The Father Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, said that the launch of the Al-Jazeera network in 1996 in Arabic and English, among others, was Qatar's gift to researchers looking for world news and affairs, stressing the importance of discreet media.

He pointed out - at the network's celebration of the 25th anniversary of its launch - that there was a realization that there would be major obstacles and challenges, and that the line to liberate the island would be a challenge to the State of Qatar, and "it was."

Sheikh Hamad - who was the owner of the idea of ​​this media project - explained that the goal of launching the network is to serve the Arab and international viewer and enable the Arab person to be a party to the global media dialogue, not just a passive recipient.

He added that the biggest challenge of this project since its inception was to build a new model of media that the region had not known before, a model that combines the truth of the news with the audacity of analysis.

The Father Emir pointed out that Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani expressed his unwavering determination to continue Al Jazeera network as a free platform that respects viewers everywhere, pointing out that Sheikh Tamim refused to be a subject of bargaining in any circumstances, based on the fact that the support of the network is not Biasing a particular opinion or defending a specific point of view, rather it is a commitment to the principle of opinion and the other opinion and the welcome of all opinions.

The Father Prince said that others have the right to disagree with Al Jazeera, but they do not have the right to seek to silence it or deprive people of following it, stressing that the network is not a monopolistic project that seeks tyranny with opinion and the media space, but rather a liberation project that seeks to contribute to the global space and pluralism.

Therefore - follows Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa - Al Jazeera's platforms remained open to everyone, including those who had prejudice against the State of Qatar, and this is what he described as the logic of free media.


Tweeters reaction

Arab tweeters interacted, this morning, Monday, through various hashtags on social media, with the passage of 25 years since the launch of Al-Jazeera, between a congratulatory and an enumerator of the differences that the channel created in the Arab reality and the many changes that it caused.

Tweeters repeated the phrase, "Before Al Jazeera's existence in the Arab world is not the same as after it," referring to Al Jazeera's active and influential role in the Arab reality.

Researcher Muhammad Al-Mukhtar Al-Shanqiti said, "The Arab world, after the birth of Al-Jazeera, is not what it was before. Al-Jazeera has opened areas of freedom that will not recede."

While activist Osama Boumwas described the channel as still at the forefront, and that despite what it faced, "Al-Jazeera has an area of ​​freedom that all Arab channels do not possess combined, so it has creativity and uniqueness that no others have."

Palestinian journalist Mahmoud Abu Ziyad said, "A media edifice that has great weight and presence within our Arab societies. It is a channel and a brilliant and influential star among our Arab peoples. What distinguishes it is that it has followers from friends and even opponents."

For his part, writer Jaber Al-Harami said that "Al-Jazeera is 25 years of Arab media that respects the mind of the viewer, touches his concerns, adopts his issues, and represents a voice for those who have no voice."

While dozens of Al Jazeera Media Corporation employees shared photos, tweets and videos of the moments of the channel's launch, the extent of the change it shaped in their lives, and the media values ​​they acquired within its corridors.