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Radio Sawa: An Alternative to al-Jazeera


(National Review) - Radio Sawa, the hip replacement for Voice of America's (VOA) now-defunct Arabic service in the Middle East, is formally known as the Middle East Radio Network (MERN), an Arabic-language pilot operation that appeals to young people in the region - about 60 percent of the population is under the age of 30 - and provides fast-paced, substantive, and uncensored news as a counter to the sensationalistic coverage of events by Arab media giant al-Jazeera. On the air for just three months, Radio Sawa is already number one in eight Arab countries, reaching ten times the number of people Voice of America Arabic reached in 50 years.
2002-07-19 00:00:00
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