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Bridging the gulf
Abderrahim Foukara / Washington
Qatar’s Al-Jazeera Arabic news network has enjoyed as rocky a relationship with the US as the region from which it hails. Abderrahim Foukara, the station’s New York and Washington bureau chief and managing editor, is the face of Al-Jazeera Arabic in the US.
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Born in Morocco and educated in Scotland, Abderrahim Foukara started his career as a producer, newscaster and reporter at the BBC in the Arabic and African services for the World Service. In 2002 he joined Al-Jazeera Arabic, first running the New York bureau before becoming the chief of both the New York and Washington DC bureaux in 2006. His weekly show, Min Washington (“From Washington”), goes out across the US and Middle East.
Monocle: What is the main purpose of Al-Jazeera Arabic in Washington?
Abderrahim Foukara: We mostly cover Washington and its politics: the White House, the State Department, the Pentagon, Congress and various think tanks. But parallel to that we cover stories that give the Middle East a flavour of what it’s really like to live in the US.
M: What are you doing to cover the election?
AF: We rolled out a plan for the Iowa caucuses that we’ve ramped up since Super Tuesday: gue
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Al-Jazeera Washington Bureau Chief Abderrahim Foukara will deliver a public lecture titled "The Arab Spring: Between the Freedom of the Future and the Shackles of the Past" at Emory University Friday, Feb. 17. Presented by The Halle Institute for Global Learning and the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, the free event begins at 4:30 p.m. in Winship Ballroom, Dobbs University Center, 605 Asbury Circle.
Foukara is Al-Jazeera's Washington bureau chief and host of "Min Washington" ("From Washington"), a weekly roundtable show on American political and cultural affairs. He first joined Al-Jazeera in 2002 as a Washington-based reporter before becoming head of its United Nations office.
Born in Morocco, Foukara has worked as a producer, reporter, anchor, and journalism instructor for the BBC, including a stint on "The World," a co-production of the BBC, Public Radio International and GWBH Boston. He has also served as senior editor for All-Africa.com, the world’s largest provider of African news and analysis.
Admission is free, but guests should register to attend.
Event Parking: Parking is available in the Peavine Visitor's Lot, 27 Eagle Row, and Fishburne Deck, 1672 North Decatur Road.
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