Journalism education in MENA: walking on eggshells

Abstract

One of the most contradictory media scenes is the Middle East & North Africa (MENA), which is a reflection of its rather contrasting, and troubled societies that suffer from the negative effects of imposed democracies, and the internal tripled-edged syndromes of illness, poverty and illiteracy. Using the metaphor of walking on egg shells, the author discusses the depiction of the perplexity of the MENA  in which societies just never knowing when they will run afoul of some unknown rules, expectations, and even suffering more when they do. Such rhetoric resonates with how the public in MENA  has become victims of the Borderline Personality Disorder (B.P.D.).