CNN Arabic

Check out CNN Arabic.

Design-wise: The scrollbar shows up on left and the content is right-justified, since Arabic is read from right to left.

Politically: they highlight a whole area devoted to Abu Ghraib right on the home page. You won't see that on the U.S. or International sites. The area even has its own look and feel and artwork. Wish I could read Arab see how they handle the content--to see if they're giving it a Western spin at all. (If it were Fox News Arabic, I have no doubt they would be.) I also wonder how much freedom they have to do their own thing relative to the U.S. and International versions.

Bottom line: it's chilling to see this stuff out there and to wonder about its impact in the Arab world.

And, to think, there may be worse to come.