Muhammad Marwan IsmailFarah Nadia HarunAnissa Daoudi2024-05-282024-05-2820182462-1714http://gbse.com.my/v4No11MAY2018/Paper-176-.pdfhttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/6156Volume 4: No: 11Before 2011, protests rarely being reported in Tunisia by international media. However, Tunisia was the first country hit by the so-called 'Arab Spring' which toppled many Arabian dictators including Ben Ali of Tunisia. This study aims to critically examine the naming strategies utilized by two prominent Arabic online news outlets: Al-Jazeera and BBC Arabic in their online news of 2011 Jasmine Revolution (JR). These two well-established news agencies were selected for their international wide coverage. In addition, Al-Jazeera which based in Qatar represents the Arab international media and the 'East', while BBC Arabic represents the 'Western' media. The study employs Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) particularly three-dimensional textual analysis framework Fairclough (1992) and Wodak (2001). The linguistics textual analysis will further enhance with a link to Laclau and Muoffe (1985) Discourse Theory of power struggles for hegemony, aims to reveal the power struggles between the 'in-group' (the government) and the 'out-group' (the antagonists) in discourse construction strategies. Thus, the analysis will compare the naming strategies utilized by Al-Jazeera and BBC Arabic which will disclose the hidden ideologies at the back of online news discourse construction approaches.otherArab spring, Discourse Analysis, Arabic online news discourseArticle158171411