The Arab spring confirmed that peaceful change is possible and so reinforced the vision of political Islam. The impact of this went beyond the Brotherhood to include the Salafist tendency in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya that had questioned the… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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