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Wadah Khanfar, the head of Al Jazeera, shares an optimistic view of the latest uprisings in the Arab world.

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“We are banned from Tunisia for years. But the people are our journalists.”

“And then people began to wonder: How could we imagine a future that is magnificent, and peaceful and tolerant.”

“The corrupt elite have lost even the power of deception. They have been detached from their people, and now we are seeing them collapsing one after another.”

“This is a great story. This is history in the making.”

He is Director General.

4 responses to “Al Jazeera Rally”

  1. "How could we imagine a future that is magnificent, and peaceful and tolerant.”

    I do hope that’s the future that unfolds in those places.

  2. americans printing money >> rising food, commodities prices >> unrest in poor countries… this situation is hunger driven and not about dictators, lack of democracy etc., these people do not want democracy, they’re not used to it.. they want another dictator who will feed them

  3. I did not delete anything. Did you see your post successfully show up? If not, it could be an innocent burp. If so, and it subsequently disappeared, then that’s very spooky.

  4. Thanks so very much for this one Steve.

    denis

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