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New department will commission papers and host expert debates, policy briefings by high-level officials. Arab News, the Middle East’s leading English-language daily, has announced the establishment of a new Research and Studies Unit (RSU). Based at the newspaper’s headquarters in Riyadh, the new unit will deliver thought-provoking studies written by a team of acclaimed resident […]

Ramadan is a time of togetherness, celebration, and spirituality for many Muslims around the world. Reduced working hours and a change in lifestyle lead to varying media consumption habits and purchase behaviors. On Facebook, for instance, activity across the MENA region peaks by 15 percent as 86 percent of Facebook users celebrate Ramadan. Its users, […]

There’s one word that saw a 365 percent increase in usage since 2016 making it Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2017. That word is ‘fake news’. Although popularized in 2016 during the US elections – and since then by the US President – fake news is not exclusive to either; it is an all-pervasive […]

The last time Communicate wrote about Faisal J. Abbas was in October 2016. He had only been a few days in his new job as editor-in-chief of Saudi’s English-language daily Arab News. The headline was “Good news for Arab News”. It seems our prediction was accurate. Back in 2016, when asked if he planned to […]

Arab News will become the first newspaper in Saudi Arabia to have a gender-balanced newsroom, and it intends to achieve this goal in less than two years. The announcement was made at the opening on Tuesday of the inaugural Arab Women Forum at King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC). On behalf of editor-in-chief of Arab News, […]

Arab News editor-in-chief Faisal J. Abbas presents the award to veteran Saudi journalist Khaled Almaeena, former editor of Arab News Saudi English-language daily, Arab News, unveiled its new identity at the Arab Media Forum in Dubai last night. With a “2020 vision”, a new look and feel and a new tagline, “The Voice of a […]

Saudi-based English-language daily Arab News, is now launching its Pakistan edition, as part of the newspaper’s ongoing global and digital expansion. The service — available in English at www.arabnews.pk — covers news and views from Pakistan and the wider region, with a focus on Islamabad’s ties with Saudi Arabia and the Arab world. It is […]

(L to R: Baker Atyani, Faisal J. Abbas and Ben Flanagan) Saudi-based English language daily Arab News has launched bureaus in Europe and Asia as part of its ongoing global, digital expansion. The multimedia newsgathering hubs, run by two veteran journalists with decades of experience in the field, will contribute to the print edition and […]

Saudi-based English daily, Arab News, has entered an exclusive partnership with online polling firm YouGov. The deal will see YouGov conduct regular polls relating to the MENA, which will help shed light on regional sentiment toward international events, as well as producing credible research on international opinion on Arab affairs. The results of the polls […]

Forty-one-year-old Saudi daily Arab News has signaled the beginning of its global and digital expansion by hiring Al Arabiya English’s editor-in-chief Faisal J. Abbas in the same role. Ever since his move from London to Dubai in 2012, Abbas has become known as ‘Mr. Arabiya English’. Under his leadership, Al Arabiya has grown to target the […]

Al Arabiya English’s Editor-in-Chief Faisal J. Abbas with the blog editor Eman ElShenawi Al Arabiya English launched a blog section on its website on April 6 with the aim of instigating debate and focusing on additional subject areas through contributions from a selection of prominent writers. The new section has attracted a host of international […]