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Many factors make necessary a serious survey of broadcasting in the Arab world.
Arab culture is traditionally an oral culture, he says, and this has translated in recent years into radio and, more recently, television becoming major leisure activities. The Arab states are treated individually in separate chapters, and the last chapters deal with international radio broadcasting as an important and vital medium in the region. The Sudan 4. The Gulf States 8. Saudi Arabia 11.