Alhurra TV
Alhurra (Arabic for "The Free One") is a commercial-free Arabic-language satellite television channel for the Middle East devoted primarily to news and information.
It covers 22 countries in the Middle East via the same satellites used by major indigenous Arabic channels. Alhurra also has a special Iraq stream, distributed via the Arabsat and Nilesat satellites as well as terrestrial transmitters.
Alhurra TV host Joseph Eisawi on the set of Very Close, a program featuring interviews with poets, writers and entertainers from the Middle East. In 2006, Alhurra launched a third network, targeting Arabic speakers in Europe via the Hotbird satellite.
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS:
- Alhurra and Radio Sawa were the first to break major news stories, including the bombing of the Iraq parliament building and Saddam Hussein’s execution.
- On Alhurra’s Free Hour, an Israeli official and Saudi guest appeared at the same time—an unprecedented event.
- Alhurra sponsored a town hall meeting in Washington with prominent Palestinian–Americans expressing their views of the Middle East Peace process