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Investigative Reporting in the Middle East

Gulf Reporting Guide

How Exiled Journalists Are Investigating in the Arab Gulf States

By Ahmad Haj Hamdo | July 11, 2022

Intrepid journalists are still conducting investigations on countries within the Arab Gulf region, but due to political repression and other press freedom issues, they’ve had to report from afar or build and operate their independent media sites while in exile.

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Alqatiba: Tunisian Digital Magazine Hopes to Shake Up Journalism in the Region

By Ahmad Hamdo | September 14, 2022

In Tunisia, where the first protests of the Arab Spring took place, a start-up with a focus on investigative journalism and narrative storytelling is attempting to exploit the country’s relative media freedom to win over readers.

Investigative Reporting in the Middle East
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Lessons Learned from Syrian Journalists Investigating Russian War Crimes

By Ahmad Haj Hamdo | April 6, 2022

Syrian journalists have gained extensive experience documenting possible human rights violations and war crimes by the Russian military. GIJN spoke with several of these reporters to understand the lessons they learned, and how investigative journalists can cover the Ukraine invasion more effectively.

Investigative Reporting in the Middle East

How They Did It: Revealing the Final, Frantic Calls of Tunisia’s Dictator

By Ahmad Haj Hamdo | February 24, 2022

GIJN Arabic interviews BBC reporter Emir Nader about how his investigative team verified the leak of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s final, frantic phone calls before his 23-year-long dictatorship crumbled in 2011 at the start of the Arab Spring uprising.

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Jordan’s 7iber: From Citizen’s Blog to Watchdog Journalism 

By Ahmad Haj Hamdo | July 28, 2022

One of the newest members of GIJN, the Jordanian investigative site 7iber, began as a blog in 2007 but has since matured into an online magazine bravely covering issues in a hostile press environment.

Investigative Reporting in the Middle East
Gulf Guide Chapter 5: Human Trafficking

Reporter Katie McQue’s Tips for Covering Migrant Workers in Arab Gulf States

By Majdolin Hasan | February 14, 2022

Katie McQue, a British freelance journalist that spent five years reporting from Dubai covering human rights and migration alongside her “business” beats of energy, healthcare, and finance, speaks to GIJN about her work and the best practices reporters can adopt when covering forced labor and human trafficking in the region.

Investigative Reporting in the Middle East
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Global Lessons from Exposing War Abuses in Yemen

By Rowan Philp | June 20, 2022

Open source tools like the Yemeni Archive have allowed investigative journalists to track the impact of Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in the Yemen civil war as well as identify Western allies’ role in possible war crimes or abuses.

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