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Why Turkish soaps work

Latin American soap operas like this one used to dominate Arab airwaves. But they are increasingly eclipsed by…
Mufti Mohammed Rashid Qabbani
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Challenging the Mufti

I watch a lot of Arab TV, but I’ve never seen anything like this. This popular TV show…
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Virginity soap?

This is a screen grab of a commercial on Kunuz Al-Jannah channel. It’s one of hundreds of stations…
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Culture of pandering

By Habib BattahPublished in Bold Magazine// November 2012 The most common criticism fired at the Lebanese press is…
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Persian drama?

No I don’t mean the military kind. Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV is airing Iranian soap operas. I wonder…
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Facebook TV?

There’s a new revolution, er TV channel, in town.  It’s available on Egyptian provider Nilesat and “coming soon”…