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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Gunthr on December 26, 2002, 05:19:26 PM
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This is surprising (to me). Described as a "take no prisoners" type of journalism, Al Jazeera is not especially welcomed or loved in the middle east - I wonder if the enemy of our enemy (in a manner of speaking) might end up being our friend?
You will soon be able to read it every day.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1226/p01s04-wome.htmlAl Jazeera (http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1226/p01s04-wome.html)
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interesting... it will certainly make for fodder for topics on this board!
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Al Jazeera is not especially welcomed or loved in the middle east
What makes you think that?
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i love their advice columns personally:
dear ann al-landharas,
my husband is threatening to cut my hands off if i don't improve my cooking, can you help?
signed,
qonfused in qatar
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dear qonfused in qatar,
haha this is a very common problem, simply annoint yourself with cooking oil and flog yourself in front of your superior husband and almighty allah until your filthy spirit is cleansed you filthy woman beast. good luck and praise allah!
ann al-landharas
the comics aren't bad either
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What makes you think that?
Ra - You have chosen the name of the Egyptian Sun God. I'm surprised that your powers don't include something we westerners call r-e-a-d-i-n-g. :p. Its in the link.
Since it began broadcasting in 1996, Al Jazeera has brought unprecedented Arabic-language journalistic scrutiny to the regimes of the Middle East.
Seriously, this development has a lot of potential, don't you think?
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ROFL!!! Good one, mrfish!!! And pretty close to the truth.......
Cabby
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Time will tell... the truth is the first casualty of war... but this is something we haven't seen yet.
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what a CNN in arab garb?
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what a CNN in arab garb?
lol ... I think they're gonna prove to be more biased than CNN... but still a window on the Middle East.