Opinion: 25 Years of Enlightenment
Abdulrahman Al-Rashed
Abdulrahman Al-Rashed
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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 had a higher goal, and this is why it was quickly targeted by the arrows of those who refuse modernisation, enlightenment and progress.
Since the first year of its launch in London, the stations’ founder was respected by Arab intellectuals and media personalities because he challenged taboos and dared to exceed boundaries. Now, after twenty five years of the MBC phenomenon, can we say that the desired change has occurred? Yes and no.
After a quarter of a century, we can say that MBC has led change, supported modernisation and has undeniably changed our world for the better. Even those who fight against it as an institution and its ideology acknowledge that it has changed the world, but they complain that it has changed it for the worse. This is a testament to the venerable media institution, not against it. It has taken Arab media from the Stone Age to a wider and more civilised space.
http://english.aawsat.com/2016/09/article55358777/opinion-25-years-enlightenment
