The Café (2011 talk show)
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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. The show premiered on 15 July 2011. The third season of the programme was presented by Mehdi Hasan.
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. |
| 2 | Cairo | Ayman Mohyeldin | 22 July 2011 | Egypt's new role after the Arab Spring. |
| 3 | Nairobi | Yvonne Ndege | 29 July 2011 | Ethnic divisions in Kenya. The discussion was joined by prime minister Raila Odinga. |
| 4 | Nairobi | Yvonne Ndege | 5 August 2011 | Corruption and efforts to promote transparency in Kenya. |
| 5 | Sarajevo | Sami Zeidan | 12 August 2011 | Historic ethnic and religious differences, government dysfunction and international indifference facing Bosnia-Herzegovina. |
| 6 | Sarajevo | Sami Zeidan | 19 August 2011 | Economic problems, corruption, government bureaucracy facing young Bosnians. |
| 7 | Mumbai | Fauziah Ibrahim | 26 August 2011 | The progress of women's rights in India and the challenges of living in a patriarchial society. |
| 8 | Mumbai | Fauziah Ibrahim | 2 September 2011 | India's economic progress, corruption and social inequality. |
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. |
| 2 | Tripoli | Anita McNaught | 30 December 2011 | The rebuilding process in post-Muammar Gaddafi Libya. |
| 3 | Tunis | Nazanine Moshiri | 6 January 2012 | The transition to democracy in Tunisia one year after the revolution. |
Season 3
| Episode | City | Moderated by | Original air date | Discussion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Athens | Mehdi Hasan | 13 July 2012 | The Greek government-debt crisis, its effect on domestic politics and the broader impact it may have on the euro and the European Union . |
| 2 | Istanbul | Mehdi Hasan | 20 July 2012 | The rise of Turkey as a major regional power and the struggle between its secularist and Islamic traditions . |
| 3 | Amman | Mehdi Hasan | 27 July 2012 | The future of the Kingdom of Jordan in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and ongoing protests . |
| 4 | Bradford | Mehdi Hasan | 3 August 2012 | Multiculturalism, inter-ethnic tensions and poverty in the 21st-century United Kingdom . |
| 5 | Tel Aviv | Mehdi Hasan | 10 August 2012 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 7 | Washington DC | Mehdi Hasan | 18 August 2012 | 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. |
| 8 | Mexico City | Mehdi Hasan | 31 August 2012 | 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. |