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Wadah Khanfar - Former Director General, Al Jazeera

Wadah Khanfar - Former Director General, Al Jazeera

The Interview vor 14 Jahren

Zeinab Badawi speaks to Wadah Khanfar, boss of Al Jazeera for nearly ten years.

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The satellite TV station Al Jazeera, is credited with giving
ordinary Arabs a platform from which to challenge their
governments.

And day by day it's been covering the dramatic events of the Arab
Spring using the latest slick technology on both its Arabic and
English channels.

But is it selective in who it criticises?

Zeinab Badawi speaks to Wadah Khanfar.

He was the boss of Al Jazeera for nearly ten years.

Was the station's coverage biased on his watch?

And why did he leave Al Jazeera in the midst of the biggest news
events in the Arab World for decades?

(Image: Wadah Khanfar. Credit: Getty Images)