Dear Colleagues, The most recent edition of Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, our Open Access journal, is now available without charge online at: http://www.wmin.ac.uk/mad/page-2158 MEDIA LAWS AND ARAB NEWS Katharina Nötzold Editorial Aziz Douai In Democracy’s Shadow: The ‘New’ Independent Press and the Limits of Media Reform in Morocco Lawrence McNamara Counter-terrorism Laws: How They Affect Media Freedom and News Reporting William Youmans The War on Ideas: Alhurra and US International Broadcasting Law in the ‘War on Terror’ Pawel Krzysiek Testing Legal Boundaries within Arab Media Hubs: Reporting, Law and Politics in Three Media Cities Naila Hamdi Arab Citizen Journalism in Action: Challenging Mainstream Media, Authorities and Media Laws Forum Hussein Y.Amin Responsible Freedom: The Arab States’ Charter for Satellite Broadcasting Hani Shukrallah The Arab Charter for Satellite Broadcasting – A Reply to Hussein Amin Book Review Sune Haugbolle Arab Media – Power and Weakness Best wishes Salvatore Scifo