pathway for Lebanon

SATELLITE VIEW shows vehicles at an entrance to Pickaxe Mountain tunnels, near Natanz nuclear facility, in Iran, June 21.

Voices from the Arab press: The Red Sea, redrawing the war map

Military equipment targeted at an unknown location, during what US CENTCOM says are strikes on Iran, in this video screengrab released July 20.

Voices from the Arab press: Iranian calamities, Netanyahu's rule, and state legitimacy


Instead of failing to restrain PM, Arab MKs can engage Israeli people

Unlike Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela, the representatives of the Arab citizens of Israel have seats in parliament, as well as public funds for political activity.

Israeli Arab MKs rally in Beersheba against the Prawer Plan

Voices From the Arab Press: Mohammad Bin Salman’s Failed Attempt To Win Prestige

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

ACTIVISTS STAGE a protest timed to coincide with the visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, also mocking British Prime Minister Theresa May, outside Parliament in London on March 7.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump's indecisiveness on Iran

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

A PROTESTER makes his feelings known outside the White House as President Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal from the Iran deal, in Washington on May 8, 2018

Voices from the Arab press: The absurdity of Qatar's rant

A roundup of this week's Arab media.

PROTESTERS ARE pushed back by Iraqi security forces during a protest at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, July 2018

Ahed Tamimi and the battle over public opinion

Ahed Tamimi is not naive. She knows very well what she did.

Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi enters a military courtroom escorted by Israeli Prison Service personnel at Ofer Prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, December 28, 2017.

More horror than heroism: Ahed Tamimi

Neither her gaze nor her ideas are the problem – it’s what others do with them.

Ahed Tamimi appears at a military court at the Israeli-run Ofer prison in the West Bank village of Betunia on December 20, 2017.

Voices from the Arab Press: Has Israel given a green light to Assad?

A roundup of Arab media.

PROTESTERS LAMBAST the Iran deal before then-US vice president Joe Biden’s visit to the David Posnack Jewish Community Center in Davie, Florida, on September 3, 2015

Voices from the Arab press: Allowing Saudi women to drive — what it means

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Qingdao, China, on June 9

Voices from the Arab press: Why do we keep losing at the last minute?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

An Egypt fan looks dejected after his country's match vs Saudi Arabia at the World Cup, June 25, 2018

Voices from the Arab press: Qatari revenge at the FIFA World Cup

RUSSIA’S DENIS Cheryshev scores their second goal in the the Russia vs Saudi Arabia World Cup match on June 14 in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium