Voices from the Arab press

Voices from the Arab press: Education across the Middle East

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

JANUARY 3, 2026|ByTHE MEDIA LINE

EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER Mostafa Kamal Madbouly speaks to the media during a press conference for the Grand Egyptian Museum opening, in Giza, Nov. 1.

ALI AKBAR VELAYATI (2nd L), top Iranian adviser on international affairs, attends a World Federation of Resistance Scholars conference on ‘resistance to liberate, terrorism to destroy,’ in Beirut, 2016.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump's Muslim Brotherhood designation

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

DECEMBER 5, 2025|ByTHE MEDIA LINE

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince MBS in the White House’s Oval Office, Nov. 18.

Voices from the Arab Press: The Trump-MBS meeting and AI

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

NOVEMBER 28, 2025|ByTHE MEDIA LINE

CENTRAL TO Israel’s push is its effort to influence the rapidly expanding ecosystem of AI-powered chatbots.

Voices from the Arab Press: Israel's AI, Hezbollah ceasefire, Saudi shift

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

NOVEMBER 22, 2025|ByTHE MEDIA LINE

Voices from the Arab press: Regulate social media before it's too late

Yes, there are celebrities who provide wonderful, informative and useful content on social media. However, the overwhelming majority of them in Saudi Arabia post poor content that opposes our values.

JUNE 24, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE

DANGER: WHOEVER creates a Clubhouse room immediately controls the conversation.

Voices from the Arab press: Will Iraqis boycott the next election?

The 2021 Iraqi parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place in October. Will the scenario we witnessed in the previous elections of 2018 be repeated? Will Iraqis boycott the election en masse?

JUNE 17, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE

Voices from the Arab press: Juncture in Ethiopian-Egyptian relations

In what can only be interpreted as a blatant act of defiance, Ethiopia launched the second filling of the Renaissance Dam, ignoring international law and turning its back on a diplomatic solution.

JUNE 3, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE

SUPPORTERS OF Syrian President Bashar Assad celebrate after he won a fourth term in office, in Damascus on May 27

Voices from the Arab Press: Egypt and Qatar - Looks can be deceiving

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

MARCH 11, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE

POPE FRANCIS meets with poetess and Holocaust survivor Edith Bruck in Rome on February 20.

Voices from the Arab Press: The far right - a threat to US democracy

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

FEBRUARY 18, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE