Voices from the Arab press

Voices from the Arab press: Victory from which there is no escape

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

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Split screen of two videos of blasts, one shot in thermal imaging, that show the IDF destroying underground infrastructure used by Hezbollah, in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon. Videos released June 28.
Strait pf Hormuz: Iranian policeman?

Voices from the Arab press: Handing the Strait of Hormuz to Iran and the Gulf

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

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CCTV footage shows carnage following a strike on Kuwait International Airport, June 3.

Voices from the Arab press: Attacking civilians is never justified

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

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LEBANESE CHILDREN play with toy soldiers in the southern city of Bint Jbail.

Voices from the Arab press: Bint Jbail, Trump's options, and Lebanon's courage

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

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Voices from the Arab press: Iran threatens global shipping in Strait of Hormuz

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

MARCH 22, 2026ByTHE MEDIA LINE
The Liberia-flagged tanker ‘Shenlong Suezmax,’ loaded with Saudi Arabian crude, arrives at a port after transiting the Strait of Hormuz amid supply disruptions, in Mumbai, India, March 12.

Voices from the Arab press: Turkey’s strategic bet on energy

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

FEBRUARY 21, 2026ByTHE MEDIA LINE
A TURKISH petroleum engineer poses on the helipad of Turkish drilling vessel ‘Yavuz’ in the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus.

Voices from the Arab press: Education across the Middle East

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

JANUARY 3, 2026ByTHE MEDIA LINE
EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER Mostafa Kamal Madbouly speaks to the media during a press conference for the Grand Egyptian Museum opening, in Giza, Nov. 1.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump's Muslim Brotherhood designation

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

DECEMBER 5, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
ALI AKBAR VELAYATI (2nd L), top Iranian adviser on international affairs, attends a World Federation of Resistance Scholars conference on ‘resistance to liberate, terrorism to destroy,’ in Beirut, 2016.

Voices from the Arab Press: The Trump-MBS meeting and AI

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

NOVEMBER 28, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince MBS in the White House’s Oval Office, Nov. 18.

Voices from the Arab Press: Israel's AI, Hezbollah ceasefire, Saudi shift

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

NOVEMBER 22, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
CENTRAL TO Israel’s push is its effort to influence the rapidly expanding ecosystem of AI-powered chatbots.

Voices from the Arab press: The Grand Egyptian Museum, Mamdani, and Gaza

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

NOVEMBER 15, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
ARTIFACTS FROM the King Tutankhamun collection are displayed after the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), in Giza, Nov. 4.

Voices from the Arab Press: Israel, Donald Trump, and Anwar Sadat

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

NOVEMBER 8, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and prime minister Menachem Begin acknowledge applause during a joint session of Congress in which US president Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 18, 1978.

Voices from the Arab Press: Gaza's reconstruction dilemma

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

OCTOBER 24, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
AMID THE Gaza rubble, Oct. 20.

Voices from the Arab Press: Trump plan, Palestinian state, Gaza economy

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

OCTOBER 18, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE
HAMAS HAS sought to preserve US administration backchannels – counting on sympathetic figures such as Adam Boehler, US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs. Pictured: Boehler meets with Taliban’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul, Sept. 13.