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This Week:
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Who Speaks For Islam?
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A Link TV original production that
explores Islam in an age when Muslim extremists are laying claim to the
religion. Veteran NPR and PBS journalist, Ray Suarez, hosts a provocative
roundtable discussion with American Muslim scholars and, via satellite, Mike
Scheuer, author of Imperial Hubris and a former CIA expert who has
followed fundamentalist Islamic movements for a decade. The program gives
Americans the opportunity to hear rarely-heard Muslim voices, including Shaykh
Muhammad Tantawi, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the first
prominent Shaykh to speak out against Bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks.
Video pieces from the Middle East are interwoven throughout the program to give
viewers a political and cultural context.
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Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet
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The story of the seventh century prophet
who changed world history in 23 years and continues to shape the lives of more
than 1.2 billion people. Three years in the making, this film takes
viewers not only to ancient Middle Eastern sites where Muhammad's story unfolds,
but into the homes, mosques and workplaces of some of America's estimated seven
million Muslims to discover the many ways in which they follow Muhammad's
example. The film is narrated by Andre Braugher.
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In Focus: The Joy of Learning
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A Deutsche Welle special report on an
innovative educational technique being tested at the Carl Orff primary school
near Munich, where happily blindfolded children wander around in the park
running their hands over the trees. Cognitive scientist Manfred Spitzer from the
University of Ulm, who developed the program, has instructed the teachers there
that if they want to make learning stick, the children must experience it with
all their senses.
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Video of the Week
Artist: Ze Manel
Song: "Afrika Unite"
Country: Guinea-Bissau
Ze Manel Fortes has been a political musician from the get-go. When Guinea-Bissao gained its independence from Portugal, the country fell prey to massive corruption. Ze Manel had formed its most popular band, "Super Mama Djombo" and he fearlessly decried the situation. So much so that the government paid for a scholarship to get him out of the country. Ending up in the USA, he has continued to perform songs that are critical of the Guinea-Bissao government and African governments in general. This video which documents Ze Manel's return to his homeland after an exile of twenty years, was shot on location in Portugal and Guinea-Bissao and finished in the USA.
To own the music of Ze Manel, click here.
Premiere: Monday, 1/24 at 7:55 PM ET (4:55 PM PT)
Repeat times are:
Tuesday, 1/25 at 1:55 AM ET (10:55 PM PT)
Tuesday, 1/25 at 7:55 AM ET (4:55 AM PT)
Tuesday, 1/25 at 1:55 PM ET (10:55 AM PT)
Remember that you can own much of the music featured on our music blocks by visiting our online music store. We have either CDs or 99 cent song downloads available for many of the artists on our 60 playlists. Check them out
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Link TV Current Events Coverage
 Mosaic: World News From The Middle East
A selection of daily news reports in English from a variety of
Middle Eastern broadcasters. MOSAIC currently airs Monday - Friday @ 10:30 PM ET
(7:30 PT). For more information about Mosaic, click here.
Watch Mosaic Online!
We now offer a limited
selection of programming, including "Mosaic: World News From The Middle East,"
via streaming on our
website.
 Democracy Now!
A national independent news
program, hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez and
produced out of the Downtown Community Television Center, a community media
center in New York City's Chinatown. Democracy Now normally airs Monday through
Friday at 11AM ET (8AM PT) and Monday through Thursday at 6PM ET (3PM PT). For
more information, click here.
 Viewpoint With James Zogby
A live
call-in discussion program about Middle East and world issues hosted by Dr.
James Zogby from Washington D.C. and broadcast throughout the Middle East by Abu
Dhabi Television. U.S. viewers may call 1-800-528-2090 with their questions or
comments during the program. A new live installment of this program will air
every Friday at 5:00 PM ET (2:00 PM PT). For more information about Viewpoint,
click here.
 DW Journal
Live broadcasts of Deutsche
Welle's live newscast to provide you with a European perspective on breaking
news. DW JOURNAL currently airs Mon - Fri @ 10PM, 4AM, 10AM, 4PM ET (7PM, 1AM,
7AM, 1PM PT). For online streaming of JOURNAL, please visit our Live Streams page.
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Download A Free Single Every Day
Download a Free Single from the Link TV Music Store every day... a great way to discover new artists! Each day we are putting up one song as a free download. As you all know we have been placing a free compilation of 8 tracks on the site each month. This has been a popular way to showcase some of our artists. Now we will be featuring a new artist every single day and you will be able to start collecting a new song each day from around the world. More...Download Today's Free Single.
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Best Viewer Comments Of The Week
(Keep them coming. Next week it could be yours!)
January 14, 2005
It is very refreshing to see more of a world view and challenging the stories that have been told in American media.
January 11, 2005
I have been looking for and craving the sort of information that Link TV provides. , I am thrilled to have found your channel!!!! It is phenomenal.
January 11, 2005
Thank you so much for opening our eyes to the world. My husband and I are addicted to your channel! We find it very informative and it has helped us think "outside of the box". It really made us think about our world in general and just about everyday things that we would not have normally thought about. You are doing an AWESOME job, we LOVE the documentaries!
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Vital Info
Link TV can be seen on:
DIRECTV - Channel 375
The DISH Network - Channel 9410
Program Schedule and Descriptions:
Daily Schedule
Weekly Schedule
To see the contents of all World Music Blocks currently being aired, click here.
How to reach me:
Robert Eisert
Manager, Viewer Relations
Link TV
P.O. BOX 2008
San Francisco, CA 94126
For comments or questions about our World Music programming, please contact our Music Team at [email protected].
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