When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
Al Jazeera is a representation of, you know, diversity in the Arab world. In our newsroom, we have every single nationality, we have every… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share
News is the backbone of our network; the main commodity and the main successes of Al Jazeera came out of our involvement in covering… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share
I started, actually, as an analyst on African affairs, mainly on Al Jazeera. I remember the first few series were about Saudi students, and… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share
I do believe, given the heritage of Al Jazeera itself in Arabic and in English, I think Al Jazeera will succeed in introducing another… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share
When an international news organization covers a story in Somalia, Yemen, Sudan or wherever, they will fly a crew to go there, spend a… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share
What I like to call 'journalism of depth' is the media that regards the collective conscience of the masses to be its point of… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share
The Arab spring that began in 2010 was driven by the educated youth who were connected to the outside world. They had visions of… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share
These [Arab] youth who have been inspired by universal values are idealistic enough to imagine a magnificent future and, at the same time, realistic… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share
We have Al Jazeera Arabic news, Al Jazeera English news, of course; we have three sports channels, and we have Al Jazeera Mubasher, which… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share
We are not a TV station that only concentrate on those who are always under light. We are not a TV station for celebrities… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share
The international media concentrates on the famous, the big names. Al Jazeera goes to the margins, investigates stories that are still developing and in… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share
The stability and security of authoritarian regimes cannot create but terrorism and violence and destruction. Let us accept the choice of the people. Let… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share
If Al Jazeera America becomes just another mainstream TV station, it is definitely not going to succeed. — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share
There is a very deep conviction in the heart of the people who work in al-Jazeera that if it changes its editorial line, it… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share
The best people to provide valuable information about any society are the children of that society who belong to its culture and are part… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share
