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Joumana Nammour, one of Al Jazeera's most celebrated and popular anchors, sat down with the Forum for an exclusive interview on media in a changing Arab world.

Below are excerpts of the discussion, which took place in the Freeberg Room of Claremont McKenna's Athenaeum.

Michael Wilner: You’ve been at Al Jazeera since 1998.

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Since you joined the network, two major wars have been waged by the United States and numerous conflicts have flared between Israel and Palestinian groups.

Coinciding with these changes, Al Jazeera has grown into a worldwide organization.

How would you say things have changed in Arab media, given all the geopolitical changes that have occurred since you arrived?

Joumana Nammour: Things have changed a lot with the wars.

But Al Jazeera brought a new type of coverage to the region, even before Bush. Before, the Arab world was not represented – its perspective was not shown. At the same t