Study of Media Laws and Policies in the Middle East and Maghreb
A study of media law and policies in fourteen countries, commissioned
by Internews and conducted by the Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy
Research. The study identifies opportunities for change in media policies
and discusses the potential for media assistance.
The following researchers contributed significantly to the survey. Because
each report reflects a variety of perspectives and sources of information,
the conclusions, opinions and representations of media policy cannot and
should not be attributed to any one of them:
Khaled Abu Aker, Director, Amin.org, Jerusalem,
Kholoud Rida Al-Feeli, Editor of English Desk, Kuwait News Agency, Safat
Khalid al Khater, former Undersecretary of State, Doha
Mohammed bin Awadh Al Mashikhi, Head of the Department of Journalism at
Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khoudh
Walid Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf, Editor-in-Chief, Yemen Times, Sanaa
Hala Ahmed Alumran, Independent Media Consultant, Former Managing Director
& Board Member of MBC UK, Former Assistant Undersecretary for Radio
and Television in Bahrain
Hussein Amin, Deputy Director, Adham Center for Television Journalism
at the American University of Cairo, Cairo
Tapan Kumar Bagchi, Researcher, Press Institute of Bangladesh, Dhaka
Magda Abu-Fadil, Director, Institute for Professional Journalists, Lebanese
American University, Beirut
Lotfi Hajji, The Association of Tunisian Journalists, Tunis
Nahid Husseini, correspondent, Al-Ayyam newspaper, Damascus
Khairallah Khairallah, former Managing Editor, Al-Hayat, London
Neslihan Ozgunes, Independent Producer, Istanbul
Adnane Raiss, Search for Common Ground, Rabat
Adnan Rehmet, Green Press Pakistan
Mahmoud Tarabay, Professor of Communication, Lebanese University and Lebanese
American University
Dina Zorba, Editor-in-Chief, Sharquiyat Magazine, Amman
"Through a subgrant from Internews, Women, Media and Development (TAM) were able to gain valuable knowledge and experience and an opportunity to improve our operational capacity."
