Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:22am GMT

HARGEISA (Reuters) - Somaliland has shut down a private television station it accuses of airing anti-government propaganda, and arrested 13 journalists as they held a protest against the move, a minister said on Sunday.

Minister of Interior Mohamed Nour Arrale said that the government of the breakaway territory had suspended the licence of Horn Cable TV, which was taken off air on Saturday.

"Its activities have been suspended…

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Dia Med Sud workshop on how to create a business plan for an audiovisual project at ISAMM in Tunis

During 5 days freshly graduated students had the opportunity to produce a Business plan for their future Audiovisual project with guidance from an expert… Continue

By Mohamed El Mokhtar

Regardless of what has originally led to the collapse of the Somali state (nefarious tribalism, bad governance, senseless civil war, foreign interference etc) and its continuing structural failure, there is no excuse whatsoever for the current large scale humanitarian emergency crisis, unashamedly unfolding before our eyes, to take place. Although, the personal responsibility of this bitter reality lies primarily in…

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July 2011



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Twenty two years ago, many great figures in photography shunned the idea of Arab photography or Arab Images, saying: "Arab photography doesn’t exist, because Muslims don’t take pictures." But since, the genre has become more accepted. Many free thinkers in the Arab world, especially in the large cities, have practiced photography since the beginning of the 20th century as a hobby. They took photographs to…

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salama alaikum

iam freelance journalist i joined this group with respect of my comunity of arabs to discuss thier issues and all arabs in thier input ideas to solve our common intrest

i work in somalia as freelnace journalist at international and local news websites i can share any ideas and sugestion to somali peaple and thier country as witness

 i support arab media in my contribution to here

 

great you all

 

farhan freelance…

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assalaamu alaikum

looking for information on what is block for syria, am trying to get hold of college there and help him get his messages out. if anyone has the knowledge of what is happening for the internet block and where please contact me on hearsyria@yahoo.com any information is big help

a proxy syrian can use for the block is found is here: access4syria.blogspot.com

jazak allah khairan

Yesterday night after watching a video on France24 news channel, I browsed the internet and found it on Dailymotion published under the title: 1Syrian security forces arrested peaceful protesters when i wanted to view the video posted by …

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Lebanon land of freedom and democracy is banning and blocking videos showing security forces in Syria kicking and stepping on arrested protesters..…

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الطفل محمد الجرو

وصمة عار في التاريخ الاجرامي للاحتلال الاسرائيلي

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Detention and questioning of two sports journalists working in Qatar for the public Swiss broadcaster Radio Television Suisse (RTS). Both journalists were prevented from leaving the country for 13 days. 



On April 3, reporter Christophe Cerf and cameraman Yvan Thorimbert were filming a report on football in Qatar, the host country for the 2022 soccer World Cup, in Mesaieed, 31 miles (50 kilometers) south of the capital Doha, when a police patrol stopped them, news reports said. The…

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It’s not on the front pages of the Western press, and it’s not leading the hour for the main Arab satellite networks like Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya, but the Syrian uprising continues apace, while the Assad regime’s countermeasures are becoming increasingly brutal.

Yesterday brought more protests to Syria—and the Assad regime is tightening the screws. According to sources, security forces opened fire on protestors in Deraa, ground zero of the revolution, …

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http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/blogs/carmen-sammut/how-time-flies-and-migrants-flow

The speedy intervention by America, France and Britain in Libya in the name of UN Resolution in favour of ‘No Fly” Zone is nothing but an old imperialist goal. All these three nations are old imperialist powers who have colonized half the world during 19th and first half of 20th century, France and Britain directly and America indirectly. The cover of course was to ‘save ‘civilian lives though they themselves, along…

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In 2000, British travel guide company Bradt published the only mainstream guidebook to Palestine. Just a few months later the Second Intifada broke out and although it sold out, the guide was never renewed - until now. I've just completed work on the new version of the Bradt Guide to Palestine, and you can see it Amazon here.

Oilmen may be cheering the results of the Mideast revolution. But, in this week’s Newsweek, Leslie H. Gelb contends the revolts overseas aren’t good for the U.S. and Israel.

The biggest potential losers in the still-roiling revolutions of the Middle East and North Africa are the people themselves. Many are democrats at high risk of being overwhelmed over time by new dictators and organized religious…

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لقد بات من المؤكد أنه يوجد تبدلاً جذرياً في مجتمعاتنا العربية من النواحي الديموغرافية, من خلال وصول شريحةً كبيرة من السكان و هي الغالبية الى مراحلٍ من اليأس و الطريق المسدود من ناحية تحقيق أحلامها بحياةٍ كريمةٍ , و وجدت أحلامها غير قابلة للتحقيق الا من خلال احداث تبدلات جذرية في مجتمعاتها و محيطها و في عناصر القوة التي تتحكم بديناميكية القرار السياسي و الاقتصادي فيه.



هذه الغالبية كانت هي القوة الخفية الغير مسيسة , الشريحة التي تعمل بصمت في بناء مجتمعاتها و كسب لقمة عيشها, هي الشريحة… Continue