{"id":5122,"date":"2012-05-23T14:29:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T14:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=5122"},"modified":"2014-07-11T17:50:27","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T17:50:27","slug":"the-world-speaks-to-the-arab-world-in-arabic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/the-world-speaks-to-the-arab-world-in-arabic\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Speaks to the Arab World&#8212;In Arabic!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Since the Arab world represents a highly strategic area, many foreign powers have launched their own Arabic-speaking TV channels to spread their views and outlook on major world events.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In other words,<strong> \u0627\u0644\u0631\u064e\u0651\u0623\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0645\u00a0<\/strong>(public opinion) of Arab nations has become, more than ever, <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u0644\u062d\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0629<\/strong> (the national interest) of many powers in the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u0633\u0643\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627\u064a \u0646\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0648\u0632 \u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0629\u00a0(Sky News Arabic) is the newcomer among the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/who-runs-the-two-most-successful-arabic-language-channels\/\">Arabic-language Satellite channels<\/a>\u00a0who address the Arab world from &#8220;foreign skies.&#8221;<br \/>\nRupert Murdoch, the well-known tycoon of Fox News fame and fresh shareholder of Rotana (the\u00a0Arab world&#8217;s largest &#8220;entertainment company&#8221;), controls nearly half of <strong>British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB)<\/strong>, parent company of Sky News Arabic.<br \/>\nThe co-owner of the newly-launched Arabic-speaking channel is <strong>Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, half brother of the current UAE president. He is also the owner of Manchester City Football Club, and is described by the British press as having US President Obama &#8220;on speed dial&#8221;!<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shortly after invading <strong>Iraq<\/strong>, the <strong>US<\/strong> pushed for\u00a0<strong>Al-Hurra <\/strong>(in Arabic &#8220;<strong>\u0627\u0644\u062d\u064f\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0631\u064e\u0651\u0629<\/strong>&#8220;, which stands for &#8220;<strong>The Free<\/strong>&#8220;), the brainchild of American businessman\u00a0<strong>Norman Pattiz<\/strong>\u00a0while he was still sitting on the board of a Government information agency, the new face of the now-defunct\u00a0<strong>USIA<\/strong> (<strong>United States Information Agency<\/strong>.) \u00a0Today, Pattiz switched to the board of the government outfit which operates the well-known\u00a0<strong>Los Alamos National Laboratory<\/strong>. How much Al Hurra has been effective in winning over the hearts and minds of Arab viewers is still up for debate, although a 2010\u00a0<strong>WikiLeaks cable<\/strong>\u00a0quotes two Saudi media executives in a meeting with a US official at a Starbucks in Jeddah as saying:\u00a0&#8220;The American programming on\u00a0<strong>MBC<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Rotana\u00a0<\/strong>is winning over ordinary Saudis in a way that al-Hurra and other US propaganda never could.&#8221; It remains unclear, however, whether the two Saudis were referring to\u00a0<strong>Desperate Housewives<\/strong>\u00a0or the fifth season of\u00a0<strong>Jersey Shore.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Although the British government recently cut public funding to the\u00a0<strong>BBC<\/strong>, it decided to maintain its sponsorship of\u00a0<strong>BBC<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Arabic<\/strong>, in order\u00a0to &#8220;continue its valuable work in the region.&#8221; This is not the first time the British government attempts to address the Arab world: It tried and failed to do so back in the\u00a0<strong>mid<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>1990s<\/strong>, when it concluded a partnership with a cousin of the former Saudi King to launch an Arabic version of the\u00a0<strong>BBC<\/strong>. However, a documentary of the parent company deemed too critical toward the ruling Saudi family brought that partnership to an abrupt end, prompting the journalists of the short-lived British channel to join what was soon to become\u00a0<strong>Al Jazeera<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Similarly, France launched &#8220;<strong>France 24 Arabic.<\/strong>&#8221; It seems that the French desperately needed their voice to be heard in Arab lands, especially in the <strong>Maghreb<\/strong> region where the youth are more often than ever switching from French channels like <strong>TF1<\/strong>, <strong>France 2<\/strong>, and <strong>M6<\/strong>, to Arabic-speaking channels like <strong>Al Jazeera<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Through its state-owned\u00a0<strong>RIA Novosti\u00a0<\/strong>which controls the channel &#8220;<strong>\u0631\u0648\u0633\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0648\u0645<\/strong>&#8221; (&#8220;<strong>Russiya Al Yawm<\/strong>&#8220;, or &#8220;<strong>Russia Today<\/strong>&#8220;), <strong>Russia<\/strong> presents its view of the world to Arab audiences. This channel has for some time hosted Al Jazeera&#8217;s former Moscow correspondent,\u00a0<strong>Akram Khuzam<\/strong>, who subsequently left to work for the American &#8220;<strong>Al-Hurra.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CCTV launches Arabic Channel - CCTV 072609\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YdDsal4acdg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Very fluent Arabic-speaking Chinese journalists for China&#8217;s CCTV Arabic<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CCTV Arabic<\/strong>\u00a0broadcasts the official Chinese views&#8212;with very fluent Arabic-speaking Chinese journalists!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMZASw0Dr5_ohattwANGWwsPYtauKao6UQb1sfgBszLSXWwhvh4g\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"88\" \/>Officially, <strong>\u0625\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0631\u0627\u0646<\/strong> (<strong>Iran)<\/strong> has three main Arabic-speaking channels:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0644\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0645 <\/strong>(<strong>Al-Alam<\/strong>, meaning &#8220;The World&#8221; in Arabic), which has been extremely sympathetic in its news coverage to the\u00a0<strong>Shia<\/strong>-led protests in\u00a0<strong>Bahrein<\/strong>,\u00a0while turning a blind eye on the\u00a0<strong>Syrian<\/strong>\u00a0uprising against Iran&#8217;s main ally in the region, Syrian President<strong>\u00a0Bachar Al Assad<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Al-Kawthar<\/strong>\u00a0channel, which is the Shia counterpart of <strong>Saleh Kamel<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0<strong>Iqraa <\/strong>(initial founder of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/who-runs-the-two-most-successful-arabic-language-channels\/\">MBC<\/a><\/strong>)\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>Al-Walid bin Talal<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0<strong>Al Rissala <\/strong>(part of <strong>Rotana<\/strong>.)<\/li>\n<li>And finally\u00a0<strong>iFilm<\/strong>, a channel that exclusively broadscasts Iran-made movies and series to Arab TV watchers. The Iranian iFilm is not to be confused with the other channel by the same name owned by the\u00a0<strong>MTV network<\/strong>&#8220;! Unofficially, Iran actively supports pro-Shia TV channels in the Arab world, such as in\u00a0<strong>Iraq<\/strong>\u00a0with &#8220;<strong>Al Furat<\/strong>&#8221; channel, and in\u00a0<strong>Lebanon<\/strong>\u00a0with the Hezbollah-backed channel\u00a0<strong>Al Manar.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the Arab world represents a highly strategic area, many foreign powers have launched their own Arabic-speaking TV channels to spread their views and outlook on major world events. In other words, \u0627\u0644\u0631\u064e\u0651\u0623\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0645\u00a0(public opinion) of Arab nations has become, more than ever, \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u0644\u062d\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0629 (the national interest) of many powers in the world. \u0633\u0643\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627\u064a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/the-world-speaks-to-the-arab-world-in-arabic\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3525,13],"tags":[209316,209315,209318,209327,209276,209326,209304,209323,209322,3531,209296,209319,209321,209312,209301,57,209313,209328,209325,10164,173292,66028,209309,209303,209302,209306,209297,209298,10110,209314,209324,209299,209068,209320,209308,1376,209307,10686,209295,209317,209329],"class_list":["post-5122","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-arabic-language","category-vocabulary","tag-209316","tag-209315","tag-akram-khuzam","tag-al-furat","tag-al-jazeera","tag-al-manar","tag-al-hurra","tag-al-kawthar","tag-al-walid-bin-talal","tag-arabic","tag-arabic-language-satellite-channels","tag-bachar-al-assad","tag-bahrein-uprising","tag-bbc-arabic","tag-bskyb","tag-desperate-housewives","tag-france-24-arabic","tag-ifilm","tag-iqraa","tag-iran","tag-iraq","tag-jersey-shore","tag-los-alamos-national-laboratory","tag-manchester-city-fc","tag-mansour-al-nahyan","tag-norman-pattiz","tag-public-opinion","tag-rotana","tag-rupert-murdoch","tag-russiya-al-yawm","tag-saleh-kamel","tag-sky-news-arabic","tag-syria","tag-syrian-uprising","tag-united-states-information-agency","tag-usa","tag-usia","tag-wikileaks","tag-209295","tag-209317","tag-209329"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5122"}],"version-history":[{"count":61,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9632,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122\/revisions\/9632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}