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Acting Director General, Al Jazeera Media Network - Mostefa Souag

Acting Director General, Al Jazeera Media Network - Mostefa Souag

The Interview vor 9 Jahren

Is Al Jazeera's future safe?

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HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Mostefa Souag, Acting
Director General of Al Jazeera. The news network was launched in
Qatar in 1996 it had a seismic impact on the media landscape in
the Middle East. Here was an Arab broadcaster refusing to play by
local rules: ambitious, punchy and provocative in its coverage of
the region and the world. Two decades on, it seems that patience
is wearing thin in much of the Arab world. Saudi Arabia and its
closest allies recently demanded Qatar close the network down.
Does Al Jazeera have a future?