The following are links to reports from MEMRI's Special Dispatch Series and Inquiry and Analysis Series, as well as to transcripts from the MEMRI TV Project, released during the past week. MEMRI REPORTS MEMRI Daily Brief No. 574 – The Houthi Hypocrisy – Maintaining Vast Arsenals But Relying On The West To Feed The Starving Yemenis, February 23, 2024 MEMRI Special Dispatch No.
DUBAI: A rapidly changing media industry and audiences’ shrinking attention spans are forcing the Arab world to embrace “new schools of thought” in journalism, experts said on Tuesday. The Arab media industry, run and funded for decades by the state, is witnessing dramatic change as commercial organizations and younger generations are brought in to produce content.
Dubai: Despite ongoing crises in the country, be it the failure of the political elite in forming a new government, persecuting officials responsible for the devastating August blast that destroyed large parts of the capital city, or the vaccines scandal most recently, Lebanese politicians continue to trigger newer controversies.
Mario Aoun, Lebanese politician and MP representing President Michel Aoun s Free Patriotic Movement, claimed that “wives of some Lebanese politicians used to make sexual offers to leaders and politicians in other countries, in order for them to protect their husbands’ political interests .
The Lebanese official made the controversial remarks during the 47-minute interview on SBI TV, prompting many angry reactions among social media users and Lebanese people, who urged viewers and commentators to condemn the alleged claims he made during the show.