Watching Al-jazeera

This blog is dedicated to the famous Arab satellite channel of Al-jazeera. For those unfamiliar with this channel, this is the one that gets Osama Bin Laden's exclusive home-videos (or better put cave-videos), with the famous Kalachnikov machine gun at the back. Over the last years this channel has gained a tremendous influence in the Arab world and had also got to be pretty well known among viewers of CNN, BBC and other international news channels. Since for some obscure reason I've always been interested in Arab media, I've decided to dedicate my M.A. thesis in sociology to this subject.
As I got to watch this channel ever more intensively (in fact it is on my TV right now) and also read about it, I've come across some quite surprising facts, and many interesting programs. So, I've decided to share these, along with my own interpertation, commentary and ideas. Hopefully, this blog will gradually turn into an online research diary, that will be of interest to anyone who would like to understand other cultures better, and not just relay on news-channels shallow coverage.