MANAMA, 3 November — Saudi Arabia’s Dallah Albarakah Group (DBG) is planning to launch a $100 million media blitz in the United States and Europe to counter anti-Arab publicity in the West.
“There is a project to establish (television) channels in English, and to set up a news agency,” DBG Chairman Saleh Kamel told reporters.
“Now is the time to explain to them about Islam. We think we didn’t do our duty to have a bridge with other states,” he said on the sidelines of a banking conference in Bahrain.
Kamel said DBG was in discussions with Arab businessmen to set up a company to run the channels and the agency in the next few months, with $100 million in capital. “The plan is still under study but the agency and the channel will be established in different European countries,” he said.
GCC states agreed last year to launch a media blitz to counter rising anti-Arab publicity following the Sept. 11 in the United States. They have proposed that three satellite television channels be set up. (AFP)
