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East Eye</b></i> (<b>MEE</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>–based media website and channel that primarily focuses on news related to the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">North Africa</a>, and the broader <a href="/wiki/Muslim_world" title="Muslim world">Muslim world</a>. The ownership of the organisation is undisclosed, but it is reportedly funded by the government of <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>, though the organization itself denies this.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Middle_East_Eye&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MEE was launched in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, in April 2014. It is formally owned by a company called M.E.E. Limited with a single director named Jamal Bessasso.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its editor-in-chief is David Hearst, a former foreign lead writer for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hearst_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hearst-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It employs about 20 full-time staff in London as of 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-Press_Gazette_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Press_Gazette-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to its critics, MEE began forming in London in 2013, as the <a href="/wiki/Al_Jazeera_controversies_and_criticism" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Jazeera controversies and criticism">Islamist influence</a> of the Qatari state-funded <a href="/wiki/Al_Jazeera_Media_Network" title="Al Jazeera Media Network">Al Jazeera Media Network</a> began to wane; several Al Jazeera journalists subsequently joined the project.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hudson_Inst_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hudson_Inst-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Langton_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Langton-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alkhamis_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alkhamis-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jonathan Powell, a senior executive at Al Jazeera, was a consultant ahead of its launch and registered the website's domain names. Bassasso, a <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>-born <a href="/wiki/Palestinians" title="Palestinians">Palestinian</a> living in London, who lists his nationality as <a href="/wiki/Dutch_nationality_law" title="Dutch nationality law">Dutch</a> at <a href="/wiki/Companies_House" title="Companies House">Companies House</a>, was the sole director of MEE's parent company M.E.E. Limited, as well as company secretary for a few weeks in 2018. Bassasso was also a former director for the <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a>-controlled <a href="/wiki/Al-Quds_TV" title="Al-Quds TV">Al-Quds TV</a>, which halted its operations in the <a href="/wiki/Hamas_government_in_the_Gaza_Strip" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamas government in the Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> due to financial difficulties in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-National_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bessasso is listed as owning more than 75% of the shares and voting rights and has the right to appoint or remove directors.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hearst has denied that Bessasso is the owner of the news site, but refrained from divulging the real owner's identity.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to American lawyer and policy analyst <a href="/wiki/Ilan_Berman" title="Ilan Berman">Ilan Berman</a> and Emirati columnist <a href="/wiki/Sultan_Sooud_Al-Qassemi" title="Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi">Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi</a>, MEE is backed by <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Qassemi_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Qassemi-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The governments of <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a> have accused MEE of pro–<a href="/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood" title="Muslim Brotherhood">Muslim Brotherhood</a> bias and of receiving Qatari funding. During the <a href="/wiki/Qatar_diplomatic_crisis" title="Qatar diplomatic crisis">Qatar diplomatic crisis</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Arab_League" title="Arab League">Arab League</a>, among the demands made to Qatar were that it halts its funding of Al Jazeera and of MEE and that both organizations be shut down.<sup id="cite_ref-Press_Gazette_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Press_Gazette-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MEE later released a statement denying the accusations and saying that it is an independent organization that does not receive funding from any country or movement.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coverage">Coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Middle_East_Eye&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Middle East Eye covers a range of topics across the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>. According to its website, it reports on events in 22 different countries. Content is separated into different categories on its website including news, opinion and essays.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the foundation of the media outlet, it has provided exclusives on a number of major events in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, which have often been picked up by other media outlets globally. In early June 2017, an anonymous hacker group began distributing emails to multiple news outlets that they had hacked from the inbox of <a href="/wiki/Yousef_Otaiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Yousef Otaiba">Yousef Otaiba</a>, the Emirati ambassador in <a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Washington D.C.">Washington D.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This included providing details from leaked emails of Saudi crown prince <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_bin_Salman" title="Mohammed bin Salman">Mohammed bin Salman</a> and American officials.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This revelation on 14 August 2017, led to other media outlets printing other material from the leaked emails.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, the hacked emails appeared to benefit <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a> and be the work of hackers working for Qatar, a common subject of the distributed emails.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT:_Leaked_Emails_Benefit_Qatar_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT:_Leaked_Emails_Benefit_Qatar-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 29 July 2016, MEE published a story alleging that the government of the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>, aided by Palestinian exile <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Dahlan" title="Mohammed Dahlan">Mohammed Dahlan</a>, had funnelled significant sums of money to conspirators of the <a href="/wiki/2016_Turkish_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt">2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt</a> two weeks earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, Dahlan brought a lawsuit of libel against the MEE in a London court seeking damages of up to £250,000. However, Dahlan abandoned the suit shortly before the case was to begin. In a statement, Dahlan maintained that the story was "fully fabricated" but claimed that he has "achieved his goals in the English courts," and was now planning to sue <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> where the article was "widely published". However, according to MEE and their lawyers, by dropping the claim, Dahlan would be forced to pay all the legal costs, of both parties, estimated to be in excess of £500,000.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2019, the Turkish government officially accused Dahlan of involvement in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Turkish_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt">2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt</a> and is offering $700,000 for information leading to his capture.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Middle_East_Eye&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blocking_in_Middle_Eastern_countries">Blocking in Middle Eastern countries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Middle_East_Eye&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Blocking in Middle Eastern countries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2016, the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> blocked the MEE countrywide. MEE says it contacted the UAE embassy in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> for an explanation, but received no response.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following protests against the President <a href="/wiki/Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi" title="Abdel Fattah el-Sisi">Abdel Fattah el-Sisi</a> in September and October 2019, Egypt also blocked the website.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017–2018_Qatar_diplomatic_crisis"><span id="2017.E2.80.932018_Qatar_diplomatic_crisis"></span>2017–2018 Qatar diplomatic crisis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Middle_East_Eye&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2017–2018 Qatar diplomatic crisis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Saudi Arabia accused MEE of being a news outlet funded by Qatar (both directly and indirectly).<sup id="cite_ref-Wintour_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wintour-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 22 June 2017, during the <a href="/wiki/Qatar_diplomatic_crisis" title="Qatar diplomatic crisis">Qatar diplomatic crisis</a>, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, and Bahrain, as part of a list of 13 demands, demanded that Qatar close Middle East Eye, which they saw as sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood and a Qatari-funded and aligned outlet.<sup id="cite_ref-Wintour_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wintour-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Carlstorm_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carlstorm-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mandhai_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mandhai-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Accusations_of_Qatari_backing">Accusations of Qatari backing</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Middle_East_Eye&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Accusations of Qatari backing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MEE denies receiving funds from them stating that the demand was an attempt to "extinguish any free voice which dares to question what they are doing."<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a statement responding to the demand, the publication's editor-in-chief said "MEE covers the area without fear or favour, and we have carried reports critical of the Qatari authorities, for instance how workers from <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">the subcontinent</a> are treated on building projects for the <a href="/wiki/2022_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 World Cup">2022 World Cup</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Commentator Ibrahim Alkhamis, writing for the Saudi Arabian newspaper <a href="/wiki/Arab_News" title="Arab News">Arab News</a>, accused the MEE of propagating rumours and fabrications regarding Qatar's state enemies such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Egypt, while simultaneously remaining silent on the misdeeds of Qatar's own members of its royal family, and said that MEE functions as an "extension to <i>Al Jazeera</i>" without being accused of being a state-owned news outlet yet hosting a rotation of columnists and Al Jazeera employees.<sup id="cite_ref-Alkhamis_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alkhamis-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_cyberattack">2020 cyberattack</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Middle_East_Eye&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2020 cyberattack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2020, MEE was one of 20 websites targeted by hackers that cybersecurity experts, <a href="/wiki/ESET" title="ESET">ESET</a>, have linked to an Israeli surveillance company called <a href="/wiki/Candiru_(spyware_company)" title="Candiru (spyware company)">Candiru</a>. The website was impacted using a <a href="/wiki/Watering_hole_attack" title="Watering hole attack">Watering hole attack</a> which serves malicious code to certain visitors, allowing the attackers to compromise their PCs.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_contributors">Notable contributors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Middle_East_Eye&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notable contributors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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title="Jonathan Cook">Jonathan Cook</a> – Journalist, <a href="/wiki/Nazareth" title="Nazareth">Nazareth</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmet_Davutoglu" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmet Davutoglu">Ahmet Davutoglu</a> – Former Prime Minister of <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_A._Falk" title="Richard A. Falk">Richard A. Falk</a> – Professor Emeritus of International Law at <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Kawczynski" title="Daniel Kawczynski">Daniel Kawczynski</a> – British MP<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faisal_Kutty" title="Faisal Kutty">Faisal Kutty</a> – Canadian lawyer, law professor at <a href="/wiki/Barry_University" title="Barry University">Barry University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Osgoode_Hall_Law_School" title="Osgoode Hall Law School">Osgoode Hall Law School</a> and human rights activist<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Lmrabet" title="Ali Lmrabet">Ali Lmrabet</a> – Moroccan journalist, <a href="/wiki/El_Mundo_(Spain)" title="El Mundo (Spain)">El Mundo</a><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Levy_(political_analyst)" title="Daniel Levy (political analyst)">Daniel Levy</a>, former Israeli negotiator with the Palestinians<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gideon_Levy" title="Gideon Levy">Gideon Levy</a> – <a href="/wiki/Haaretz" title="Haaretz"><i>Haaretz</i> columnist</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moncef_Marzouki" title="Moncef Marzouki">Moncef Marzouki</a> – former president of <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Massad" title="Joseph Massad">Joseph Massad</a> – professor, <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Oborne" title="Peter Oborne">Peter Oborne</a> – former <i>Daily Mail</i> and <i>Daily Telegraph</i> columnist<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madawi_al-Rasheed" title="Madawi al-Rasheed">Madawi al-Rasheed</a> – visiting professor at the Middle East Institute of the <a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics" title="London School of Economics">London School of Economics</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Leah_Whitson" title="Sarah Leah Whitson">Sarah Leah Whitson</a> – <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" title="Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jamal_Khashoggi">Jamal Khashoggi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Middle_East_Eye&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Jamal Khashoggi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Jamal_Khashoggi" title="Jamal Khashoggi">Jamal Khashoggi</a> wrote for MEE prior to joining <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a post on the MEE website, Khashoggi wrote for them over a period of two years. According to MEE, his op-eds were not credited to him at the time due to concerns for his safety because many of his articles for MEE are critical of Saudi Arabia and its policies, and Saudi Arabia's rift with Qatar.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khashoggi, a <i>Washington Post</i> columnist, was assassinated when he entered the Saudi consulate in <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> on 2 October 2018. 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Eye</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211108144449/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-uae-funnelled-money-turkish-coup-plotters">Archived</a> from the original on 8 November 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Middle+East+Eye&rft.atitle=EXCLUSIVE%3A+UAE+%27funnelled+money+to+Turkish+coup+plotters%27&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeasteye.net%2Fnews%2Fexclusive-uae-funnelled-money-turkish-coup-plotters&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMiddle+East+Eye" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTobitt2019" class="citation magazine cs1">Tobitt, Charlotte (12 September 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/middle-east-eye-journalism-vindicated-after-palestinian-politician-mohammed-dahlan-drops-libel-case/">"Middle East Eye journalism 'vindicated' after Palestinian politician drops libel case"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Press_Gazette" title="Press Gazette">Press Gazette</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191209170551/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/middle-east-eye-journalism-vindicated-after-palestinian-politician-mohammed-dahlan-drops-libel-case/">Archived</a> from the original on 9 December 2019.</cite><span 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190620002636/https://www.middleeasteye.net/fr/news/uae-government-blocks-access-middle-east-eye-1161235723">Archived</a> from the original on 20 June 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Middle+East+Eye&rft.atitle=UAE+government+blocks+access+to+Middle+East+Eye&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeasteye.net%2Ffr%2Fnews%2Fuae-government-blocks-access-middle-east-eye-1161235723&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMiddle+East+Eye" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://monitoring.bbc.co.uk/#section10">"BBC Arabic website blocked in Egypt"</a>. <i>BBC Monitoring</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191030212646/https://monitoring.bbc.co.uk/#section10">Archived</a> from the original on 30 October 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+Monitoring&rft.atitle=BBC+Arabic+website+blocked+in+Egypt&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmonitoring.bbc.co.uk%2F%23section10&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMiddle+East+Eye" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Wintour-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Wintour_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wintour_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWintour2017" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Wintour" title="Patrick Wintour">Wintour, Patrick</a> (14 November 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/23/close-al-jazeera-saudi-arabia-issues-qatar-with-13-demands-to-end-blockade">"Qatar given 10 days to meet 13 sweeping demands by Saudi Arabia"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190611221415/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/23/close-al-jazeera-saudi-arabia-issues-qatar-with-13-demands-to-end-blockade">Archived</a> from the original on 11 June 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Qatar+given+10+days+to+meet+13+sweeping+demands+by+Saudi+Arabia&rft.date=2017-11-14&rft.aulast=Wintour&rft.aufirst=Patrick&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2017%2Fjun%2F23%2Fclose-al-jazeera-saudi-arabia-issues-qatar-with-13-demands-to-end-blockade&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMiddle+East+Eye" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Carlstorm-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Carlstorm_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarlstorm2017" class="citation news cs1">Carlstorm, Gregg (24 June 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/06/al-jazeera-qatar-saudi-arabia-muslim-brotherhood/531471/">"What's the Problem With Al Jazeera?"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic" title="The Atlantic">The Atlantic</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190429162127/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/06/al-jazeera-qatar-saudi-arabia-muslim-brotherhood/531471/">Archived</a> from the original on 29 April 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Atlantic&rft.atitle=What%27s+the+Problem+With+Al+Jazeera%3F&rft.date=2017-06-24&rft.aulast=Carlstorm&rft.aufirst=Gregg&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Finternational%2Farchive%2F2017%2F06%2Fal-jazeera-qatar-saudi-arabia-muslim-brotherhood%2F531471%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMiddle+East+Eye" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mandhai-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Mandhai_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMandhai2017" class="citation news cs1">Mandhai, Shafik (18 July 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/al-jazeera-business-normal-gulf-crisis-170718015140408.html">"Al Jazeera: 'Business as normal' despite Gulf Crisis"</a>. <i><a 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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Atlantic&rft.atitle=What%27s+the+Problem+With+Al+Jazeera%3F&rft.date=2017-06-24&rft.aulast=Carlstrom&rft.aufirst=Gregg&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Finternational%2Farchive%2F2017%2F06%2Fal-jazeera-qatar-saudi-arabia-muslim-brotherhood%2F531471%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMiddle+East+Eye" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rsf.org/en/news/unacceptable-call-al-jazeeras-closure-gulf-crisis">"Unacceptable call for Al Jazeera's closure in Gulf crisis"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Reporters_Without_Borders" title="Reporters Without Borders">Reporters Without 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href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/attack-free-thought-middle-east-eye-responds-saudi-demands">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'An attack on free thought': Middle East Eye responds to Saudi demands"</a>. <i>Middle East Eye</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220526071115/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/attack-free-thought-middle-east-eye-responds-saudi-demands">Archived</a> from the original on 26 May 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Middle+East+Eye&rft.atitle=%27An+attack+on+free+thought%27%3A+Middle+East+Eye+responds+to+Saudi+demands&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeasteye.net%2Fnews%2Fattack-free-thought-middle-east-eye-responds-saudi-demands&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMiddle+East+Eye" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrewster" class="citation news cs1">Brewster, Thomas. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/11/16/candiru-spy-tool-provider-linked-to-website-hacks/">"Blacklisted Israeli Surveillance Company Linked To Middle Eastern Hacks, Denies Knowing Whom Customers Spy On"</a>. <i>Forbes</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211128110359/https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/11/16/candiru-spy-tool-provider-linked-to-website-hacks/">Archived</a> from the original on 28 November 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Forbes&rft.atitle=Blacklisted+Israeli+Surveillance+Company+Linked+To+Middle+Eastern+Hacks%2C+Denies+Knowing+Whom+Customers+Spy+On&rft.aulast=Brewster&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fthomasbrewster%2F2021%2F11%2F16%2Fcandiru-spy-tool-provider-linked-to-website-hacks%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMiddle+East+Eye" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/britain-right-welcome-saudi-crown-prince-and-support-his-reforms">"Britain is right to welcome Saudi crown prince and support his reforms"</a>. <i>Middle East Eye</i>. 6 March 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Middle+East+Eye&rft.atitle=Britain+is+right+to+welcome+Saudi+crown+prince+and+support+his+reforms&rft.date=2018-03-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeasteye.net%2Fopinion%2Fbritain-right-welcome-saudi-crown-prince-and-support-his-reforms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMiddle+East+Eye" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/ian-cobain">"Ian Cobain bio"</a>. Middle East Eye.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ian+Cobain+bio&rft.pub=Middle+East+Eye&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeasteye.net%2Fusers%2Fian-cobain&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMiddle+East+Eye" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/jonathan-cook">Jonathan Cook, bio</a>, Middle East Eye</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/obama-trump-lessons-challenges">"From Obama to Trump: The lessons, the challenges"</a>. <i>Middle East Eye</i>. 2 February 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Middle+East+Eye&rft.atitle=From+Obama+to+Trump%3A+The+lessons%2C+the+challenges&rft.date=2017-02-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeasteye.net%2Fbig-story%2Fobama-trump-lessons-challenges&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMiddle+East+Eye" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/richard-falk">"Richard Falk bio"</a>. Middle East Eye.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Richard+Falk+bio&rft.pub=Middle+East+Eye&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeasteye.net%2Fusers%2Frichard-falk&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMiddle+East+Eye" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/turkey-why-west-should-show-more-support">"Turkey: Why the West should show more support"</a>. <i>Middle East Eye</i>. 26 January 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Middle+East+Eye&rft.atitle=Turkey%3A+Why+the+West+should+show+more+support&rft.date=2017-01-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeasteye.net%2Fopinion%2Fturkey-why-west-should-show-more-support&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMiddle+East+Eye" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/faisal-kutty">"Faisal Kutty bio"</a>. 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