Why I read aljazeera.net
March 21st, 2009 by 
Taylor
Other than Aljazeera being a great news source for all things Middle East and Arab related, it gives a profound insight into the thought process and worldview of that people group.
Working in Sudan and almost anywhere in the world these days (as the whole world has become the melting pot American was once so well known for being) you come into contact with Arabs in daily life.
When I first started to learn about the Arab culture in college (in large part through Allison and Perspectives) I began to understand the differences in being Arab and being Islamic. The two are not the same. One is a people group the other is a religion. The ‘West’ often confuses these two. Much as I’m sure the Middle East confuses being American with being Christian, the two are obviously not the same. Though the majority of Arabs are followers of Islam and Aljazeera is, if I may borrow the term, by Arabs for Arabs, and they do transmit and came to prominence for delivering the radical Islam news, their news as a whole is well balanced and not religiously motivated.
So, all of that to say that Aljazeera is the best source for understanding the world news from the Arab worldview. They carry news from all over the world, written from the Arab viewpoint. I read an article on BBC.com (as it has better international coverage than CNN) and then go right to Aljazeera.net to see the same article. Often times you can see the different points of view. This is most prominent when the article is on something like the recent Israel/Gaza war. They are noticeably sympathetic to the Arab resistance as much as BBC is sympathetic to the Israeli side of things.
Soon Allison and I will be in the meat of our Arabic leasons. I look forward to learning to read Arabic so that I can read the Arabic web site for Aljazeera and not just the English translation version. I’m curious to know if the tone changes between the two or if the English translation is true to the original article in Arabic.
If you ever want to see what other parts of the world think of America and world news in general, head over to english.aljazeera.net to see what the Arab world is thinking.
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9 Comments »
March 21st, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Taylor, I so appreciate this information! It will help us 'understand' the world you are living in. We are in Perspectives this semester and feel we are drinking from a fire hydrant that has been opened up to release the pressure. We are mid-stream in the course at this point. I will share your insight with some we've met in class who have kids overseas in unnamed countries in the Arab world.
October 7th, 2009 at 9:38 am
informative blog. i am visiting africa in few days.
October 7th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
we should help people of Africa.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Africa has extreme poverty. world must look towards it.
November 15th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Al Jazeera best news network on planet.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Al jazeera most also make a Urdu channel for Pakistan and india.
November 18th, 2009 at 11:20 am
above person their is Bbc in urdu but not Al jazeera.
August 8th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
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