The satellite television channel Al-Jazeera (based in Doha, Qatar) has been broadcasting since 1996. It represents a revolution in the media culture of the Arab world. There is a place for any subject, any voice, in the broadcasts, especially in the news and in discussion programmes such as ‘Ar-Raï al-Akhar’ (the other view) and ‘Bila Hudud’ (without frontiers). Al-Jazeera transcends the limitations which are placed on the expression of opinion in its own region of the world, allowing 250 million viewers all over the globe to share this new refuge.
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