The Café (2011 TV programme)

The Café
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	19
Production
Running time	47–49 minutes
Release
Original network	Al Jazeera English
Original release	15 July 2011 – present
External links
Website

The Café is a talk show broadcast on Al Jazeera English which features discussions held in cafés around the world. Moderated by Al Jazeera correspondents, the discussions are held in a roundtable format between local leaders, activists and experts.^[1] The show premiered on 15 July 2011. Since the third series the programme has been presented by Mehdi Hasan.^[2]

List of episodes

Season 1

Episode	City	Moderated by	Original air date	Discussion
1	Cairo	Ayman Mohyeldin	15 July 2011	The post-Hosni Mubarak transition in Egypt.[3]
2	Cairo	Ayman Mohyeldin	22 July 2011	Egypt's new role after the Arab Spring.[4]
3	Nairobi	Yvonne Ndege	29 July 2011	Ethnic divisions in Kenya. The discussion was joined by prime minister Raila Odinga.[5]
4	Nairobi	Yvonne Ndege	5 August 2011	Corruption and efforts to promote transparency in Kenya.[6]
5	Sarajevo	Sami Zeidan	12 August 2011	Historic ethnic and religious differences, government dysfunction and international indifference facing Bosnia-Herzegovina.[7]
6	Sarajevo	Sami Zeidan	19 August 2011	Economic problems, corruption, government bureaucracy facing young Bosnians.[8]
7	Mumbai	Fauziah Ibrahim	26 August 2011	The progress of women's rights in India and the challenges of living in a patriarchial society.[9]
8	Mumbai	Fauziah Ibrahim	2 September 2011	India's economic progress, corruption and social inequality.[10]

Season 2

Episode	City	Moderated by	Original air date	Discussion
1	Beirut	Rula Amin	23 December 2011	The future of Syria after the 2011 uprising. The discussion was held in neighbouring Lebanon as foreign journalists were banned in Syria.[11]
2	Tripoli	Anita McNaught	30 December 2011	The rebuilding process in post-Muammar Gaddafi Libya.[12]
3	Tunis	Nazanine Moshiri	6 January 2012	The transition to democracy in Tunisia one year after the revolution.[13]

Season 3

Episode	City	Moderated by	Original air date	Discussion
1	Athens	Mehdi Hasan	13 July 2012[14]	The Greek government-debt crisis, its effect on domestic politics and the broader impact it may have on the euro and the European Union .[15]
2	Istanbul	Mehdi Hasan	20 July 2012[16]	The rise of Turkey as a major regional power and the struggle between its secularist and Islamic traditions .[17]
3	Amman	Mehdi Hasan	27 July 2012[18]	The future of the Kingdom of Jordan in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and ongoing protests .[19]
4	Bradford	Mehdi Hasan	3 August 2012[20]	Multiculturalism, inter-ethnic tensions and poverty in the 21st-century United Kingdom .[21]
5	Tel Aviv	Mehdi Hasan	10 August 2012[22]	The increasing rift between secular Jews and growing religious communities in Israel, settlement expansion and the continuing occupation of the Palestinian territories and the sparking of the Israeli social justice protests.[23]
6	Ramallah	Mehdi Hasan	18 August 2012	The divide in the Palestinian territories between the Fatah-ruled West Bank and the Hamas-led Gaza Strip, prospects for a permanent peace settlement, and the feasibility of the one, two and three-state solutions.[24]
7	Washington DC	Mehdi Hasan	18 August 2012[25]	Challenges to the United States' status as the world's leading economic, military and political power, the rise of the Tea Party and Occupy movements, and Barack Obama's prospects for the 2012 election.[26]
8	Mexico City	Mehdi Hasan	31 August 2012[27]	The contrast between the chaos of the Mexican Drug War and Mexico's buoyant economic growth, and the chances of newly elected president Enrique Peña Nieto being able to stop the violence.[28]

References

1. "The Cafe". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 2011-12-24. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
2. "Mehdi Hasan joins Al Jazeera as programme host". 16 May 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
3. "Egypt: The revolution continues ...". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 2011-12-24. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
4. "What next for Egypt and its neighbours?". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 2011-12-24. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
5. "Kenya's state of tribalism". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 2011-12-24. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
6. "Kenya's unwinnable war". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 2011-12-24. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
7. "Bosnia's Future". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 2011-12-24. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
8. "Young and disillusioned". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 2011-12-24. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
9. "The gender struggle in India". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 2011-12-24. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
10. "India's great expectations". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 2011-12-24. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
11. "Syria's deep divide". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 2011-12-24. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
12. "Libya: When the impossible became possible". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 2011-12-31. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
13. "Tunisia: The Arab Spring's success story?". Al Jazeera English. 2012-01-06. Archived from the original on 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
14. Hasan, Mehdi (12 July 2012). "A Greek tragedy". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
15. "Greece: The end of the European dream?". aljazeera.com. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
16. Hasan, Mehdi (20 July 2012). "Interested in Turkey, the AKP...". Twitter. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
17. "The new Ottomans". aljazeera.com. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
18. Hasan, Mehdi (27 July 2012). "Do Jordanians want reform or revolution?". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
19. "The king and the people!". aljazeera.com. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
20. Hasan, Mehdi (2 August 2012). "In defence of Britain's multiculturalism". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
21. "The Dis-united Kingdom". aljazeera.com. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
22. Hasan, Mehdi (10 August 2012). "Tonight's Cafe on Al Jaz is...". Twitter. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
23. "Israel: The enemy within?". aljazeera.com. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
24. "One state, two states or even three states?". aljazeera.com. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
25. "The #US is the most powerful...". Twitter. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
26. "US: Still #1?". aljazeera.com. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
27. "This is the setting for the...". Twitter. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
28. "Mexico: Failed state or economic giant?". aljazeera.com. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.

External links

• Official site