Palestine@UN: A Palestinian Masada at the UN?
Are Palestinian plans to go to the United Nations a case of passing the political hot potato, reinventing the Oslo process or a hopeless last stand?
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A tale of two media
Egypt’s independent media have earned their revolutionary stripes, while the state’s mouthpieces have simply switched allegiance to the ‘new emperor’. But which model will endure?
Read MoreIndiana Hawass and the pharaoh’s curse
Zahi Hawass may liken himself to Indiana Jones, but the minister of antiquities is one artifact of the old regime Egyptians want to live without.
Read MoreHungary for a better future?
Faced with soaring unemployment and the lack of prospects, many educated young Hungarians are being drawn to the radical right. But will it give them the better future they seek?
Read MoreNew Egypt, new media
Egyptians will no longer tolerate paying for the state-run newspapers that peddled Hosni Mubarak’s propaganda.
Read MoreNot so simply red
Mick Hucknall’s admission that he slept with thousands of women shatters one ginger stereotype, but discrimination against redheads goes way back.
Read MoreThe rise of far-right politics on both sides of the Atlantic
On KALW’s weekly media round table, Khaled Diab took part in a radio debate on the rise of far-right politics on both sides of the Atlantic.
Read MoreEgypt hires PR firm to revamp its image
A picture is worth a thousand words, but a doctored picture is a scandal that can be worth a thousand articles to cover.
Read MoreThe Arab man’s burden
Some in the west are more likely to believe in elves in Middle Earth than in Arab men in the Middle East who are secular and do not oppress women.
Read MoreEgyptian government fears a Facebook revolution
Talk of banning Facebook is only the surface of a greater crackdown on independent media by an insecure government.
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