Oct 17
I had never heard of Al-Hurra, the USA’s government-funded “public diplomacy” TV station broadcasting 24 hours to the world with Arabic sub-titles. The station is strictly prohibited by law from showing in the USA. Just one fascinating fact I took from Taryn Simon’s TED talk:
Source: TED.com
BONUS
- Samantha Power on a complicated hero [ted.com]
October 18th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Al Hurra is very popular in the Middle East. Thanks America for providing such an exciting TV channel.
October 18th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Hi Ali,
Thank you for your comment. You say Al Hurra is very popular in the Middle East. I wondered if you could qualify that statement more? Wikipedia seems to suggest at best Al Hurra is a competitive source in the Middle East, at worst nobody really watches Al Hurra or trusts it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhurra#Viewership_and_reception).
Dave.