Voices from the Arab press

Voices from the Arab press: Mecca pact will strengthen security, stability

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

(From L) TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chat after signing a joint defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 7.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (L) welcomes Lebanese President Aoun at the presidential palace in Ankara, July 30.

Voices from the Arab press: A new pathway for Lebanon

SATELLITE VIEW shows vehicles at an entrance to Pickaxe Mountain tunnels, near Natanz nuclear facility, in Iran, June 21.

Voices from the Arab press: The Red Sea, redrawing the war map

Military equipment targeted at an unknown location, during what US CENTCOM says are strikes on Iran, in this video screengrab released July 20.

Voices from the Arab press: Iranian calamities, Netanyahu's rule, and state legitimacy


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.

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?

THE DANISH flag.

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.

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

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

RALLYING IN support of US president Donald Trump at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem on January 6.

Voices from the Arab Press: Twitter in Saudi Arabia

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

Twitter in Saudi Arabia

Voices from the Arab press: Goodbye Trump, Hello Biden

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

GETTING VACCINATED in Kuwait City in late December.

Voices from the Arab Press: When the platform rises up against its owner

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

US President Donald Trump speaks next to first lady Melania Trump as he departs from the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, January 20, 2021.

Voices from the Arab press: ‘Haj Muhammad Hitler’

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

A TURKISH copy of Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ on display at a bookstore in Istanbul.

Voices from the Arab press: Europe’s timid confrontation with terrorism

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

French special police take part in a drill inside Groupama Stadium near Lyon