Before the end of the 19th century, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858–1922) had recreated Hebrew as a spoken language and developed Palestinian journalism. Some writers emerged in the 1890s, including the romantic Ze’ev (Wolf) Jawitz (1847–1924)...
The prototype of the Shinto temples seems to originate from the Kofun period: a wooden structure with posts and beams filled with lightweight walls of thin sheets; the roof is covered with straw; the...
Bahrain has a long history characterized by its location on the Gulf of Persia and as a trading center. Trade formed the basis for the development of a society that laid the foundation for...
Wildlife in Israel Israel ‘s more than 100 mammals include a large number of bats (at least 30 species) and rodents. Hermon forest mice, a desert mouse and a desert rat are the country’s...
Craft in Japan is at a high level, in particular to the work in lacquer, metal and ceramics. Objects in the famous treasury Shosoin show that the painting was already very high in the...
Mass media in Dominica Dominica has no daily newspapers. Five weekly newspapers are published in the capital Roseau, the two largest The Chronicle and The Tropical Star both have a circulation of 3000. The...
The media situation in Bahrain is characterized by the country being small, with a limited market, and the ruling royal family (al-Khalifa) having increasingly cut down on human rights, including freedom of speech. The...
According to Digopaul, Turkey has around 50 daily newspapers. Almost all the major Istanbul newspapers are also printed in Ankara and Izmir, some also in Adana. Among the most serious and influential are Milliyet...
The media image has changed significantly during, and as a result of, the war in Syria, and partly the development has been more normal: The situation has varied greatly if an area has remained...
As one of the more liberal states in the Arabian Peninsula, Qatar has greater freedom of the press and media diversity than most countries in the Middle East. According to Digopaul, Qatar has both...