Wadah Khanfar is the former director general of the Al Jazeera Network. He began his career with the network in 1997, covering some of the world's key political zones, including South Africa, Afghanistan and Iraq. He was appointed the chief of the Baghdad bureau, and later as the network's managing director. In 2006, he became Al Jazeera's director general. During Wadah’s 8-year tenure at the helm, the network transformed from a single channel into a media network including Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Documentary and the Al Jazeera Center for Studies. In this period, the Arab world witnessed historic transformation including Arab Awakening. Wadah, who resigned from the network in September 2011, has been named as one of Foreign Policy's Top 100 global thinkers of 2011 as well as one of Fast Company's 'Most Creative People in Business' of the year. He is a board member of the International Crisis Group and Global Editors Network (GEN). Host: Almir Colan @almircolan *** About The Call Out *** In the current political and social environment there is, has been, and will be much discussion about Islam and Muslims in the public sphere. Not all of this is accurate or based on correct information. Our primary aim at The Call Out is to do exactly that… to call out those instances of misinformation, inaccuracies and out right lies and deceptions about our community. What we also hope to do is to foster some important, or at least what we think are important, events, topics, issues for our community that warrant a closer and more in depth discussion than we think currently happens. We are not community representatives nor are we the ‘voice’ of the community. What we are, is conversation catalysts. We want to challenge existing discussions and start new discussions. We want to encourage the community, regardless of faith, to be better informed on critical issues and to Call Out those people in the public sphere who don’t think twice of using misinformation, deception or outright lies to continue to marginalise Muslims and use us as the lightning rod for their own self interest. Web: https://thecallout.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecall_out Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecallout.news/

Season 2. Episode 1. As the focus continues to grow on Islam, Muslims and all that we stand for, we once again face into the issue of political correctness. Just as the banner of freedom of speech is often used to mask racism and bigotry so too is this issue of political correctness. Often the shrill of the most vocal islamophobes, with the rise of Trumpism, it has now become politically incorrect NOT to talk about Islam and Muslims. In this episode of The Call Out, our first for the new year, we discuss the rise of Trump, the increasingly vocal right wing in Australia and the challenges any Muslim in the public sphere faces in responding to irrational and misleading claims. We consider what some of the underlying motives and hidden agendas may be and put some alternatives forward for how we should engage in these public debates. Hosts: Ghaith Krayem and Almir Colan The Call Out show - For more go to thecallout.net/

The Call Out on Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton presidential race. United States presidential election, 2016 Hosts: Ghaith Krayem and Almir Colan The Call Out show - For more go to https://thecallout.net/

In this episode of The Call Out we will take a look at the changing nature of secularism and compare it with George Orwell’s famous book Animal Farm. We will also take a look at the response by France officials to burqini ban and the aggressive rise of politics of fear, hate and intolerance. Host: Almir Colan The Call Out show - For more go to https://thecallout.net/