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In reply to the discussion: "We are starving" [View all]

moniss

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7. I try to keep in mind the perspectives
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 08:16 AM
Jul 24

of the people in the region through their own media. In other words, for example, I want to hear what the Lebanese are saying and so I go to Lebanese media rather than just having Western media give me their spin. Like everything I read between the lines and also have to judge based on all sources but most people in the West don't seem to do that.

So I read Al Arabiya to find some Saudi news, Naharnet for Lebanese news, Syrian Observer etc. I read Haaretz and Times of Israel. I haven't found a good media source for Egypt/North Africa and for Jordan. The ones I've seen appear to be heavily government controlled. Iraq of course is a mess. But usually between the ones I do read I get coverage of the region I otherwise would not get.

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