Hamida El Bour: Striving for high-quality journalism in Tunisia
Hamida El Bour is a graduate of the Institute of Press and Information Sciences (IPSI) in Tunis and has been Head of this same school since...
Benoît Califano
“News of the Arab Spring really spurred us to support this democratic surge.”
The Tunisian press agency’s goals
In Tunisia, the media sector has undergone profound change since the Arab Spring uprisings, putting citizens’ democratic aspirations into...
El Khabar, one of Algeria’s very first daily papers
Founded in 1990, a time of political openness in which private media was allowed, El Khabar – meaning “news” in Arabic – is one of the...
L’Orient-Le Jour : From printed to digital, the road taken by a media outlet in transition
Five years ago, Lebanon’s oldest French-language daily newspaper L’Orient-Le Jour began giving in-depth thought to developing its editorial...
“I am a Libyan journalist”: contrasting perspectives on journalism
In light of the challenges and conflicts Libya has experienced since 2011, the media have been assigned new roles.
Hala Kodmani
The French-Syrian journalist, Hala Kodmani, specialises in covering the Arab uprisings, especially the Syrian revolution. She has worked for...
Ali Al Fakih
Ali Al Fakih has been a journalist for 21 years, having worked as a reporter for several newspapers before joining Al Masdar Online, one of...
After Isis, what role can the media play in reconciliation?
Mosul Talks was a series of workshops held in Mosul and Erbil and organised in 2018 by CFI and the German NGO MiCT (Media in Cooperation and...
Dream FM: “The dream of an independent media outlet of value to citizens”
In Tunisia, there are few local media outlets, with the major national outlets dominating the media scene. Mohamed Taieb Chmengui, who...
Far from the capital, Radio Nefzawa is the mouthpiece for southern Tunisia
In the aftermath of the Tunisian revolution, citizens of the Kebili region, in southwestern Tunisia, demanded the creation of a regional...
Narjess Khinini
Narjess Khinini is a Tunisian journalist at Jawhara FM. Having worked in radio for 25 years, she has experienced all the changes in Tunisian...