17. Author: Mohammed Ould Achfagh Title: Al Jazeera and its Secrets Institution: Bani Azenasn Press , Morocco Year: 2006 Language: Arabic
Description: This book offers a summary of the author’s experience within Al Jazeera channel to which he was witness, including its coverage of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. These two events deeply influenced the formulation of the channel’s identity and brought it under global spotlight. The author relies on non- traditional sources to tell his and his organization story, conducting interviews with key officials, editors and correspondents in ‘hot zones’. The book presents a picture of Al Jazeera’s headquarters and overseas bureaus, highlighting the largest and most important bureaus such as Baghdad, Palestine, Lebanon, and Washington. It also provides information on the editorial and managerial staff, in addition to the political and intellectual backgrounds and academic qualifications of the channel’s most prominent decision makers.
18. Author: Mohamed Krichen Title: Al Jazeera and its Sisters Publisher: Arab Committee for Human Rights, Syria Year: 2006 Language: Arabic
Description: This book includes a series of articles that discuss issues around pluralism and the defense of freedom of opinion. In some articles, the author presents Al Jazeera as an icon of freedom of press, due its motto ‘the opinion and the other opinion’. In these articles written over a number of years and mostly published in Al Quds Al Arabi, Krichen deals with controversial issues both in the international and Arab media, such as terrorism, the kidnapping of journalists, and the position of ruling regimes towards the media. The author dedicates some articles to raise the cases of journalists who were victims of human rights violations, including Tayseer Alouni, Sami Al Haj and Atwar Bahjat, who lost her life in the line of duty.
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