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Voices from the Arab press

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

Translated and compiled by The Media Line. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org

Voices from the Arab press: Trump’s first 100 days in office

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (front), Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte Vasquez (middle), and US Southern Command head Adm. Alvin Holsey tour the Miraflores locks, in Panama City, April 8, 2025.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a ‘coffee ceremony’ at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh, May 13

Voices from the Arab press: Israel’s strategy for managing US tensions

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

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Cardinals attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square, April 26.

Voices from the Arab press: Historic election opens new page in the Vatican

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world/

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BILLBOARD BEARS portraits of Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, in Baghdad, March 2021 – ahead of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq.

Voices from the Arab press: Pope Francis and peace with Islam

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

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Voices from the Arab press: Integrating Hezbollah into the Lebanese army?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

APRIL 25, 2025
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Newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun poses at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on January 9, 2025.

Voices from the Arab press: Is there US-European coordination toward Russia?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

APRIL 19, 2025
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RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin reviews a military honor guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping, during a ceremony outside Beijing’s Great Hall of the People.

Voices from the Arab press: Hezbollah’s weapons are just decoration

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

APRIL 11, 2025
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Balloons dot the Beirut sky over a poster of the deceased Hezbollah chair Hassan Nasrallah.

Voices from the Arab press: Syria and forgotten memory

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

APRIL 4, 2025
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Shattered portrait of Syrian president Bashar Assad is seen at a regime facility near Homs, in December 2024.

Voices from the Arab press: Will trade wars make America great again?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

MARCH 23, 2025
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TESLA SHOWROOM in Lisbon, Portugal.

Voices from the Arab press: The beginning of Israeli concern about Trump

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

MARCH 14, 2025
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US President Donald Trump and Prime Miniser Benjamin Netanyahu speak at the White House, Washington DC., February 4, 2025

Voices from the Arab press: Most Syrian roads lead to Washington

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world

MARCH 8, 2025
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DESTROYED BUILDINGS line the devastated Hajar Aswad area on the southern outskirts of Damascus, Jan. 1.

Voices from the Arab press: Corruption, corruption, corruption

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

MARCH 1, 2025
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NEWLY ELECTED Lebanese President Joseph Aoun reviews an honor guard upon his arrival at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Jan. 9.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump’s Gaza plan remains a fantasy

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

FEBRUARY 21, 2025
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(L-R) US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a backdrop of Hamas terrorists in Gaza.

Voices from the Arab press: Trumpism's Risks and opportunities

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

FEBRUARY 15, 2025
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US PRESIDENT Donald Trump meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, 2017.

Voices from the Arab press: Is there another way with Israel?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

FEBRUARY 8, 2025
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IDF troops operate in the West Bank. February 6, 2025.