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Former Chancellor George Osborne arrives at the Evening
Standard offices to formally take up the role of editor of the
newspaper in London. Photo: Reuters

Former British Finance Minister Leads the Evening Standard

by Raneem Hannoush | May 4, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

London- The first day in any new post must be full of stress and challenges. Yet, it is more challenging for a politician who has to spend his days in a news environment after experiencing parliamentary sessions and budgets for the British treasury. After the...

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Protesters demand the release of kidnapped journalist Afrah Shawqi, seen pictured in posters, in Baghdad. The journalist was released on January 3. Karim Kadim / AP Photo

Afrah Shawqi: First Days of Abduction were Terrifying

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 5, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad- Iraqi journalist Afrah Shawqi was released on Tuesday night, ten days after gunmen abducted her from her house in Baghdad. Shawqi said during a press conference she held on Wednesday that she was put in a cell for nine days, blindfolded, and underwent...

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Egyptian Prosecution Imprisons Al-Jazeera Journalist For 15 days Pending Investigation

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 27, 2016 | Middle East

Judicial sources said that Egypt’s Supreme State Security Prosecution yesterday ordered the imprisonment of an Al-Jazeera journalist named Mahmoud Hussein for 15 days pending investigation on charges including preparing “fabricated” reports about the country to...

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Opinion: A Citizen, Not a Journalist

by Samir Atallah | Nov 9, 2016 | Opinion

I have been travelling the world since I was twenty years old. My travels have taken me to Europe, Eastern Europe, America, the Gulf, Africa, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Russia, and other places that “I no longer remember” in the words of Ibn Al-Rumi. I was able to...

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NY Times Correspondent in the Middle East: I am Fascinated by the Changes in Saudi Arabia

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Apr 19, 2016 | Media

Ben Hubbard is a New York Times correspondent in the Middle East. He has spent 10 years in the region, studying and reporting for the US newspaper. During this time he has covered events taking place in the Arab world, particularly the Syrian civil war and its...