The Opposite Direction (Arabic: الاتجاه المعاكس, romanized: Al-Etjah Al-Mo'akis) is a qatari political debate TV show by Al Jazeera hosted by TV presenter Faisal al-Qassem.
It streams weekly and addresses current events in the Middle East and the Arab world.
Two guests representing opinions of each side of a given topic being debated are invited to participate in the show.
In 2001, Al-Qassem was quoted as saying the following about the show's intensions: "Dialogue is something missing among the Arabs.
Through programmes such as mine, we hope to implement new rules, those that educate the Arab human being to listen, not only to his own opinion, but to that of the other side as well.