Madinat Jumeirah
Dubai, UAE
5-6 Dec. 2005
New York Times article about Dubai.
Financial Times report on Investing in Dubai 2005.
BBC reports on Dubai's plans for the world's tallest building.
Dubai named "Middle Eastern City of the Future" by fDi Magazine, a Financial Times publication.
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Dubai and the Arab Region
About Dubai
Dubai has emerged at the dawn of the 21st century as an international business and media center of global significance, providing the ideal location for the Arab Thought Foundation's Fourth Annual Conference on Arab and World Media.
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Arab States
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Bahrain -
Bahrain's radio and television stations are state-run, however a press law guarantees the right to journalists to operate independently as long as self-censorship is practiced.
Newspapers
Al Wasat
Al Ayam
Akhbar Al-Khaleej
Television and Radio
Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation
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Comoros - Until the 1980s Comoros did not have any national media. In 1984 France agreed to provide Radio Comoros with funding for FM Transmitter to broadcast to all three islands.
Newspapers
Al-Watwany
L'Archipel
Television and Radio
Radio Tropique FM
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Djibouti -
The government closely controls all electronic media and owns the principal national newspaper, radio and television outlets. Private newspapers are generally allowed to circulate freely, but journalists exercise self-censorship.
Newspapers
IRIN
La Nation
Television and Radio
AllAfrica
RF1 Afrique
BBC World Service
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Kuwait -
Though most of Kuwait's television stations are state-owned, this region has some of the most outspoken newspapers in the Arab world regarding coverage of politics and government.
Newspapers
Al-Watan
Al-Qabas
Al-Ra'y al-Amm
Television and Radio
Kuwaiti TV
Radio Kuwait
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Mauritania -
Mauritania's television and radio stations are state-owned, therefore coverage strongly supports the government. Under press law, newspapers may be banned for publishing material that is perceived to threaten national security.
Newspapers
Chaab
Nouakchott Info
Horizon
Television and Radio
Mauritania TV
Radio Mauritania
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Qatar -
Qatar lifted censorship of the media in 1995 and the press has been essentially free from government interference since.
Newspapers
Al-Watan
Gulf Times
The Peninsula
Television and Radio
Al-Jazeera
Qatar TV
Qatar Broadcasting Service
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Saudi Arabia -
Saudi Arabia has had one of the most tightly-controlled media environments in the Middle East, however the September 11 attacks on the United States were said to have brought about a bolder, more candid style of reporting.
Newspapers
Al-Watan
Al-Riyadh
Al-Jazira
Television and Radio
Saudi TV
Saudi Radio
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Somalia -
Since Somalia's civil war, illiteracy levels have been difficult to improve. However, with the radio as the most widespread medium of mass media the citizens of this region have been introduced to programs which teach literacy by radio.
Newspapers
Bakaaraha
Wargeyska Xiddigta Banadir
The Somaliland Times
Television and Radio
Somalia News Network
Radio Banadir
Radio Galkayo
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Sudan -
Sudan is one of the most restrictive media environments on the African continent. Radio and television are controlled directly by the government and are required to reflect government policies.
Newspapers
Al-Ra'y al-Amm
Al-Ayam
Al-Sahafah
Television and Radio
Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation
Sudan National Radio Broadcasting Corporation
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Syria -
The government and Baath Party own and control most of the print and broadcast media. The government has established conditions for licensing private commercial FM radio stations, but has ruled that these stations may not broadcast news or politics.
Newspaper
Al-Baath
Al-Thawra
Tishrin
Television and Radio
Syrian TV
Syrian Arab Republic Radio
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