Az arab média utólagos, higgadt értékelése az 1956-os magyar forradalomról
The Arab media’s retrospective, sober evaluation of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution

Summary/Abstract: The study outlines the Arab media’s views and perceptions of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in the years and decades that followed. A real assessment of the 1956 revolution can be obtained, as the articles that form the basis of this paper were written at a time when the picture had become clearer and more complete; i.e. variousinfluences of time have disappeared and almost all the secret information, data, foreign and military reports have been made public. All Arab media sources (especially the Egyptian and Gulf ones) have reported frequently and in detail on the Hungarian revolution, which is still of interest today. This heightened interest has provided moral support for the Hungarians, despite the fact that in some cases it has been belated. The main objective of this study is to show how the Arab media viewed the 1956 revolution in the years and decades that followed. In the present paper, we do not aim to present the news of the time, but rather to focus on the media’s later views. On the basis of the material we have researched, it can be said that, on the whole, the later Arab opinion showed genuine sympathy and compassion, and a reasonable and factbased position on the Hungarian Revolution.

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