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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.

Executive Summary in English (PDF - 500K)

Executive Summary in Arabic (PDF - 236K)

Country Reports (English only)

Articles 103-104 of Yemen Media Law in Arabic

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."  

Ms. Suheir Farraj Director, TAM, Bethlehem