The ''Middle East Report'' is a

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published by the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP). Since 2022, its executive editor and managing editor have been based at the

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History and profile

In its online version, the ''Middle East Report'' is made available as an

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publication, with text versions of its entire archive available on its website. Digital versions of the print edition are available through JSTOR.

Opinions

American historian Harvey Klehr writes that the magazine is consistently critical of

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, and the foreign relations of the United States in the

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. In 1998, the editor wrote:

Editors and correspondents

Until 1995, Joe Stork was

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. From 1995 to 2017 the editor-in-chief was Chris Toensing. The magazine's current executive editor is Katie Natanel and its managing editor is Marya Hannun."Who We Are,"
merip.org. Accessed 15 March 2024. Graham Usher was a long-time correspondent and contributing editor.

References

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