In which of the Gulf States is Al-Jazeera based?
"Electronic Intifada released the four episodes of ""The Lobby—USA"" simultaneously with the French media outlet ""Orient XXI"" and the Lebanese newspaper ""Al Akhbar"". Al Jazeera controversies and criticism Al Jazeera, owned by the government of Qatar, is currently one of the largest news organizations in the world, with 80 bureaus around the globe, which produce extensive news coverage online and via TV channels in a number of languages, including Arabic and English. Al Jazeera also produces in-depth documentaries on current issues around the world. While Al Jazeera has a large audience around the world and especially in the Middle East,"
"coast of the peninsula. Six countries (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Oman) form the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia covers the greater part of the peninsula. The majority of the population of the peninsula live in Saudi Arabia and in Yemen. The peninsula contains the world's largest reserves of oil. Saudi Arabia and the UAE are economically the wealthiest in the region. Qatar, a small peninsula in the Persian Gulf on the larger peninsula, is home of the Arabic-language television station Al Jazeera and its English-language subsidiary Al Jazeera English. Kuwait, on"
"Al Jazeera controversies and criticism Al Jazeera, owned by the government of Qatar, is currently one of the largest news organizations in the world, with 80 bureaus around the globe, which produce extensive news coverage online and via TV channels in a number of languages, including Arabic and English. Al Jazeera also produces in-depth documentaries on current issues around the world. While Al Jazeera has a large audience around the world and especially in the Middle East, the organization and the original Arabic channel in particular have sometimes been criticized and have been involved in several controversies. An article in"
"in dictating editorial policy over Libya, and now Syria"". Critics did note that Al Jazeera coverage of the crisis in Bahrain did increase in May and June 2011 and conceded that the severe press restrictions in Bahrain made coverage extremely difficult. The Qatar-based Al Jazeera has been heralded as one of the few networks who gave comprehensive and unbiased coverage of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions. The network is widely credited with helping protests maintain the momentum which resulted in the overthrow of the entrenched regimes of Tunisia's Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak. Al Jazeera was"
"Turkish military base in Qatar set up in 2014 allows Qatar to reduce its dependency on Saudi Arabia. Qatari media organisation Al Jazeera was launched in 1996 and within a short time it became one of the most influential news sources for the Arab world. Al Jazeera was regarded as controversial by many Middle Eastern governments, all of whom kept a tight reign on the information consumed by their population. Among other events, the network has granted interviews to Israeli government officials, interviewed with Islamist and terrorist groups, and criticized the rulers of Arab countries. Saudi Arabia regards Al Jazeera"
"be back within three hours (Time of message: 11GMT)"". Al Arabiya Al Arabiya (, transliterated: """"; meaning ""The Arabic One"" or ""The Arab One"") is a Saudi-owned pan-Arab television news channel broadcast in Modern Standard Arabic. The channel is based in Dubai and is regarded as a competitor to Al Jazeera. Launched on 3 March 2003, the channel is based in Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates, and is owned by Saudi broadcaster Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC). The current general manager of Al Arabiya is Adel Al Toraifi, who took over that post from Abdulrahman Al Rashed on 22"
"Al Jazeera would limit its coverage of Saudi Arabia. During a March 2014 meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council, after which the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain announced the recall of their ambassadors to Qatar, citing interference with their internal affairs. The situation was eventually defused after Qatar forced Brotherhood members to leave the country eight months later. Some economists have interpreted the 2014 Saudi–Qatari rift as the tangible political sign of a growing economic rivalry between oil and natural gas producers, which could ""have deep and long-lasting consequences"" beyond the Middle East-North Africa area. In June 2017,"
"Al Arabiya Al Arabiya (, transliterated: """"; meaning ""The Arabic One"" or ""The Arab One"") is a Saudi-owned pan-Arab television news channel broadcast in Modern Standard Arabic. The channel is based in Dubai and is regarded as a competitor to Al Jazeera. Launched on 3 March 2003, the channel is based in Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates, and is owned by Saudi broadcaster Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC). The current general manager of Al Arabiya is Adel Al Toraifi, who took over that post from Abdulrahman Al Rashed on 22 November 2014., who had held the position since 2004"
"office. Non-militarily, Qatar state-funded broadcaster Al Jazeera has come under criticism for selective reporting in coordination with Qatar's foreign policy objectives. In addition, reports have condemned Qatar's financing of the construction of mosques and Islamic centers in Europe as attempts to exert the state's Salafist interpretation of Islam. Reports of Qatar attempting to impact the curriculum of U.S. schools and buy influence in universities have also spread. The nearby Persian Gulf States of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates have been among the countries that have condemned Qatar's actions. In 2014, the three Persian Gulf countries withdrew their"
"at the Persian Gulf monarchies, and its readiness to provide Islamist groups with a podium. At the beginning of the Qatar diplomatic crisis in June 2017, Al Jazeera broadcasting was banned in the Kingdom. Furthermore, its office was shut down and websites were blocked. When the Saudi-led quartet presented their list of demands to Qatar over two weeks later, one of the demands stipulated that Qatar's government close down of Al Jazeera and other Qatar-affiliated media organisations. Saudi Arabia banned Qatari-based beIN Sports in 13 June 2017, shortly after the diplomatic crisis began. beIN Sports is one of the largest"
"is Al Anstey. In mid 2014 Al Jazeera English froze employment of both permanent and freelance staff for its Qatar network and cut freelance pay rates by 30-40% without warning, while at the same time Al Jazeera lodged a $150 million claim for compensation against Egypt, arguing that by arresting and attacking Al Jazeera journalists, seizing the broadcaster's property and jamming its signal, the Egyptian government has violated its rights as a foreign investor in the country and put the $90 million it has invested in Egypt since 2001 at risk. Formed in 2010, in its own words: ""the role"
"has offices in Riyadh and Kuwait City. alJazeera Jobs is engaged by a number of regional governments and NGO's in the Persian Gulf region to conduct research covering strategy for future job growth within the region. alJazeera Jobs also runs the website alJazeeraJobs.com, a popular expatriate employment website and its listed jobs are sourced by popular jobsites including Careerjet. Adapting a similar business model to TheLadders.com, alJazeera Jobs unlike other employment sites that charge companies to post entries, charges both job seekers and employers. alJazeera Jobs however does not charge for job applications made by candidates to jobs listed on"
"5 years imprisonment and a fine. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, and the UAE all blocked access to Qatari news agencies, including the controversial Qatar-based Al Jazeera. Saudi Arabia shut down the local office of Al Jazeera Media Network.<ref name=""aljazeera1/6june2017""></ref> The BBC speculated that changes to Al-Jazeera would be a necessary part of any peaceful resolution. The Qatar-based beIN Sports channels were also initially banned in June in the UAE. Over a month later, the UAE restored normal access to beIN Sports channels via its local telecom providers. In Saudi Arabia, the channels remain banned, while a large-scale signal piracy operation"
"The Gulf Today The Gulf Today is an English-language daily newspaper based in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates. It is one of the four UAE broadsheet newspapers. The newspaper was launched on 15 April 1996 by brothers Taryam Omran Taryam and Abdullah Omran Taryam owners of Dar Al Khaleej for Press, Printing and Publishing. The Dar Al Khaleej group also publishes ""Al Khaleej"", an Arabic daily broadsheet newspaper. The ""Gulf Today"" publishes an all-colour entertainment tabloid, ""Time Out"", and an all-colour magazine, ""Panorama"", which are distributed free with the daily at the weekends. ""Time Out"" and ""Panorama"" cover film, sports,"
"BBC announced that it had signed an agreement with Al Jazeera for sharing facilities and information, including news footage. Al Jazeera's availability (via satellite) throughout the Middle East changed the television landscape of the region. Prior to the arrival of Al Jazeera, many Middle Eastern citizens were unable to watch TV channels other than state-controlled national TV stations. Al Jazeera introduced a level of freedom of speech on TV that was previously unheard of in many of these countries. Al Jazeera presented controversial views regarding the governments of many Arab states on the Persian Gulf, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain"
"Communications Company. The BBC channel had closed after a year and a half when the Iranian government attempted to suppress information, including a graphic report on executions and prominent dissident views. The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa, provided a loan of QAR 500 million (US$137 million) to sustain Al Jazeera through its first five years, as Hugh Miles detailed in his book ""Al Jazeera: The Inside Story of the Arab News Channel That Is Challenging the West"". Shares were held by private investors as well as the Qatar government. Al Jazeera's first day on the air was 1"
"most successful team in the tournament's history, winning 10 tournaments out of 23 in total, while Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Iraq all have three titles. The current champions are Oman, who defeated the United Arab Emirates in a penalty shootout in 2018 to win their second title. A major point that helped Qatar improve the competition was the fact that Al Jazeera Sports, the leading sports channel in Western Asia, and North Africa is based in Doha. Al Jazeera Sports won broadcasting rights to the 2004, and exclusively in the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup in 2009 after a deal ending"
"Cairo ordered Al Jazeera to stop broadcasting in Egypt, claiming it was ""inciting violence that led to the deaths of Egyptians."" On December 29, 2013, three journalists working for the Qatari-based international news channel Al Jazeera English, Australian Peter Greste, Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohammed were taken into custody by Egyptian security forces at the Marriott Hotel in Cairo. On June 23, 2014 after a 4-month trial, all three were found guilty of spreading false news and collaborating with the banned Muslim Brotherhood and they were sentenced between 7 and 10 years imprisonment. All were released on bail"
"literature, politics and entertainment from Hollywood to Bollywood. The editor in chief is Aysha Taryam. The Gulf Today The Gulf Today is an English-language daily newspaper based in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates. It is one of the four UAE broadsheet newspapers. The newspaper was launched on 15 April 1996 by brothers Taryam Omran Taryam and Abdullah Omran Taryam owners of Dar Al Khaleej for Press, Printing and Publishing. The Dar Al Khaleej group also publishes ""Al Khaleej"", an Arabic daily broadsheet newspaper. The ""Gulf Today"" publishes an all-colour entertainment tabloid, ""Time Out"", and an all-colour magazine, ""Panorama"", which are"
"to be the most-watched organization in the Arab world. As of 2017, it has 80 international bureaus, and is regarded as the Arab-created organization with the largest global reach, even reaching large viewerships in North America, Europe, and Asia. Though it has received criticisms, Al Jazeera has been given international recognition, and was even cited by then-American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2011 as ""real news"", and winning the ""information war"" against the United States' broadcast media. The majority of modern Arabic media organizations have reflected Western journalistic principles, like objectivity, transparency, and fairness. These journalistic standards, outlined in"
"its site – as to do so would be illegal in Persian Gulf countries as well as in other jurisdictions. alJazeera Jobs through the use of its innovative technology maintains the biggest database of live jobs across the Persian Gulf region with about 45,000 jobs typically advertised which is contrasted with around 3,000 listed by other regional jobsites. AlJazeera Jobs alJazeera Jobs is a job board formed in 2007 by a group of recruitment professionals, and funded by Aljazeera Publishing. Its website at alJazeeraJobs.com is ranked as amongst the leading recruitment sites in United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait,"
"Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Egypt, which view the Brotherhood as a serious threat to social stability in those countries. Following the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, Qatar allowed some Brotherhood members who fled Egypt to live in the country. The Qatar-based Al Jazeera ""housed them in a five-star Doha hotel and granted them regular airtime for promoting their cause""; the station also broadcast protests against the post-Brotherhood authorities in Egypt by the Brotherhood, ""and in some cases allegedly paid Muslim Brothers for the footage."" Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain said that Qatar had violated the Gulf"
"1 November 1996 following the closure of the first BBC Arabic language television station, then a joint venture with Orbit Communications Company, owned by Saudi King Fahd's cousin, Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud. The BBC channel had closed after a year and a half when the Saudi government attempted to thwart a documentary pertaining to executions under sharia law. The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa, provided a loan of QAR 500 million ($137 million) to sustain Al Jazeera through its first five years, as Hugh Miles detailed in his book ""Al Jazeera: The Inside Story of the Arab"
"as a propaganda tool of the Qatari government used to undermine the region's stability. Mainly due to Al Jazeera's publishing of a peace treaty made between the Saudi and Israeli governments, in 2002 Saudi Arabia withdrew its ambassador from Qatar in protest. He was not reinstated until 2008. In 2003, Saudi Arabia inaugurated Al Arabiya, which would become the eventual counterweight to Al Jazeera. Al Arabiya has been among Al Jazeera's most vocal critics. Amidst the 2014 Qatar–GCC rift, Saudi Arabia halted Al Jazeera's operations in the country over the network's broadcasting of incendiary statements made in interviews and directed"
"Al Jazeera English. She was the opening anchor on the station's launch in Doha on 15 November 2006. In addition, she hosted ""Every Woman"", a show focusing on women's issues from around the world, for which she won the Editor's Choice Media Excellence Award from the Association of International Broadcasting. Ghosh was featured in Qatar's winning 2022 FIFA World cup bid presentation video. Ghosh was born in Leeds, though the family moved to North East England soon afterwards. She was educated at the Avenue Primary School, in Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, and then at Teesside High School. She graduated from the University"
"Al Jazeera Investigates Al Jazeera Investigates is a one-hour current affairs and investigative journalism program that is aired on Al Jazeera English and while in operation Al Jazeera America that focuses on a specific topic per episode through in-depth documentaries. Formed in 2010, in its own words: ""the role of Al Jazeera Investigations is not to report the news, but to make the news"". The Unit, also known as 'the Investigations Team' or, simply, 'Al Jazeera Investigations' is based at the Network headquarters in Doha, but also has representation in London, Washington, DC and San Francisco. The unit is a"
"Al Jazeera Media Network Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) is a Middle Eastern multinational multimedia conglomerate, and is the parent company of Al Jazeera and its related networks. The chairman is Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani. The acting director general is Dr. Mostefa Souag. The network's news operation currently has a total of 70 bureaux around the world that are shared between the network's channels and operations, the second largest amount of bureaux of any media company in the world after the BBC. The original Al Jazeera Satellite Channel (then called JSC or Jazeera Satellite Channel) was launched on"
"the Qatari channel only one year after joining its office in Beirut in protest over ""bias"" reporting of the Syrian crisis, accusing the Qatari government of pushing Al Jazeera towards ""media suicide"". On March 9, 2012, he announced his resignation on Twitter but didn't give reasons, but Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar published a story about the resignation. Ali was born in Lebanese capital Beirut in 1980 and raised up in the West African state of Sierra Leone. When 11 his family returned to Lebanon after the end of the civil war and the start of Sierra Leone's war. He graduated from"
"Islamist perspectives, promoting the Muslim Brotherhood, and having a pro-Sunni and an anti-Shia bias in its reporting of regional issues. However, Al Jazeera insists it covers all sides of a debate; it says it presents Israel's view, Iran's view and even aired videos released by Osama bin Laden. In June 2017, the Saudi, Emirati, Bahraini, and Egyptian governments demanded the closure of the news station as one of thirteen demands made to Qatar during the 2017 Qatar Crisis. Other media networks have spoken out in support of the network. According to ""The Atlantic"" magazine, Al Jazeera presents a far more"
"Media of Qatar The Media of Qatar relays information and data in Qatar by means of television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines and the internet. Qatar has established itself as a leading regional figure in mass media over the past decade. Al Jazeera, a global news network which was established in 1996, has become the foundation of the media sector. The country uses media to brand itself and raise its international profile. Despite Al Jazeera being considered to be one of the Middle East's most open media outlets, Qatari authorities enforce stringent restrictions on freedom of local media, including censoring internet"
"floor of the Manhattan Center in New York City. It also had a total of 12 bureaus located in places such as Washington, D.C., at the channel's D.C. studios at the Newseum and Al Jazeera's D.C. hub, Chicago, Detroit, Nashville, Los Angeles, Seattle, New Orleans, Dallas, Denver, Miami, and San Francisco (former headquarters of Current TV and current headquarters of online channel AJ+). The channel was the sister channel of Al Jazeera's international English language news channel Al Jazeera English. Although operated and managed completely separately with America's management based in the United States, the two shared United States studios"
"were the only AJE shows officially non-geoblocked for American viewing during the time that Al Jazeera America was in existence. With the closure of Al Jazeera America in April, 2016 it was expected that the official live stream of Al Jazeera English and access to its programmes would eventually be restored to the United States. The online live stream of Al Jazeera English was made available to viewers in the United States once again in September 2016. In December 2013, three Al Jazeera English journalists, Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, were arrested in their Cairo Marriott hotel rooms."
"2013: Named among the World’s Most Influential Arabs by Arabia Business Power 500 Ghida Fakhry ""Ghida Fakhry"" is a broadcast journalist, and current affairs program presenter with TRT World, and a moderator for Doha Debates based in Washington, DC, as well as a contributor to the Huffington Post. She was a lead anchor for the global news channel Al Jazeera English at its launch in Washington DC, and was later one of the primary anchors at the network's headquarters in Doha. She was also the host of ""Witness"", an award-winning documentary program. Ghida Fakhry pursued a bilingual education, French and"