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‘The Iranians Are Coming!'

"The Iranians are coming!" That was the conviction widely and vehemently expressed by Arab intellectuals and activists at the Ninth Annual Al Jazeera Forum in Doha, Qatar, last week. Iranian diplomats were greeted with skepticism and hostility at the annual gathering of journalists, policy-makers, and media professionals from across the Arab world. There was widespread suspicion, moreover, that the United States is increasingly on the side of Iran. That the views expressed by politicians and intellectuals at the forum are also widely held in Arab capitals was demonstrated this weekend when...

The 9th Al Jazeera Forum: Results of the Research Competition

Five research papers under the forum's theme, “Conflict and Change in the Arab World,” have won the first research competition for the youth category launched in the 9th Al Jazeera Forum, which will take place on 4-6 May in Doha. A large number of youth in the Arab world and beyond took part in the competition. The judging panel for the competition received 204 research papers in both Arabic and English from various countries including Morocco, Sudan, Jordan, Tunisia, Syria, Algeria, Palestine, Mauritania, Yemen, Egypt, Somalia, Libya, Iraq, Lebanon, Russia, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman,...

Advisor to Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Addresses Al Jazeera Forum

Advisor on Strategic Affairs to the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Dr. Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour will be speaking at the seventh session of the 9th Al Jazeera Forum, to be held in Doha from the 4th to the 6th of May this year. Sajjadpour will give a keynote speech in which he may possibly touch on current regional and international issues from an Iranian perspective. This session falls under the theme of “Despotism and the Future of Democracy in the Arab World” and will be attended by academics, decision-makers, writers and journalists from different countries thus making the...

Al Jazeera Forum Sheds New Light on the Palestinian Issue

Recent developments especially in Yemen and the conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Libya have captured the interest of the Arab and international media, in turn decreasing the focus on the Palestinian issue. In order to bring it back to its central position, the 9th Al Jazeera Forum will devote a sub-session in its ninth session to the topic of “The Palestinian Cause and the Prospects for Peace,” alongside “Will Syria Follow the Bosnian Scenario?” and "The UN Plan for the Safety and Security of Journalists: Opportunities and Challenges." Speakers include will include Osama Hamdan, Head of the...

The 9th Al Jazeera Forum Presents a New Experience in Teaching Arabic

Since its inception, Al Jazeera Media Network has given great importance to the influential role that the internet plays in our contemporary world as a means of communication and interaction with the masses. As part of the network’s effort to bridge the gap between peoples and cultures, Al Jazeera Net launched a website that teaches Arabic in November 2013. It is the first to be launched by an Arab media network. Interaction via websites will be one of the main points in the discussion sessions that will be held within the 9th Al Jazeera Forum which the Al Jazeera Network is to hold from 4-6...