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Summary
Summary
Al-Jazeera, the independent, all-Arab television news network based in Qatar, emerged as ambassador to the Arab world in the events following September 11, 2001. Arabic for "the peninsula," Al-Jazeera has "scooped" the western media conglomerates many times. With its exclusive access to Osama Bin Laden and members of the Taliban, its reputation has been burnishing quickly through its exposure on CNN, even as it strives to maintain its independence as an international free press news network. Al-Jazeera sheds light on the background of the network: how it operates, the programs it broadcasts, its effects on Arab viewers, the reactions of the West and Arab states, the implications for the future of news broadcasting in the Middle East, and its struggle for a free press and public opinion in the Arab world.
Author Notes
Mohammed El-Nawawy, Egyptian born and raised, has worked as a journalist in the Middle East and the U.S. He is an assistant professor of Communications at Stonehill College in Massachusetts
Adel Iskandar, an Egyptian-Canadian, has lived in Kuwait and in Egypt for many years, and is an expert on Middle East media. He currently teaches communications at the University of Kentucky, Lexington
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| 1 We Are What We Watch | p. 1 |
| 2 A Major League Channel in a Minor League Country | p. 21 |
| 3 The Battle for the Arab Mind | p. 45 |
| 4 Big Voice, Tiny Country: Al-Jazeera in Qatar | p. 71 |
| 5 Boxing Rings: Al-Jazeera's Talk Shows | p. 91 |
| 6 Hero or Heretic? Al-Jazeera and Arab Governments | p. 113 |
| 7 Al-Jazeera Scoops the World | p. 143 |
| 8 Al-Jazeera and the West: The Love-Hate Relationship | p. 175 |
| Epilogue | p. 197 |
| Notes | p. 217 |
| Sources and References | p. 225 |
| Index | p. 231 |
