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“For me, Islam is a moral reference point, a source of inspiration to work collectively with people, to love people and to help them, to concentrate on universal values of mercy, co-operation and tolerance.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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