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Voices from the Arab press: Internal Arab fractures amid Iran war

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE
A man stands on the rubble as emergency services operate at the site of an Israeli strike carried out on Wednesday, in Ain Al Mraiseh in Beirut, Lebanon, April 9, 2026
Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital, shows the damage inside the hospital, during the ongoing Israeli military operation, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, December 18, 2024.

'Hero' Gaza hospital director and op-ed writer for NYT revealed to have been Hamas colonel

Despite his Hamas rank being well known in Arabic media, Safiya was still invited to write opinion pieces for the NYT.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
People gather to attend the funeral of Hezbollah's top military official, Haytham Ali Tabtabai, and of other people who were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday, despite a US-brokered truce a year ago, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon November 24, 2025.

Weakened Hezbollah hesitates on retaliation while Israel warns of escalation - analysis

Another layer of complexity comes from the split within Lebanon’s leadership over how to respond.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
IDF Arabic spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee.

Goodbye, 'Mr. evacuate now': Arab outlets weigh in on Adraee’s retirement

Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF's Arabic-language spokesperson for nearly 20 years, is set to retire, with discussions underway to find his successor.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Voices from the Arab press: A shameful Egyptian deal

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

FEBRUARY 28, 2018ByCOMPILEDTHE MEDIA LINE
ANTI-GOVERNMENT protesters perform the Friday weekly prayers during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen’s president Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz in 2011

Voices from the Arab press: Qatar's hypocrisy exposed yet again

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

FEBRUARY 24, 2018ByMEDIA LINE
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up part of Iranian drone that landed in Israel in February 2018 at the Munich Security Conference, February 18, 2018

Voices from the Arab Press: A war with no instigators

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

FEBRUARY 17, 2018ByMEDIA LINE
SECURITY PERSONNEL examine the remains of an Israel Air Force F-16 fighter plane near Kibbutz Harduf on February 10, 2018. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)

Reporting from Afrin amid the Turkish offensive

“In the Arab world and Turkey, covering any part of the region, you have the challenge of regimes and governments that don’t like what you say.”

FEBRUARY 14, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Alberto Fernandez, president of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks. (Wikimedia Commons)

Time to include Arabs among the decision-makers

Recent workers' rights ad campaign demands closer scrutiny.

FEBRUARY 5, 2018ByNASREEN HADAD HAJ-YAHYA
Muslim students are shown in this illustrative photo wearing hijabs at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Voices from the Arab press: the Tunisian revolution will not die!

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

JANUARY 21, 2018ByMEDIA LINE
MEN SHOUT slogans during demonstrations on the seventh anniversary of the toppling of president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, in Tunis, January 2018

Voices from the Arab Press: FROM CAIRO TO KHARTOUM

What Egypt truly cares about is ensuring its ability to continue providing drinking water to millions of citizens.

JANUARY 11, 2018ByCOMPILEDTHE MEDIA LINE
PEOPLE RALLY in support of Iranian anti-government protests in Los Angeles earlier this week

VOICES FROM THE ARAB PRESS: ARE THE MULLAHS LOSING POWER AT HOME?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

JANUARY 4, 2018ByMEDIA LINE
POLICE ARREST a Palestinian demonstrator in a village north of Jerusalem in 1987A MINARET is seen in the background as Egyptian security force members stand guard on the outskirts of Cairo

Why was the Saudi crown prince accused of buying a ‘Christian’ painting?

How a $450 million painting became part of a Qatari misinformation campaign against Saudi Arabia.

DECEMBER 10, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Christie's unveils Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi' at Christie's New York on October 10, 2017 in New York City.

Voices from the Arab press

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

DECEMBER 7, 2017ByCOMPILEDTHE MEDIA LINE
EGYPTIAN SOLDIERS watch over worshipers outside Al Rawdah mosque earlier this month after the deadly November 24 terrorist attack in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt