Screening: Bahrain: Shooting in the Dark Q&A with May Welsh, Jon Blair, and ex-Bahraini MP

by Frontline Staff 03 February 2012

By Ivana Davidovic "With our souls, with our blood, we would sacrifice anything for you Bahrain" people chanted on the ...more

Getting Somalia Wrong

by Celeste Hicks on 02 February 2012

http://www.royalafricansociety.org/events/details/1137-getting-somalia-wrong-faith-war-and-hope-in-a-shattered-state.htmlNext week I'm planning to attend this event at the Royal African Society, where BBC journalist Mary Harper will be launching her new book 'Getting Somalia...more

Social media from the front line

by Daniel Bennett on 02 February 2012

Major Paul Smyth is one of the people responsible for changing the Ministry of Defence's approach to social media particularly in the context of front...more

Wael Ghonim in conversation with Ben Hammersley: Revolution 2.0

by Frontline Staff on 01 February 2012

By Emily Wight A key element to the Arab Spring was the role of social media in giving momentum to the revolution. In countries such...more

Part 2: Frontline Club discusses Italian press after Berlusconi

by Frontline Staff on 01 February 2012

By Charlene Rodrigues Interestingly, condemnation of Berlusconi's media involvement was not wholesale. Paolo Mancini, professor at the University of Perugia said: "Everyone here will expect...more

Part 1: Frontline Club discusses Italian press after Berlusconi

by Frontline Staff on 31 January 2012

By Will TurvillThe Frontline Club last night hosted a lively and informative discussion on what the future might hold for Italian media in the post-Berlusconi...more

Gene Sharp's 'terrifyingly simple' methods for non-violent revolution

by Frontline Staff on 31 January 2012

by Thomas Lowe As he walks to sit at the front of the room one can see Gene Sharp is frail, and at times it’s...more

Frenemies entertain the Frontline Club

by Frontline Staff on 27 January 2012

By Will Turvill A crowd gathered at the Frontline Club last night for a humour-filled evening hosted by comedian Katerina Vrana, who stood alongside jesting...more

American Muslim: Freedom, Faith and Fear

by Frontline Staff on 25 January 2012

By Alan Selby A lot has changed in the years since 9/11. The date itself has become emblematic of a change in attitudes towards Islam, perhaps...more

The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat at the Frontline Club

by Sophia Loukaides on 25 January 2012

By Tom LoweThe hugely important figure Yasser Arafat casts a long shadow over Middle Eastern politics even years after his death. Yasser Arafat takes a long...more

"If I can turn the light on, I've still got my arms"

by Lynne O'Donnell on 25 January 2012

In Kabul last week, an American friend working there as a freelance journalist told me he’d dreamed the night before that his arms had...more