Talk:Alhurra

Alleged "dispute" over neutrality of article

The article's tag claims that there is some sort of debate regarding the neutrality of the article, but I certainly don't see any such thing going on here. The tag ought to be removed if nobody cares enough to discuss the rationale behind it. -Grammaticus Repairo 00:16, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

I've removed it. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 12:55, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Whoops - it was already gone; rather, I've removed another top-level template. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 13:07, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

"State-owned" Al Jazeera"

According to wikipedia's own Al Jazeera article, the channel is an independent media that's subsidized by the Emir of Qatar. Saying Al Jazeera is state-owned would (arguably) be like saying all of the large agribusiness companies in the United States are owned by the US government. Mimson 04:29, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

There seems to be a need of cleaning up in the Norman Patiz (sp?) section of this article. 80.218.19.136 07:37, 20 February 2006 (UTC)Theo.

article name

There seems to be a problem with the arabic article 'al' in article names. I've seen alhurra, al jezeera, and al-arabiya. Is there any policy on this? I much prefer using a space or a hypen, as running 'al' into the word is confusing. --Apantomimehorse 04:45, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

It current spelling is consistant with the Alhurra website. It would be a constant struggle to go against that. --MarsRover 04:34, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I understand that "al" is a separate word and means something like "of" signifying some kind of relationship, like a son to father or daughter to father, etc. It should be separate and it's a lowercase "a", however I remember reading on another Wiki article that Wiki doesn't recognize the lowercase letter in an article's title, so usually you just find a short disclaimer under the title explaining that the "al" would typically be lower case. It isn't hyphenated. That's an Americanism, from what I've understood of the language. Of course, i could be wrong, as I'm only just beginning to learn Arabic and there is still alot I don't know yet. Don't know if that helps or not? Hmm. Sorry. :/ This is my first message I've ever left on a wiki article and I hope I'm doing it right, but if not, please be gentle with your critiques. Thank you. Jaybird06 20:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC)jaybird06

al in Arabic is simply "the" p not of, nor does it per se indicate a relationship. As for the transliteration, Al Hurra for reasons best known to itself has adopted the Alhurra form for itself. As such, the article should follow the station's usage, although that usage goes against typical practice. collounsbury 12:11, 25 February 2007 (UTC).

Sources

$652 million has been requested for international broadcasting in 2006. I'm assuming that this is referring to the general sum allocated by the federal government for international projects. If so, the section should clarify how much of this sum has been allocated for Alhurra. Does the European Muslim project have anything to do with Alhurra at all? I suspect that it doesn't. DragonRouge 15:44, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

How do I leave a link to an article related to al Hurra? And do I need to get permission from the author if I'm simply adding it as a resource and not quoting the article? Thanks for your help. Jaybird06 20:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC)jaybird06

If you're just adding a direct link to the article, then no, you don't need permission. You basically add a link like this under the "External links" section:

*[http://www.website.com/ Brief description here]

You can copy and paste the above and replace with the appropriate information. Please see External links for more information. DragonRouge 20:34, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

With respect to sourcing, I would note that the blog of Professor Marc Lynch, under the "pseudonym" of Abu Aardvark, has over the past year regularly linked to reliable third party data and information on al Hurra, above all with respect to viewership and reaction. A quick search there should provide interested editors with plenty of sources to flesh out this. 12:13, 25 February 2007 (UTC).

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Here's a better image: [1]. It's straight from the creators' webiste: [2]. 98.246.191.164 (talk) 18:55, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Programming

"Inside Washington", hosted by Robert Satloff,

"Documentary"

"Gulf Talks"

"In Iraqi"

"Doors"

"Free Hour"

"The World Now"

"Eye on Democracy"

"Almajalla"

"Al Youm"

"Destinations"

"High Speed"

"The World Today"

"Global"

"Reportage"

"Special Report"

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When I want to read the full text of some references, such as Linzer, Dafna (22 June 2008) "Lost in Translation: Alhurra--America's Troubled Effort to Win Middle East Hearts and Minds", "Report of Inspection: Alhurra's Programming Policies and Procedures" and "Report of Inspection: Broadcasting Board of Governors' Operations in Afghanistan", I find out that these articles and files don't exist any more. How should I get full comprehension without the original sources? Any solution?--Dddd zty (talk) 08:15, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

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Ratings

The intro says that this network often gets higher ratings than Al-Jazeera within Iraq, I think there needs to be an inline citation for this claim morsontologica (talk) 06:05, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

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