AJMI - Doha

In parallel with the genocide war in Palestine, disinformation war continues to create an "alternative narrative", an obsession that preoccupied Al-Sahafa magazine to give its new issue the title "Disinformation and War on Palestine... Decline of Truth."

The issue discusses misinformation, "not from a purely technical angle that monitors technological tools and strategies used (which have become more systematic), but from the point of view of its impact on free debate within society and undermining democracies in addition to turning victims into perpetrators."

The issue featured 12 writers who addressed the topic of disinformation in its various forms and effects, starting with an article written by Muhammad Khamaysa on "How does disinformation undermine public trust in the press?".  And in reflect to the massive influx of images and spread of fake accounts driven by artificial intelligence, Ahmed Jihad Al-Arja wrote an article titled: "Armed Artificial Intelligence, a heavy guest on audit platforms."

In the same context, Linda Shalash wrote: "Fake accounts with Arabic masks, an organized electronic army", while Arwa al-Kaali and Hossam al-Wakeel addressed the same issue from the angle of information verification platforms.

As to practices of cutting news out of its genuine context adopted by international news agencies, Elijah Topper wrote: "Half- truth is a complete lie,". Following the roots of bias and amputation of context, Saeed Al-Hajji wrote: Disinformation and historical context, "The struggle of memory against forgetfulness".

The issue focused on highlighting the human aspect and importance of the story as part of historical documentation of events through Lina Shank's article entitled: "To live and tell my story", and Hadeel Atallah's article: "Muhammad Al-Sawaf... The film as a history of genocide."

Other articles came in different titles such as: "Indictment of being a journalist in Sudan" written by Iman Kamal El-Din, and with regard to the effect of financing on controlling editorial agenda, Abdul Ahad Al-Rasheed wrote: In Senegal, "Journalism without Journalism" and finally, researcher Shaima Alesayi addressed the roles of Omani media in times of climate change.