Aljazeera journalist dies

I met him for the first time in June 2004 during our 11th World Editors Forum and, since this date, we had regular contacts. He was, for instance, one of the authors of the Al Jazeera code of ethics... He died this Sunday in Doha,Qatar. According to Al Jazeera News, " Prominent Aljazeera war correspondent and talk show host Mahir Abd Allah was killed after his vehicle veered out of control and crashed into a tree. Born in the West Bank city of Jenin, Abd Allah was a strident commentator in both the Arab and international media. Abd Allah began his journalism career at the London-based Middle East Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). He also worked for several other Arab media, including the al-Hayat newspaper, also based in London. Abd Allah hosted cleric Shaikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi on his show. Abd Allah is well-known for hosting the popular weekly Aljazeera talk show, al-Shariaa wa al-Hayat (Islamic jurisprudence and Life) which focuses on all aspects of Islam from the perspective of various Muslim scholars. As a correspondent covering the US-led invasion of Iraq, Abd Allah narrowly survived the US missile attack on the channel's Baghdad bureau in 2003, in which his fellow journalist Tariq Ayub was killed.

Source: Al Jazeera