Reconciliation in the Gulf? | The Listening Post

There is news of a possible reconciliation in the Gulf - the end of the blockade of Qatar - and some careful message management is under way. Contributors: Zaid Benjamin - Washington correspondent, Al Araby TV Hussein Ibish - Arab Gulf States Institute Zarqa Parvez - Lecturer, Hamad bin Khalifa University Nabeel Nowairah - Gulf affairs analyst On our radar Richard Gizbert and Meenakshi Ravi discuss how a state visit by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt to France became a media story. Science journalism in the spotlight Historically underappreciated, and usually underrepresented in newsrooms, science and health reporters have found their expertise in demand in this pandemic year. Contributors: Helen Branswell - Senior infectious disease reporter, STAT Kai Kupferschmidt - Contributing correspondent, Science magazine Vidya Krishnan - Health and science journalist 00:00 Intro 01:04 Gulf Reconciliation? 11:39 Sisi’s visit to France 13:57 Science journalism in the spotlight 24:18 Endnote - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/