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Obama's Victory: Reactions From the Arab Press

A roundup of Arab media reaction to President Obama’s re-election.

A Palestinian holds a newspaper, depicting U.S. President-elect Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and his wife Michelle, in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 5, 2008. The headline of the newspaper reads in Arabic "Obama the first black President in the doorstep of the White House."   REUTERS/Fadi Arouri (WEST BANK)
A Palestinian holds a newspaper, depicting US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 5, 2008. — REUTERS/Fadi Arouri

As-Safir

The main question that As-Safir’s editorial covers is: “Will [President Obama's] main concern be the US economy, or will he become more stringent in US foreign policy and national security?” As-Safir believes that the US president will be freer in dealing with foreign-policy challenges during his second term.

The editorial adds that the latter will be obvious when covering “issues from Syria, Iran and Palestine alongside China and Russia, as well as the Arab Spring states and Sudan, Mali, Pakistan and Afghanistan and when dealing with the terrorism files."

Talal Awkal, Al-Ayyam

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