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Dave McAvoy
Dave McAvoy is an expert on the Arabic-language media based in London who lived and studied Arabic in Damascus. With a background in television production, his research focuses on Arab Satellite TV news coverage, which he has been following for a decade. His articles have appeared on Harry’s Place and in The National, among other media outlets.
Selected publications
The Islamic State's military strategy, MERIA, The Rubin Center, December 25, 2017
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'Tribes with Mics: The Sunni-Shi'i battle on the Arab language news,' MERIA, The Rubin Center, July 12, 2015
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'Palestinians starve to death in south Damascus,' Harry's Place, January 14, 2014
'In isolated Syria, Assad shifts away from pan-Arabism,' The National, October 23, 2013
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'The realm of unreality', Harry's Place October 6, 2011