Middle East 
47 posts and columns on Middle East
Yahoo’s Head of Middle East and Africa Departs for New Social TV Startup Aimed at Emerging Markets
A new venture is aimed at the growing mobile viewership in the Middle East and Africa.
Someone May Have Tweeted Warnings Ahead of Syrian Internet Outage
Also, 700 Syrian domain names were seized last month.
Syrian Internet and Phone Blackout Enters Second Day
Faults in fiber optic cables, the government says.
Syria Has Dropped Off the Internet, Again
A second countrywide outage in the war-torn country.
Global Platform Head Carroll Departs Yahoo for Go Daddy, While Yahoo News Head Leaves for NBC
An internationalization exec and key news exec take their skills elsewhere.
Egyptian Court Gives YouTube A Time Out Over Controversial Film
An Egyptian court orders YouTube blocked for a month.
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Google and Boston Consulting Group Partner for a Study of a Potential New Internet Economy
Two years after the Arab uprisings, the Internet is quietly and increasingly growing as a central platform of economic development around the globe.
Baidu Builds a Mobile Browser for Emerging Markets, and Gets Orange to Pre-Install It
Baidu and Orange are announcing today a mobile browser partnership designed to address users in Africa and the Middle East.
Syrian Internet Outage Raises Question “Could It Happen Here?”
Short Answer: It depends on where you live.
Syria’s Throwing of the Internet Kill Switch Raises Lots of Questions
More answers concerning how it went down yield more questions about why.
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