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Veteran Reporter Safa Haeri Passes Away in Exile

by Amir Taheri | Oct 25, 2016 | Media

London-Muhammad Safa Haeri, professionally known only as Safa Haeri, has just passed away in exile in Paris, aged 79. He was one of the best-known members of a second generation of Iranians who developed journalism into a proper profession from the 1940s onwards. The...

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Hillary Clinton speaks during the second presidential debate on October 09, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

How Trump Turned High Politics into Reality Television

by Amir Taheri | Oct 17, 2016 | Media

London-If opinion polls are correct, the recent televised debates in the US presidential campaign have not produced a clear knock-out winner. The mainstream media declared Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton as the winner of the two first debates, albeit with a slim...

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The Editorialists Have Spoken; Will Voters Listen?

by Jim Rutenberg | Oct 10, 2016 | Media

The Atlantic magazine has made only two presidential endorsements in its 159-year history: one for Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and one for Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. The third comes Wednesday afternoon, when the magazine posted an editorial endorsing Hillary Clinton for...

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Edward Snowden speaks via video link at a news conference for the launch of a campaign calling on President Barack Obama to pardon him on September 14, 2016 in New York City. AFP

Fate of Whistle-blower Divides American Media

by Amir Taheri | Oct 3, 2016 | Media

London-Remember Edward Snowden? Well, he is the whistlebower who,let’s say, lifted thousands of official secret documents and handed them over to a syndicate of newspapers that published a selection. Strictly speaking, Snowden is a thief because he took what did not...

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Majed Hattar (R), brother of the Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar, speaks to the media during a sit-in in the town of Al-Fuheis near Amman, Jordan, September 25, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Jordanian Writer Shot Dead outside Court

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Sep 26, 2016 | Media

Amman- A gunman shot dead Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Sunday outside the court where he was to stand trial in Abdali, Amman. Hattar was transferred to a hospital, but he soon passed away. A Jordanian security officer said that the gunman was arrested. His name is...

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Asharq Al-Awsat Wins Best Photograph in Pilgrimage Award

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 19, 2016 | Media

Riyadh-Asharq Al-Awsat London-based newspaper won the” best photography” award in 2015 Hajj season for submitting photography of Al-Khayf Mosque taken by the newspaper’s photographer Ahmed Hashad. The photo was published on the front page of the newspaper on September...