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Opinion: 25 Years of Enlightenment

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 21, 2016 | Opinion

The years have passed by quickly since MBC TV was launched but the journey has not been a smooth one. It was not just an ordinary TV station and it was not established just to fill the gap for entertainment channels or make a profit. When Sheikh Waleed founded it, he...

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A screengrab taken from a video released by the Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) on December 14, 2014, shows Sheikh Ahmed al-Ghamedi (R) sitting next to his wife Jawaher bint Ali at an undisclosed location, as they speak to Dubai-based Saudi MBC television, in a programme broadcast. (AFP PHOTO / MBC / HO)

Opinion: Sheikh Ghamdi’s Victory

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Dec 19, 2014 | Opinion

The size of recent stock market losses, a fall in oil prices for the first time in years, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) massacres, terrorist attacks in Riyadh and its suburbs, and football fever have all faded in Saudi Arabia this week, overshadowed by a...

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MBC founder and chairman Sheikh Waleed Bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim (left) speaks to Asharq Al-Awsat Editor-in-Chief Dr. Adel Al-Toraifi at the Dubai Media Forum on May 21, 2014 in Dubai, UAE. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

MBC Chairman: ‘Knowledge economies cannot be built without the youth’

by Adel Al Toraifi | May 24, 2014 | Media

Dubai, Asharq Al-Awsat—Like everywhere in the world, the media in the Arab region is struggling to adapt to the emergence of new media. Media in the region also face a number of unique challenges, not least political instability and extremism. But in conversation with...

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MBC founder and chairman Sheikh Waleed Bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim (left) speaks to Asharq Al-Awsat Editor-in-Chief Dr. Adel Al-Toraifi at the Dubai Media Forum on May 21, 2014 in Dubai, UAE. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

In Conversation with Sheikh Waleed

by Adel Al Toraifi | May 23, 2014 | Media

Dubai, Asharq Al-Awsat—From its beginnings in London in the early 1990s, the MBC Group has grown into the preeminent media conglomerate in the Middle East. Now based in Dubai, it is known for its mix of popular Middle Eastern and international programming, as well as...

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Fans wait for the arrival of Palestinian “Arab Idol” Mohammed Assaf in front his home in Khan Yunis town in the southern Gaza Strip June 25, 2013. Source: AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams

MBC: ‘Arab Idol’ finale watched by 100 million

by Vivian Haddad | Jul 1, 2013 | Media

Beirut/London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Despite the fact that this is only its second year on the air, the series finale of Arab Idol received 100 million viewers, according to estimates by broadcaster MBC, propelling its winner, 23-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Assaf, to...