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What will Twitter become after Musk’s acquisition?

  • Marwan Elwaraki
  • May 19, 2022
After weeks of suspense, Twitter’s board reportedly struck a deal to sell the company to Elon Musk for $44 billion. The sale will transfer all of Twitter’s shares to Musk,…
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Qatar’s ‘revolutionary’ show soon back on air

  • Asmahan Qarjouli
  • April 17, 2021
The show will air from the newly-inaugurated studio named after late Qatari journalist Jassim Abdulaziz. After a decade-long absence from Doha’s screens, Qatar Media Corporation announced the return of its…
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Social media influencers: Between censorship and regulation

  • Asmahan Qarjouli
  • July 30, 2020
by Asmahan Qarjouli The MENA region has witnessed a surge of social media influencers in recent years, working on Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram. But controversies surrounding their wealth and impact…
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It’s getting harder than ever to be a journalist in Qatar

  • Doha News Team
  • April 29, 2017
Photo for illustrative purposes only. Credit: Alain Bachellie/Flickr Media freedom in Qatar has continued to deteriorate for the fourth year in a row, according to a new report by Reporters…
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Qatar Cabinet revives draft law that punishes sharing of accident photos

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • September 22, 2016
The new provision would punish anyone who “captures or transmits pictures of the deceased or injured in accidents without the consent of their representatives, through devices of any kind.”
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Lawyer: Poet pardoned by Emir leaving Qatar

  • Omar Chatriwala and Shabina S. Khatri
  • March 22, 2016
After visiting people in Saudi Arabia, the poet will settle in Dubai with his family. His wife and children had lived in the UAE during his imprisonment and will return there with him, Al Nauimi said.
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Qatari poet Mohammed Ibn Al Dheeb reportedly pardoned

  • Riham Sheble and Shabina S. Khatri
  • March 15, 2016
According to Abdullah Al Athbah, editor-in-chief of Al Sharq, Al-Ajami is being released on Sheikh Tamim's orders through the intercession of the chief of the poet's Al-Ajman tribe, Khalid bin Rakan al-Ajami.
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Supporters of jailed poet to protest outside of Qatar embassies

  • Peter Kovessy
  • February 25, 2016
The demonstrations come on the third anniversary of Qatar’s Court of Appeal decision to reduce the sentence of Al-Ajami from life imprisonment to 15 years behind bars.
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UN human rights advocates call on Qatar to free jailed poet

  • Peter Kovessy
  • October 20, 2015
Three UN special rapporteurs have issued a statement that called Mohammed Rashid al-Ajami’s trial flawed and incompatible with international human rights norms that protect freedom of expression.
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