Dear friend, greetings!
Arezki Daoud, Publisher-Editor of the Journal and Chief Executive of MEA Risk LLC
I am Arezki Daoud, the founder and editor of The North Africa Journal. The journal was established in late 1996. Traditionally, the publication has been focusing on the Maghreb, but we’ve recently expanded to Egypt. We also cover surrounding regions that have a direct impact on North Africa. As a fascinating place, we are greatly interested in the Sahel, and so we try to publish articles about it as often as we can. Recently we have been looking at ways to cover other major regions. including Nigeria, Southern Africa and Turkey.
The North Africa Journal is a subsidiary of advisory firm MEA Risk LLC, which I direct as its Chief Executive. The journal is exclusively subscriber-supported and is provided data and analytics by MEA Risk, leveraging the expertise of its in-house and on-the-ground analysts .
On issues we cover, we do not subscribe to any specific political current. All of our staff and contributors have their own interpretations of issues affecting the region and it is never black or white. They are not driven by any outside influence, we are just influenced by our own personal views and where and how we grew up. What we tell our writers and anyone interested in publishing with us is to make a concerted effort to use logical reasoning and avoid speculations. This is why we encourage readers to share their views, as long as they can articulate them without prejudice or attacking people. If you have ideas, reports, articles or opinion pieces you want to share, please send them along. We will publish them if they have sound arguments.
Why North Africa?
We have direct ties to the region. Most of our writers, including myself, were born in or have friend-and-family ties to the region. So naturally, we are not just neutral observers. However, we respect all the peoples of the region, be they conservatives or liberals. We believe everyone has the right to claim who they are or want to be and that’s what free choice is all about.
But I admit that there is a consensus among us that the governments in the region have not been good and need a lot more oversight from independent observers as most have failed to deliver the promises of freedom, economic development, democracy and other benefits that so many people outside the region have benefited from. So there is the need for greater accountability in particular since local media tends to be controlled by the states. We have zero tolerance for government abuse, repression and deceit, and our job is to report about all of that, whether it is Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, etc. and all the governments that support these regimes.
Who is Our Audience:
Naturally, we cater to an English-speaking audience. Firstly, our friends from around the world who do not know the region are our first target. We want them to hear a different narrative than what governments in North Africa and their allies in the world tend to tell them.
Over the years, our reach of the global corporate space has increased by virtue of covering regions that have no English coverage. We reach companies primarily based in the US, Europe, Japan, and South Korea, most of which have business operations in the region and want to stay informed. Of course we also reach other countries.
We also want to be heard by North Africans who use English as a working language. Most importantly, we welcome their contribution. In all, we reach 60,000 subscribers, most of whom are free registered subscribers. The little income we make, which helps us purchase articles from professional newswire services, comes in the form of subscriptions from universities and corporate libraries that have teaching staffs and students who request access to The North Africa Journal.
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Thank you
Arezki Daoud
Publisher/Editor
