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Al Jazeera accepts presenters' resignation
Wednesday, Jun 02, 2010
Gulf News
Manama The Al Jazeera satellite channel has accepted the resignations of five women presenters who clashed with management over issues including alleged harassment, to dress code, a London Arab newspaper reported.
" Al Jazeera , in line with its policy of rejecting arm-twisting, has accepted the resignation of the five rebellious presenters," an official from the pan-Arab station was quoted as saying in the Al Quds Al Arabi newspaper yesterday. Jumana Nammour (Lebanon), Luna Al Shibl (Syria), Lina Zahr Al Deen (Lebanon), Jullinar Mousa (Lebanon) and Nawfar Afli (Tunisia) were among a group of eight women working for the pan-Arab channel in Doha who filed a complaint.
They alleged "repeated offensive public remarks" by an Al Jazeera executive about their "clothes and decency".
Other measures taken by the station, according to Al Quds Al Arabi, included naming Ahmad Al Shaikh, the editor in chief, consultant to Shaikh Hamad Bin Thamer, the board chairman.
Ayman Jaballah, the deputy editor-in-chief, whose attitudes were cited by the women presenters in their petition as a major cause for their resignation, was appointed head of station channel Al Jazeera Live.
An ad hoc investigation committee set up by Al Jazeera to look into the presenters' petition had cleared Jaballah of the harassment complaint.
The committee said his attitudes and behaviour were his prerogative and that he did not make any remarks that could harm the presenters' reputation.
His observations were not personal, were purely professional and related to the general appearance of the presenters.
By Habib Toumi
© Gulf News 2010. All rights reserved.
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The women presenters are some of the best working in AlJazeera today. it is unfortunate that they resigned their posts. for a highly visible icon such as Aljazeera, maybe an external agency should have been given the chance to resolve this conflict or misunderstanding. an internal investigation, therefore, may not be so fruitful or even wise. a TV satellite channel such as Aljazeera should not forsake some of the best stars working in media today so easily or lightly. it is a big blow to Aljazeera audiences worldwide, especially in the Arab World. we have grown attached to these articulate TV personalities and we feel a strong sense of loss.
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I can't but agree with Chaker. It's all about the Arab world culture and attitudes. It is very sad that this culture and wiered attitude exist in a place like Al Jazeera. It seems Al Jazeera has at last bended to pressures from the west and the east. When things are Personalized in a Al Jazeera, we feel that it puts the end for the trust we had in Al Jazeera from the day we first tuned our TVs to the channel. Simply, i don't think it will be the same again. Not because of five respected proffesional ladies are leaving but simply because the management in Al Jazeera cannot convince us that the five were wrong and the director or the chairman or who ever took this decision was right!?
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