Government-imposed internet blackouts in the Middle East have profound effects on the media and civil freedoms across the region.

By all measures, journalists from Rio’s favelas are among the bravest war reporters in the world, facing a constant threat of violence from all directions. Still, favela journalists continue human rights violations and serve their community.

As a Palestinian, you live and sometimes die covering the story of your own people.

Can Arabs accurately report their own affairs? Can Muslims be reliable sources of objective information about their daily lives and historic changes? We from the Arab and Muslim world are rethinking the news.