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		<title>&#8216;No censorship in UAE&#8217;&#8230;you sure?</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2010/08/15/no-censorship-in-uae-you-sure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UAE&#8217;s vice-President and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashin Al Maktoum recently said that authorities in the UAE do not impose any restrictions on information or news about economic and financial issues. Which is strange given the blatant censorship in UAE media over various internal matters. Perhaps he was confused. Or it slipped his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=3743&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brace yourself: Fox News comes to the Middle East</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2010/07/07/brace-yourself-fox-news-comes-to-the-middle-east/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch, the owner of the &#8216;fair and balanced&#8217; [sic] news channel Fox News is to open a Middle East station in conjunction with Saudi&#8217;s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. Fox News, famous for its uncomplicated, gun-ho and pro-Israel stance whilst maintaining a mocking notion of neutrality, does not seem like a likely partner. Their coverage [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=3558&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UAE press censorship</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2010/06/17/uae-press-censorship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Censorship]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a perfect example of press censorship in the UAE. This is the opening line from an article in the Wall Street Journal. Ras Al Khaimah wants to avoid the financial problems of fellow sheikdom Dubai and reduce its 5 billion U.A.E. dirhams ($1.36 billion) of debt after funding a development splurge with Islamic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=3452&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gulf News&#8217; unadulterated anti-semitism</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2010/06/07/gulf-news-unadulterated-anti-semitism/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2010/06/07/gulf-news-unadulterated-anti-semitism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gulf News out does itself in this example of egregiously anti-Semitic sentiment. As if to try to out perform the host of atrocious newspapers across the Middle East, the Gulf News, a hopelessly bland, emasculated and talentless newspaper, really pulls out all the stops with this classic. Yet another triumph for Arab newspapers. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=3333&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s TV channel taken off Arab satellite</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2010/01/11/irans-tv-channel-taken-off-arab-satellite/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2010/01/11/irans-tv-channel-taken-off-arab-satellite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Go to 10:23 for the relevant clip) Two of the Arab world&#8217;s biggest satellite broadcasting companies, Nilesat and Arabsat, have taken the Iranian channel Alaam of the air for breach of contract. Needless to say, no specific, verifiable breach has been mentioned. It doesn&#8217;t take much of an imagination or much understanding of the Middle [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=2061&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poor Arabic journalism and its effects</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/11/05/poor-arabic-journalism-and-its-effects/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/11/05/poor-arabic-journalism-and-its-effects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You do not have to be able to read or understand Arabic to understand what I&#8217;m trying to say with this post. Simply have a look at the Arabic/squiggles below. This is an article taken from the Saudi daily newspaper Al Sharq Al Awsat. In bold are the names, titles and roles of the ministers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=1484&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Abu Dhabi paper&#8217;s editor quits</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/06/08/abu-dhabi-papers-editor-quits/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/06/08/abu-dhabi-papers-editor-quits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Abu Dhabi daily newspaper, the National, has confirmed that its editor Martin Newland has stepped down and his former deputy Hassan Fattah will take his place. This is undoubtedly a blow for the credibility of the paper. Newland was installed originally with much fanfare in April 2008 and brought with him a number of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=816&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Al Qaradawi reaching out to Shia</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/03/13/al-qaradawi-reaching-out-to-shia/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/03/13/al-qaradawi-reaching-out-to-shia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some intelligent thoughts from Arabic Media Shack on Al Qaradawi and his apparent desire to try to reach out some kind of olive branch to Shia Muslims. Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi today issued a statement that’s sort of favorable to Iran.  Seems to me that there is some kind of attempt to improve relations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=478&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finkelstein on the Israeli-Palestinian situation: it&#8217;s not complicated</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2008/01/26/finkelstein-on-the-israeli-palestinian-situation-its-not-complicated/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2008/01/26/finkelstein-on-the-israeli-palestinian-situation-its-not-complicated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The soft spoken Norman Finkelstein took the stage some 15 minutes late: not so bad for a visiting lecturer. For the next two and a half hours he gave a professional and persuasive lecture entitled &#8216;Israel and Palestine: the roots of the problem and the prospects for peace.&#8217; He was, of course, preaching to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=29&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi reforms: one step forward, many back</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2008/01/25/saudi-reforms-one-step-forward-many-back/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2008/01/25/saudi-reforms-one-step-forward-many-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, there have been promising signs emanating from Riyadh suggesting that the countries&#8217; draconian policies towards women were being relaxed. Firstly, as reported here, there was the small announcement that women may stay alone in hotels in the Kingdom, so long as they have some kind of photo ID which will then be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=24&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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