Foreign journalists in Beirut would often address Ghassan Tueni as "Ustaaz," or professor, because he was our esteemed teacher. We learned from him about Lebanon and the Middle East, of course. But in a deeper way, he taught us the importance of independent news media in the Arab world. At the Washington Post, we feel a special comradeship with Arab journalists after the death of our colleague, Jamal Khashoggi. We stand together as journalists in making the same commitment to our readers and viewers—that we will tell the truth as best we can, and that we won’t be afraid of those who try to silence or manipulate us.When Tueni edited An Nahar, it was a rare example in the Arab world of an independent news organization. Most papers were mouthpieces for their ...
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