Hafiz Al Mirazi is the Washington bureau chief of Al Jazeera and host of the channel's weekly program, From Washington, which spearheaded Al Jazeera's coverage of US elections in 2004. TBS's deputy managing editor Lindsay Wise interviewed Al Mirazi about Al Jazeera's strategy for covering the US presidential race and Arab media interest in …
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Interview with Ahmad al-Farrag
20 November 2004, Cairo Ahmad al-Farrag is one of the pioneers of religious television broadcasting in the Arab world. His long-running program Nur ala Nur, or "Light Upon Light" was the first of its kind in Egypt and a model for future religious talk shows. It also was the first …
Read More »Interview with Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi
17 October, 2004 in Doha, Qatar Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi is one of the best known, longest established, and most controversial of Arab world satellite preachers. TBS's senior editor S. Abdallah Schleifer interviewed Sheikh al-Qaradawi in Doha about his relationship with the medium. TBS: When did you first start speaking about Islam on television? What …
Read More »Access and Bias in Arab Satellite Journalism: A Dialogue between Salah Negm, Chief Editor of Al-Arabiya, and S. Abdallah Schleifer, Senior Editor of TBS
SAS: In recent weeks, and in particular in reference to the coverage of the Falluja and Mahdi Army uprisings, Coalition spokesmen in Baghdad have alleged biased reporting from Al-Arabiya as well as Al Jazeera. Your comment before mine. Salah Negm: I would say first that generalizing judgments like this one are not …
Read More »Interview with Ahmed Sheikh, Chief Editor, Al Jazeera
S. Abdallah Schleifer interviewed the new chief editor at Al Jazeera early in mid- April only a few weeks after he had taken up the position following a stint running Al Jazeera's new English-language website. TBS: You were a member of the original BBC Arabic TV group that founded Al Jazeera. …
Read More »Counter Programming: Danny Schechter Interviews Jehane Noujaim about her Documentary on Al Jazeera
The 1991 war in Iraq propelled an American satellite channel, known colloquially as the Chicken News Network and by its initials, CNN, into a global news power. In the second Iraq war, another broadcaster, Al-Jazeera, became famous - or infamous, depending on your point of view. Most Americans know Al-Jazeera for …
Read More »Lina Sawan, CNBC Senior News Anchor
Lina Sawan's is one of the most familiar faces on CNBC Arabiya. TBS caught her for a few words between programs. TBS: What do you do here at CNBC? I'm a presenter and the presentation advisor. I present a couple of shows. As presentation advisor, I'm in charge of training …
Read More »Zafar Siddiqi, Chairman and CEO of CNBC Arabiya, and Ward Edmonds, Director of Programming, CNBC Arabiya
TBS: When did you start broadcasting? Siddiqi: We went on air July 27th. TBS: In the short time since that launch, I think you've come a long way. Could you evaluate for us now what you did to achieve this and what you plan to do? Siddiqi: The idea was to establish …
Read More »From in front of the Camera to behind the Scenes: An Interview with Riz Khan
Riz Khan, veteran reporter and interviewer for BBC and CNN, was seeking inspiration for a new direction. Sehr Karim interviewed him for TBS. TBS: Riz, you are a man who has taken on many challenges including Q & A, a documentary on the Hajj and Hardtalk Pakistan and India for the BBC—so you …
Read More »A TV-Newspaper Joint Venture Moves Cautiously: An Interview with Jihad Khazen, advisor to LBC-Al Hayat
When TBS interviewed Jihad Khazen in the fall of 2002 (TBS 9 Super News Center Setting Up in London for Al Hayat and LBC: An Interview with Jihad Khazen and Salah Nemett), the LBC satellite channel and Al Hayat newspaper were on the verge of initiating a partnership. The alliance …
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