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Ibrahim Essa wins 2008 Gebran Tueni Award

on 02 Dec 2008

Ibrahim Essa, editor of Al Dustour, has won the 2008 Gebran Tueni Award. The annual award honours Gebran Tueni, the Lebanese publisher who was killed in a Beirut car bomb in 2005 and is presented by the World Association of Newspapers and aims to recognise an editor or publisher in...more

Journalists held in Syria

on 09 Oct 2008

The two journalists who were reported missing in Lebanon yesterday are reportedly being held by Syrian Immigration authorities according to Al-Jazeera, Two Americans reported missing by the U.S. embassy in Lebanon are being held in Syria for entering the neighboring country without visas, Arab media reported on Thursday. Doha-based Al...more

Doing journalism in Lebanon

on 28 Aug 2008

Menassat has the low down on the difficulties working in Hezbollah-controlled territory in Lebanon. Detentions and iterrogation of foreign journalists is on the rise. Haji Wafa of Hezbollah's press office tries to explain, David Hury, a French journalist, was detained on August 12, taken to different locations and questioned for...more

Mona Alami on Lebanese media

on 19 Jun 2008

Mona Alami, a Beirut based French-Lebanese journalist, writing for the Inter Press Service describes the failings of Lebanese media outlets. Assassinations, physical threats, political pressure, biased reporting, lack of professionalism, rampant corruption and self-censorship are what she calls the seven deadly sins of Lebanese newsrooms, The most severe [sin] is...more

Lebanon - Civil War or Ceasefire?

on 09 Jun 2008

[video:brightcove:1593347291] Lebanon was debated at the Frontline Club last week. And we have the video of the event above. Taking part are; Ian Black, The Guardian's Middle East editor, Alistair Harris, an independent security consultant, former UK diplomat and UN staff member based in Lebanon, Dr. Jonathan Spyer is a...more

Interview with Alex Strick van Linschoten

on 28 May 2008

Frontline blogger Alex gets interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live - great bit of insight into how one the Frontline bloggers operates, where he goes, how he approaches work and travel. Worth a listen....more

Jeremy Bowen comes under fire in Lebanon

on 11 May 2008

"BBC Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen has come under fire whilst reporting in Lebanon. Jeremy Bowen and his team are now safely back in Beirut." link. Click the image above to see Jeremy in Lebanon...more

Pre-emptive war reporting

on 18 Apr 2008

Syria and Israel are at war. Well... they're not exactly, but if conflict commences - the Iranian media will have it covered. In fact, they'll also have have it covered if it's Lebanon at war with Israel, according to the Iranian news agency 'A'sr Iran. 20 Iranian TV and...more

Wanna be a Hizballah Fighter?

on 26 Mar 2008

Writing on the TIME blog reporter Andrew Lee Butters tells how his assistant, Rami Aysha, spoke to a few Hizballah fighters from his neighbourhood to find out how you go about becoming a Hizballah Fighter, Two important themes stick out: from the beginning, the training stresses the path to martyrdom,...more

Bearers of bad tidings

on 24 Mar 2008

French TV journalist Wissam Sharaf is leaving France and heading back to his native Lebanon. But, he's not heading there for some 'get back to my root's' goodness. He thinks Lebabon is "gonna move" And he's not alone. The Los Angeles Times reports on how journalists are seen as the...more

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