The Middle East Institute presents a lecture entitled, “Media Revolution in the Middle East” with Wadah Khanfar, the Director-General of Al-Jazeera network. Khanfar was ranked as one of the most Powerful People in the World by Forbes Magazine, named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (Davos), recognized as the 3rd most influential Arab in the world by Arabian Business, and one of the most influential Muslims in the world (Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre). During his tenure Al Jazeera went from a single channel to a media network with multiple properties including the Al Jazeera Arabic channel, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Documentary , Al Jazeera Sport, Al Jazeera’s news websites, the Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Center, the Al Jazeera Center for Studies, Al Jazeera Mubasher (live), and Al Jazeera Mobile.
Date: March 24, 2010, 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 1512
Contact: For further information regarding this event, please contact Leia Reisner at lrr2131@columbia.edu