Aljazeera means what exactly?

Answer 1

Al Jazeera (Arabic:"The Island") is a television network headquartered in Doha, Qatar. Al Jazeera initially launched as an Arabic news and current affairs satellite TV channel of the same name, but has since expanded into a network of several specialty TV channels.

The original Al Jazeera channel's willingness to broadcast dissenting views, including on call-in shows, created controversies in autocratic Arab Gulf States. The station gained worldwide attention following the September 11, 2001 attacks, when it broadcast video statements by Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders (see Videos of Osama bin Laden)

The original Al Jazeera channel was started in 1996 with a US$150 million grant from the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa.

In April 1996, the BBC World Service's Saudi-co-owned Arabic language TV station, faced with censorship demands by the Saudi Arabian government, shut down after two years of operation. Many former BBC World Service staff members joined Al Jazeera, which at the time was not yet on air. The channel began broadcasting in late 1996.

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-censored 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 Persian Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar; it also presented controversial views about Syria's relationship with Lebanon, and the Egyptian judiciary. Critics accused Al Jazeera of sensationalism in order to increase its audience share. Al Jazeera's broadcasts have sometimes resulted in drastic action: For example, on 27 January 1999, Al Jazeera had critics of the Algerian government on during their live program El-Itidjah el-Mouakass (="The Opposite Direction"). The Algerian government cut the electricity supply to at least large parts of the capital Algiers (and allegedly to large parts of the country), to prevent the program from getting seen.At that time, Al Jazeera was not yet generally known in the Western world, but where it was known, the opinion about it was often favourable and Al Jazeera claimed to be the only politically independent television station in the Middle East. Al Jazeera's well-presented coverage of the Lebanese Civil War in 2000-2001 gave its viewer ratings a boost throughout the region. However, it wasn't until late 2001 that Al Jazeera achieved worldwide recognition, when it broadcast video statements by al-Qaeda leaders.

It is widely believed internationally that inhabitants of the Arab world are given limited information by their governments and media, and that what is conveyed is biased towards the governments' views. Many people see Al Jazeera as a more trustworthy source of information than government and foreign channels. Some scholars and commentators use the notion of contextual objectivity, which highlights the tension between objectivity and audience appeal, to describe the station's controversial yet popular news approach. As a result, it is probably the most watched news channel in the Middle East. Increasingly, Al Jazeera's exclusive interviews and other footage are being rebroadcast in American, British, and other western media outlets such as CNN and the BBC. In January 2003, the BBC announced that it had signed an agreement with Al Jazeera for sharing facilities and information, including news footage. Al Jazeera is now considered a fairly mainstream media network, though more controversial than most. In the United States as of 2006, video footage from the network carried by other stations was largely limited to video segments of hostages.

As of 2007, the Arabic Al Jazeera channel rivals the BBC in worldwide audiences with an estimated 40 to 50 million viewers. Al Jazeera English has an estimated reach of around 80 million households

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Answer 2

Aljazeera means ISLAND in Arabic.

Answer 3

Al Jazeera literally means "The Island". It is also used for several geographic regions in the Arab world. If you are referring to the news company, it basically is metaphorically stating that it is alone in the area as a source of credible, uncensored news for the middle eastern region.

Answer 4

The Palestinian Territories are nominally ruled by way of the Palestinian Authority,that's acknowledged by way of the UN as a central authority in waiting. The PT contains the WB and Gaza and in accordance to the Oslo contract have been to have been evacuated by way of Israel by way of no later than 1999 so the PT can declare formal or de jure statehood. it would encompass an insignificant 22.5 % of their unique territory as defined by way of the borders of Mandate Palestine. They ask in basic terms for this one skinny slice of their former native land. The Israelis proceed to undertaking the WB to an rather unlawful and antagonistic occupation,on an identical time as evacuating the Gaza in basic terms to place it below seige and maximum these days attack and smash it with great firepower on an identical time as the worldwide does not something. they like all of it and that they are fairly wiling to bloodbath each and every Palestinian of their own territory with the intention to get it. they think of a god noted as Yahwah gave it to them 3,500 years in the past on an identical time as addressing considered one of their leaders from interior a burning bush. it is the source of the present dispute,which has unquestionably been dragging on for greater effective than 60 years.

Answer 5

in english it means the peninsular..and the name of place in West Asia