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LIVE tonight: Abdul Bari Atwan - From the Refugee Camp to the Front Page

on 02 Oct 2008 | 2

[video:bliptv:1322728] Ian Black, Middle Eastern editor for The Guardian, will be in conversation with Abdul Bari Atwan tonight - Thu 2nd October, 7.30pm UK time/10.30am PST. As usual, we will be broadcasting the event on the Frontline Club live channel, so if you can't make it in person do please...more


Daily Mirror Palestine war diaries published

on 19 Jul 2008 | 2

The memoires of Barbara Board, a Daily Mirror reporter for ten years, are to be published by her daughter Jacqueline in a new book, Reporting From Palestine. Barbara worked as Daily Mirror's frontline war correspondent from Palestine in the 40's and 50's, "It was fascinating to discover everything she had...more


Mohammed Omer chronicles his beating

on 07 Jul 2008

Mohammed Omer, the Gaza-based Palestinian journalist who recently recieved the 2008 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, gives a full and frank account of the treatment he received at the hands of Israeli security officers upon his journey home to Gaza, As the beating, scratching and assaults continued, I was sure...more


To show or not to show?

on 05 Jul 2008

Writing on the The BBC Editor's blog Craig Oliver describes the decision making process behind the broadcast of footage from a street in Jerusalem where a man went amok driving a bulldozer killing and injuring a number of people. After some discussion he decided not to show the moment of...more


The Inquirer Award 2008

on 24 Jun 2008

Richard Makepeace, the British Consul General in Jerusalem, today launched The Inquirer Award 2008 which aims to celebrate the very best in investigative reporting from the Middle East. The award will be managed by Thomson Foundation, Print and television journalists will compete for The Inquirer Award 2008 which aims to...more


Comicbook journalism

on 12 Nov 2007

War reporter cartoonist Joe Sacco is interviewed in the Star Tribune. Socca has cartooned from Palestine to Bosnia and, most recently, Iraq, I certainly wondered how seriously I would be taken when I started "Palestine." First of all, comics at the time were still dismissed by the mainstream. And...more


You too can be Hassan Nasrallah

on 31 Aug 2007

That's right, you too can be the leader of Hezbollah. The Lebanese group have entered the world of video gaming bringing the frontline to a living room near you. No surprises for guessing who the enemy is, The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has launched a new computer game with Israel...more