A TV series about suicide bombers has drawn a wide audience in the Arab world during the Ramadan season. Roughly translated as "Maidens with Beautiful Eyes," the title of the program refers to the ...

Nov. 21 -- The streets of Cairo come alive after sundown during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when raucous roadside vendors in brightly-lit foodstalls churn out delicacies while loudspeakers ...

This is the world according to al-Jazeera, the 24-hour Arabic-language news channel based in the tiny emirate of Qatar. It is hailed by many as a revolutionizing force among Arab media long ...

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Global Arabic Bouquet Television (GAB), which has been serving the Arab expatriates and Arab-speaking people the world over for twenty years, has announced an extension of its partnership with ...

LONDON — It’s been a rough year for Arab TV execs. Not only have they had to contend with an increasingly crowded marketplace, with more than 300 free-to-air Arab satcasters in addition to three pay ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- An aspiring politician and video game designer who faked his own beheading by Iraqi militants awoke Saturday to learn that television stations around the world were showing his ...

The BBC will launch an Arabic TV news channel; funds to come partly from axed radio services in 10 languages. The BBC plans to launch an Arabic TV news channel, with funds coming partly from closing ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A blindfolded man described as an Iraqi-American being held hostage in Iraq was shown pleading for help on an Arab television station Thursday. The man, speaking in ...