"I started, actually, as an analyst on African……" — Wadah Khanfar
"I started, actually, as an analyst on African affairs, mainly on Al Jazeera. I remember the first few series were about Saudi students, and the negotiations between the government and the Sudanese rebels in the south. And then, slowly, I was speaking about Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and a few other places."
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26 Quotes by Wadah Khanfar
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These [Arab] youth who have been inspired by universal values are idealistic enough to imagine a magnificent future and, at…
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When an international news organization covers a story in Somalia, Yemen, Sudan or wherever, they will fly a crew to…
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At Al Jazeera, we are getting our local Somalis, Yemenis and Sudanese, local correspondents from within the society, who understand…
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The international media concentrates on the famous, the big names. Al Jazeera goes to the margins, investigates stories that are…
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Al Jazeera is not a tool of revolution. We do not create revolutions. However, when something of that magnitude happens,…
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The stability and security of authoritarian regimes cannot create but terrorism and violence and destruction. Let us accept the choice…
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The Arab spring that began in 2010 was driven by the educated youth who were connected to the outside world.…
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The Arab spring was not as radical as the French or Iranian revolutions. It did not pull out the deeply…
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The Arab spring confirmed that peaceful change is possible and so reinforced the vision of political Islam. The impact of…
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The best people to provide valuable information about any society are the children of that society who belong to its…
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At times, some journalists see nothing in the people apart from an opportunity to make material gain. They see them…
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We have Al Jazeera Arabic news, Al Jazeera English news, of course; we have three sports channels, and we have…
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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation…
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect…
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
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Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one…
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I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
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Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they…
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