Abdelmalek El Kadoussi

Aljazeera, First Wave of Arab Spring and Moroccan Audiences Abdelmalek El Kadoussi

This book was written while the massive Arab revolts of 2011 were still unfolding. The whole world was watching the images, videos and slogans of protestors on Aljazeera. It was the Aljazeera moment. Some media analysts went as far as to label the Arab revolution Äljazeera Revolution" (Pintak 2011). This book reflects on how a news network won the information war during the most salient turning point in Arab modern history, how Aljazeera news channel managed, in a time of mayhem and uncertainty, to balance between mobilization for political transformation and professional journalism. the way Moroccan (arguably like most Arab) audiences received Aljazeera's coverage of the revolts bears immense significance as to the channel's conspicuous pro-change bias as well as its unwavering determination to seize the so-called Arab Spring moment to revamp its image among Arab audiences.