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What information source's name means "the peninsula" in Arabic?



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Answer: Al Jazeera

My source for this was a very interesting New York Times article called: What the Muslim World Is Watching By Fouad Ajami. It can be found at the following link: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/18/magazine/18ALJAZEERA.html?pagewanted=print

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