It is owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, headquartered in Doha, Qatar; its founding executives had ties to the royal family and to the government of that country, as do many of its current executives. However, its American subsidiary has some board members with no relationships to the Qatari ruling elite.
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The Chairman of Al Jazeera is Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer al-Thani. It was made by decree made by Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa of Qatar where it's based.
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Al Jazeera is headquartered in Qatar. It was founded in November nineteen ninety six. A version of the channel with English language audio, was launched in November two thousand six.
It's the name of the network written in ornate Arabic calligraphy. The words "al jazeera" are the transliteration of "the peninsula" or "the island" in Arabic; it refers to the Arabian Peninsula, from whence the station originated, in the country of Qatar.
She's the host of "The Stream," a show on Al Jazeera America. She lives in DC now.
She does the sports news on Al Jazeera English on Newshour London mainly on Saturday and Sunday nights between 9 and 10 pm.