The Original al-Jazeera
November 21st 2010 Most people by now have heard of the news phenomenon that is Al-Jazeera. In the US, many still view it with deep suspicion (due to a misguided perception that it is, somehow, anti-American), but generally it has developed a reputation as one of the better international news programs in the world. Fewer know that it is based in Doha, Qatar and even fewer know what its name means. In Arabic, “a
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