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Faisal J. Abbas is the Editor-in-Chief of Al Arabiya English, a blogger and author of upcoming book on Arab media.

Friday Oct 19

Google’s free speech stand riddled with inconsistency

It has violated its own guidelines by not taking the anti-Islam film off YouTube
Thursday Aug 9

Saudi women Olympians deserve praise, not insults

Wojdan and Sarah participated in london despite a lack of training and experience
Wednesday Jul 18

‘Playing ball’ with Saudi women

Regular exercising has transformed from a need-for-all to a luxury that only the affluent few can afford
Tuesday Feb 14

Once you tweet, you can't retreat

On the heels of the Kashgari case, we have to think about the outcome and consequences of what we post online
Saturday Dec 24

Who will pay for nine years of bloodshed?

There must be a serious reassessment of the war, its causes and outcomes, so justice can be done and lessons learnt
Saturday Nov 12

Lebanon's Twitter dawn

The social media website got its ‘moment' recently thanks to activity generated by both the current and former prime ministers
Friday Jul 8

Internet an opportunity for, not a threat to, newspapers

Editors who blame the web for declining circulation must understand they're in 'news' business
Wednesday Jun 15

Egyptians will not be silenced

Faisal J. Abbas writes: Freedom of expression is a right, not a reward that the military council can grant or revoke at will