Al-Jazeera

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Journalism, History (Middle East) $15.00 SELECTED AS AN OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE BY CHOICE MAGAZINÉ "An uncomfortable and indispensable book ... Uncomfortable because author Hugh Miles . . . bluntly challenges assumptions many Americans hold about that part of the world. Indispensable for that very reason, because it gives readers a more vivid, accurate understanding of that world." - los angeles times With more than fifty millión viewers, Al-Jazeera is one of the most widely watched news channels in the world. It's alsó one of the most controversial. Set up by the maverick Emir of Qatar, who drew heavily on a failed BBC Arabic television project to create an Arab news channel, Al-Jazeera ("the island") quickly became a household name after September 11, 2001, by delivering somé of the biggest scoops in television history, including a notorious string of taped speeches from Osama bin Laden. Now, journalist Hugh Miles uncovers the true story behind the Arab world's most influential... Tovább

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Journalism, History (Middle East) $15.00 SELECTED AS AN OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE BY CHOICE MAGAZINÉ "An uncomfortable and indispensable book ... Uncomfortable because author Hugh Miles . . . bluntly challenges assumptions many Americans hold about that part of the world. Indispensable for that very reason, because it gives readers a more vivid, accurate understanding of that world." - los angeles times With more than fifty millión viewers, Al-Jazeera is one of the most widely watched news channels in the world. It's alsó one of the most controversial. Set up by the maverick Emir of Qatar, who drew heavily on a failed BBC Arabic television project to create an Arab news channel, Al-Jazeera ("the island") quickly became a household name after September 11, 2001, by delivering somé of the biggest scoops in television history, including a notorious string of taped speeches from Osama bin Laden. Now, journalist Hugh Miles uncovers the true story behind the Arab world's most influential outiét. Gaining unprecedented access to the news channel's key players, reporters, producers, and financiers, Miles uncovers the full, behind-the-scenes story of Al-Jazeera's meteoric rise and how its influence is shaping the course of the Arab world. Al-Jazeera is an eye-opening look at a television network that not only covers the news but alsó makes the news. "A worthwhile volume that expertly analyzes how in less than a decade, an obscure satellite news channel broadcasting in Arabic has, arguably, become the most important in the world by beating Western counterparts at their own game." -the charlotte observer "A detailed, absorbing look at the organization, the world it covers and the international média ... In describing Al-Jazeera's rise, Miles illuminates the shaky balance the channel has attempted to strike between Arab thought and Western influences." -publishers weekly HUGH MILES was the winner of The Times Young Journalist of the Year Award in 2000. He was born in Saudi Arabia and educated in Libya and at Eton, followed by studying Arabic at Oxford and in the Yemen. An Arabic speaker, he has written for the London Review of Books and The Times (London), and is a consultant for Middle East Consultants International, which helps clients do business in the Middle East. Vissza