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Criminal Prosecutions of Online Speech: Outdated and Flawed Laws Used to Restrict Speech in Tunisia

London: Amnesty International (2020), 15 pp.
"An increasing number of prosecutions of bloggers and Facebook users have taken place in relation to their peaceful expression online. They have been investigated or charged or sometimes sentenced on criminal charges including defamation, insulting state institutions and “harming” others through ... more
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Final Report. Jordan Media Assessment: Media Landscape Analysis

USAID; Management Systems International (MSI) (2020), 98 pp.
"The Media Landscape Analysis is Component I of the Jordan Media Assessment, a comprehensive review of the media sector in Jordan. Based on a thorough desk review of existing research on Jordan’s media scene, it focuses on the legal framework, political will and economic context that affect the wo ... more
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Jemen: Der vergessene Krieg

Said AlDailami
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2020), 261 pp.
"Said AlDailami untersucht die tiefen Konfliktlinien entlang von konfessionellen, regionalen und tribalen Zugehörigkeiten sowie wirtschaftlichen Interessen, um auszuloten, wie und wann Frieden möglich werden könnte. Zahlreiche äußere Mächte – wie Saudi-Arabien, die Vereinigten Arabischen Emi ... more
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Media Culture in Transnational Asia: Convergences and Divergences

Hyesu Park (ed.)
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (2020), 241 pp.
"Media Culture in Transnational Asia: Convergences and Divergences examines contemporary media use within Asia, where over half of the world's population resides. The book addresses media use and practices by looking at the transnational exchanges of ideas, narratives, images, techniques, and values ... more
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Social Media and Conflict in Iraq: A Lexicon of Hate Speech Terms

Dina Obaid et al.
Washington, DC: PeaceTech Lab; Better World Organization; Iraqi Alfourdus Organization; Iraqi Network for Social Media; Youth Without Borders (2019), 36 pp.
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Les cinémas berbères: De la méconnaissance aux festivals nationaux

Daniela Merolla (ed.)
Paris: Karthala (2019), 210 pp.
"Cet ouvrage est le premier à traiter l'ensemble de la production cinématographique berbère. Des histoires qui nous viennent des mythes, de l’histoire contemporaine, des personnages dramatiques ou comiques, qui participent à la représentation et à l’auto-perception d’être Imazighen/Berb ... more
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Supporting Media for Democracy (2013-2019)
Deep Insights

Brussels: European Endowment for Democracy (EED) (2019), 20 pp.
"This publication presents EED’s work in the area of independent media, and reflects on lessons learned in six years of media and democracy support. It offers an analysis of the worrying trends and challenges faced by media today and calls for an urgent re-set in thinking about donor support to me ... more
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The Legal Framework on Freedom of Expression in Morocco

Jocelyn Grange
Rabat: Adala; IREX Europe; Article; UNESCO Office in Rabat (2019), 33 pp.
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Digital Media Startup Companies in the Arab World: The Examples of Lebanon, Morocco and Jordan

Deutsche Welle DW Akademie; Maharat Foundation (2019), 156 pp.
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"There is a Price to Pay": The Criminalization of Peaceful Speech in Lebanon

Jehanne Henry
New York: Human Rights Watch (2019), 122 pp.
"Over the past few years, Lebanon has witnessed an alarming increase in attacks on peaceful speech and expression. The country’s criminal defamation laws, which authorize imprisonment up to three years for peaceful speech, have been used against citizens who have written about pressing social issu ... more
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Freedom of Sharing and Violations Against Journalists on Social Media Sites in Palestine: The Range of Violations is Growing

Ghazi Ahmad Bani Odeh
Ramallah: Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) (2019), 61 pp.
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La coexistence des médias et du confessionnalisme au Liban: Analyse du pouvoir politique et religieux sur les médias libanais

Rita I. Sayah
Paris: L'Harmattan (2019), 178 pp.
"Cette oeuvre révèle le pouvoir géant des identités politiques et religieuses libanaises sur les expressions artistiques et médiatiques, tout en racontant l’histoire de ce pays et en analysant divers événements politiques, religieux, artistiques et/ou médiatiques qui ont eu lieu entre 1989 ... more
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Trust in the Media

Ipsos (2019), 48 pp.
"People across 27 countries are divided on whether they trust traditional media (magazines and newspapers, TV and radio). These sources are equally trusted as they are distrusted. However, levels of trust in media sources vary greatly at the country level. Trust in traditional media is perceived to ... more
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Road to 2030: Access to Information in the Driver’s Seat

Deutsche Welle DW Akademie; Free Press Unlimited; Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2019), 68 pp.
"Spotlight report on the state of public access to information in Canada, Indonesia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Ukraine prepared for the 2019 cycle of the Voluntary National Reviews and the 2019 UN High Level Political Forum." (Subtitle)
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Children and Screen Media in Changing Arab Contexts: An Ethnographic Perspective

Tarik Sabry, Nisrine Mansour
Cham: Palgrave Pivot (2019), xi, 147 pp.
"Using a phenomenological and multi-sited ethnographic approach, this book focuses on children's uses of digital media in three sites - London, Casablanca and Beirut - and situates the study of Arab children and screen media within a wider frame, making connections between local, regional and global ... more
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Diaspora: Netzwerke globaler Gemeinschaften

Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha (ed.)
Karlsruhe: KIT Scientific Publishing; Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2019), iv, 212 pp.
"Menschen gemeinsamer Herkunft, die verstreut über verschiedene Staaten leben, sind Inbegriffe gelebter Transnationalität. Als Diasporagemeinschaften bilden sie globale Netzwerke. Interdisziplinäre Beiträge aus Wissenschaft und Kulturarbeit bündeln, fotografisch gestützt, die Inhalte zweier WI ... more
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Aufbruch im Silicon Wadi

Claudia Mende
welt-sichten, issue 12 (2019), pp. 61-63
"In der jordanischen Hauptstadt Amman blühen digitale Start-ups. Die hohe Arbeitslosigkeit lindert das kaum. Doch junge Leute bringen damit neue Ideen in Jordaniens Geschäftswelt." (Seite 61)
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A Fragmented Landscape: Barriers to Independent Media in Iraq

Aida Al Kaisy
London: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Middle East Centre (2019), 15 pp.
"Fundamentally, this paper argues that the lack of political will combined with the failure of state-building processes to develop the frameworks and institutions to support independent media is maintaining a media landscape that reflects the key political challenges of Iraq. The politics of success ... more
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Framing the Friday Sermon to Shape Opinion: The Case of Jordan

Philip Odeh Madanat
Lanham: Lexington Books; Fortress Academic (2019), 163 pp.
"The book investigates the intricate relationship between Friday sermon and the worshippers’ opinion in Jordan. The author examines the religious sphere in Jordan in an attempt to unravel the apparent and hidden actors who produce and intake Friday sermon in an ostensibly westernized yet profoundl ... more
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Media Toolkit for Practitioners to Better Implement the "Journalists' Pact for Strengthening Civil Peace in Lebanon"

Beirut: UNDP Lebanon; Thomson Reuters Foundation (2019), 66 pp.
"Toolkit Objectives: 1. Help journalists find practical applications for the “Journalists’ Pact for Strengthening Civil Peace in Lebanon.” 2. Practice reporting on issues in a way that overcomes divisions, provides solutions and develops stronger bonds between all members of the community. 3. ... more