Summary: The talk in the Middle East these days is of "normalisation" - between Gulf states and Israel. However, the media push to normalise normalisation started before the deals were signed and is likely to go on for a while. Contributors: Maryam al-Khawaja - Bahraini human rights activist Iyad el-Baghdadi - Founder, Arab Tyrant Manual; President, Kawaakibi Foundation Ayala Panievsky, Media researcher; University of Cambridge Hussein Ibish - Arab Gulf States Institute On our radar In the United States, an affiliate of the Al Jazeera Network - AJ+ - is ordered to register as a foreign agent. Meenakshi Ravi speaks to producer Nic Muirhead about the impact. Life after the blast: Beirut through the eyes of journalists They have reported on mounting crises, a chronically corrupt government, a collapsing state - and then came the explosion. What is it like to be a journalist in Lebanon today? Contributors: Ramzi Haidar - Photojournalist Diana Moukalled - Managing editor, Daraj Jad Ghosn - Reporter, al-Jadeed - 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/
