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Preaching – and Practicing – Media Freedom in the Middle East

Despite its poor record, the Middle East's media – especially in the post-revolutionary states of Egypt and Tunisia – have discovered a new appetite for freedom. They are catching up with the freedom of expression associated with Israel – but at a time when Israel itself is showing more intolerance of dissent.

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Khaled Diab is an Egyptian-Belgian journalist, blogger and writer who has spent about half his life in the Middle East, including nearly two years in Jerusalem, and the other half in Europe. Follow him at @DiabolicalIdea

Despite all the sacrifices made by citizens and journalists across the Middle East and North Africa, the region has come in bottom of the global media freedom league, according to the recently released 2013 Press Freedom Index (PFI).

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