Arabic and English media intelligence

Media monitoring, intelligence, and analysis, for the GCC region.

VEER combines always-on monitoring with expert analysis, native Arabic analysis and consultancy, and actionable insights in every report.

01The distinction

Monitoring tells you what was published. Intelligence tells you what it means.

The gap between the two is where the Arabic-speaking market is least well served, and where most of the risk to a reputation forms.

What monitoring delivers
What intelligence delivers
Volume of mentions and reach estimates
Which narrative is forming, and from where
Automated sentiment percentages
Sentiment explained: the driver behind the number
Standardised dashboards and exports
Who is carrying the story, and on whose behalf
Coverage logs, delivered after the fact
Early warning, while the narrative is still small
Machine translation of Arabic content
Native Arabic reading of tone, register and intent

VEER delivers both, monitoring and intelligence.

02How we work

From conversation to decision, in six steps.

Technology captures at scale. Analysts do the part machines cannot: validate relevance, read Arabic in context, and explain what a narrative actually means.

  1. 01

    Capture

    Continuous collection across social, online, print and broadcast, in Arabic and English.

  2. 02

    Filter

    Analysts remove noise and false positives. Only relevant material advances.

  3. 03

    Enrich

    Each item tagged by topic, narrative, sentiment, platform, language and account type.

  4. 04

    Assess

    Why it is moving, who is driving it, and where it is heading.

  5. 05

    Report

    Alerts and reports written for the reader, not exported from a dashboard.

  6. 06

    Advise

    Recommended monitoring or response actions, with the reasoning behind them.

Nothing reaches you unread. Every item in a VEER report has passed a human analyst, which is why our validated relevance accuracy runs at 97% or better.

Our approach

03Why Arabic is different

Arabic is a discipline, not a language column.

Global platforms treat Arabic as one more setting. At VEER, native Arabic researchers, analysts, and copywriters deliver world-class Arabic reports alongside the English.

01Dialect, not language

The press writes in Modern Standard Arabic. Public conversation happens in Gulf, Levantine, Egyptian and Maghrebi dialects, with transliteration and code-switching. Keyword lists built in MSA miss most of it.

02Identity carries meaning

The same sentence means different things depending on who says it. Reading a narrative means knowing which community, outlet or current an account belongs to.

03Volume is not opinion

Regional conversations are often shaped by coordinated publishing and a few high-reach accounts. Analysts separate genuine public reaction from manufactured volume.

04Arabic and English diverge

The two versions of the same story often carry different framing, sources and sentiment. We read both, side by side, rather than translating one.

05At a glance

Commitments we put in writing.

Named analysts, not a ticket queue. Escalation goes to a person you know.

2019Founded in the UAE, operating from Dubai
AR+ENNative bilingual analysis, not translation
24/7Always-on monitoring and alerting
97%Validated relevance accuracy, or better
  • 95% of breaking alerts within 20 minutes
  • Under 2 hours query response
  • 99% portal uptime
  • 12 researchers and analysts on the bench

06Getting started

Judge us on real output.

We recommend a paid pilot: four to six weeks on a defined scope, one market and one topic set, with the full reporting rhythm running.

  1. Week 1

    Discovery

    Entities, topics and markets defined. Stakeholders, escalation contacts and report formats agreed.

  2. Week 2

    Build

    Narrative framework, sources and dialect variants configured. Portal and report templates set up.

  3. Week 3

    Calibrate

    Live monitoring begins. Relevance tested on real output; alert thresholds tuned with your feedback.

  4. Week 4

    Steady state

    Full reporting rhythm live, weekly alignment call in place, first monthly analysis scheduled.