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Mostefa Souag - Acting Director General, Al Jazeera Media Network

Stephen Sackur asks Mostefa Souag, director general of the Al Jazeera news network, if his channels have a future.

When the Al Jazeera news network was launched in Qatar in 1996, it had a seismic impact on the media landscape in the Middle East. Here was an Arab broadcaster refusing to play by local rules; ambitious, punchy and provocative in its coverage of the region and the world. Two decades on, it seems that patience is wearing thin in much of the Arab world. Saudi Arabia and its closest allies recently demanded Qatar close the network down. Stephen Sackur asks Mostefa Souag, Acting Director General of Al Jazeera, if his channels have a future.

30 minutes

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Role Contributor
Interviewer Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Mostefa Souag

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