Add to ORKG"BEIRUT, Lebanon — Many Arabs were shocked and appalled earlier this month when a prominent Saudi cleric declared that it was permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV stations that broadcast “immoral” material. Saudi clerics have denounced popular soap operas like "Bab al-Hara," which attract enormous audiences during Ramadan. But the comment, by Sheik Saleh al-Luhaidan, was only the most visible part of a continuing cultural controversy over Arab television. This summer another Saudi c..
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Saudi Arabia has condemned Palestinian poet and artist Ashraf Fayadh to death, charging that, as an ...
Today the relations between Arab audiences and Arab media are characterised by pluralism and fragmen...
The 30-episode controversial series that cost tens of millions of dollars is watched on satellite te...
"In 1980 oil magnate J.R. Ewing was shot and injured in the hit series Dallas, which featured an unc...
" Saudi-owned TV broadcaster MBC is planning to add four new Turkish soap operas to its programming ...
Earlier this year, Arab ministers of information, with the exception of Qatar, adopted a charter cal...
In less than ten years, Aljazeera television has become the most popular satellite news service in t...
Satellite television stations are subtly challenging the state's monopoly over the means of persuasi...
Arab media has experienced a radical shift starting in the 1990s with the emergence of a wide range ...
"A steamy television period drama about a 16th century sultan has angered conservative Muslims in Tu...
A little over a year ago, and virtually overnight, several editors of state-owned newspapers in Egyp...
Hans Schippers deals with the rise of satellite television stations in the Middle East. In 1985, the...
There is more to the denial of freedom of expression than outright censorship. The right to freedom ...
In 2004 the Dar ul-’Ulum at Deoband, India’s largest Islamic seminary, issued a fatwa declaring watc...
There is more to the denial of freedom of expression than outright censorship. The right to freedom ...
Saudi Arabia has condemned Palestinian poet and artist Ashraf Fayadh to death, charging that, as an ...
Today the relations between Arab audiences and Arab media are characterised by pluralism and fragmen...