Wadah Khanfar

Al Jazeera is a representation of, you know, diversity in the Arab world. In our newsroom, we have every single nationality, we…

— Wadah Khanfar

News is the backbone of our network; the main commodity and the main successes of Al Jazeera came out of our involvement…

— Wadah Khanfar

I started, actually, as an analyst on African affairs, mainly on Al Jazeera. I remember the first few series were about Saudi…

— Wadah Khanfar

I do believe, given the heritage of Al Jazeera itself in Arabic and in English, I think Al Jazeera will succeed in…

— Wadah Khanfar

When an international news organization covers a story in Somalia, Yemen, Sudan or wherever, they will fly a crew to go there,…

— Wadah Khanfar

What I like to call 'journalism of depth' is the media that regards the collective conscience of the masses to be its…

— Wadah Khanfar

The Arab spring that began in 2010 was driven by the educated youth who were connected to the outside world. They had…

— Wadah Khanfar

These [Arab] youth who have been inspired by universal values are idealistic enough to imagine a magnificent future and, at the same…

— Wadah Khanfar

We have Al Jazeera Arabic news, Al Jazeera English news, of course; we have three sports channels, and we have Al Jazeera…

— Wadah Khanfar

We are not a TV station that only concentrate on those who are always under light. We are not a TV station…

— Wadah Khanfar

The international media concentrates on the famous, the big names. Al Jazeera goes to the margins, investigates stories that are still developing…

— Wadah Khanfar

The stability and security of authoritarian regimes cannot create but terrorism and violence and destruction. Let us accept the choice of the…

— Wadah Khanfar

If Al Jazeera America becomes just another mainstream TV station, it is definitely not going to succeed.

— Wadah Khanfar

There is a very deep conviction in the heart of the people who work in al-Jazeera that if it changes its editorial…

— Wadah Khanfar

The best people to provide valuable information about any society are the children of that society who belong to its culture and…

— Wadah Khanfar

The Arab spring confirmed that peaceful change is possible and so reinforced the vision of political Islam. The impact of this went…

— Wadah Khanfar

For me, Islam is a moral reference point, a source of inspiration to work collectively with people, to love people and to…

— Wadah Khanfar

Al Jazeera is not a tool of revolution. We do not create revolutions. However, when something of that magnitude happens, we are…

— Wadah Khanfar

I think 2001 was the year Al Jazeera started to play an international role, in a way. Because in 2001, we were…

— Wadah Khanfar

Some people call it the 'Al Jazeera spirit' - courage, re-thinking authority, giving a voice to the voiceless. We have never been…

— Wadah Khanfar

Al Jazeera should understand the societies, should understand the culture of the civilisation, should understand the dynamics of the societies, should be…

— Wadah Khanfar

I discovered that, in order to write a magnificent piece, you should shoot the images because once you are filming, you are…

— Wadah Khanfar

When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It…

— Wadah Khanfar

Al Jazeera is known in the Arab world as the voice of freedom of expression.

— Wadah Khanfar

The Arab spring was not as radical as the French or Iranian revolutions. It did not pull out the deeply entrenched roots…

— Wadah Khanfar