As chairman of CNBC Arabiya, the Arab world’s first and only 24-hour Arabic language financial and business information channel, Zafar Siddiqi reflects on why he is optimistic about burgeoning freedom of expression in the Middle East and suggests what other in-roads need to be made to promote further intellectual freedom in the region Mr. Siddiqi presented the following keynote luncheon address at the “Intellectual Freedom in the Middle East” colloquium hosted by Roger Williams University in April 2008. Continue reading