Remotely attended the opening of the Arab Media Forum and honoring the Arab Journalism Award winners
Mohammed bin Rashid: The media is an important partner in our journey
Mohammed bin Rashid is watching the Arab Journalism Award ceremony.
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Ahmed bin Mohammed watching the award ceremony.
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Ahmed bin Mohammed: "Dubai was and will remain the home of all Arab media professionals who seek to serve our societies and countries."
Mona Al-Marri: “The bet is to create Arabic media content that provides a more effective and attractive experience.”
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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, affirmed his eagerness to attend the Arab Media Forum and honor the Arab Journalism Award winners. His Highness said through a tweet on Twitter yesterday: “Over the past years I have been keen to attend the Media Forum. Al-Arabi, honoring the winners of the Arab Journalism Award .. Today, some of its virtual sessions have followed in its current session, which is held remotely. Media is an important partner in our journey and we look forward to constructive messages that serve the issues of our societies and contribute positively to building the future of the region.
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, said via a tweet on Twitter yesterday: “Today I followed a part of the Arab Media Forum activities. We thank all the participants in its activities and those in charge of it in the Dubai Press Club, and we also congratulate the winners of the Press Prize. Al Arabiya .. Dubai was and will be the home of all Arab media professionals who seek to serve our societies and countries with a message that adopts shaping a better future for future generations.
This came on the occasion of the start of the Arab Media Forum and honoring the Arab Journalism Prize winners yesterday, where the Arab Journalism Award was honored, in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, remotely, and in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, The winners of its 19 th session during a virtual ceremony organized by the Dubai Press Club, the representative of the award’s secretariat, with the follow-up of the President of the Dubai Press Club, Secretary General of the Arab Journalism Award, Mona Ghanem Al-Marri, members of the award’s board of directors, and a number of editors-in-chief of Emirati and Arab newspapers, leading writers, thinkers and Arab cultural and media figures And the leaders of media organizations in the region, through visual communication technology.
The Arab Journalism Awards were awarded to 11 winners from various daily and weekly newspapers, printed and electronic periodicals, and media institutions, whose works found their way to the honoring platform out of nearly 6000 works covering various arts and fields of journalism.
The Arab Journalism Award ceremony was followed by more than 10 thousand followers across the various digital platforms and social networks of the Dubai Press Club, on the club’s website, and on the Arab Media Forum, which took place during the ceremony, on Twitter Live, Facebook Live, and Instagram. Live », in addition to the official platform for the virtual session of the Arab Media Forum this year.
The "Media Personality of the Year" award was awarded to Nayla Tueni, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar, in recognition of her efforts in supporting the march of the Lebanese press and enriching the Arab media scene, as she had many important contributions throughout her rich professional history, and the "Journalist Column" award went To the writer Othman Mirghani, who is one of the symbols of journalistic writing in the Arab world. He started his journey with Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper in late 1988 and rose to the position of Deputy Editor-in-Chief before choosing to move away from the daily work in the newspaper’s offices and devote himself to writing the article and the columnist .
The award’s virtual ceremony witnessed the honoring of Muhammad Amin al-Masri from the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, winner of the “Political Journalism” award for a work titled “Syria between Caesar’s Ambitions and Osmanly’s Dreams.”
The "Economic Journalism" category was won by the Emirati newspaper, Al Khaleej, for its work entitled "What does the private sector want?"
In its 19th session, in the category of "Investigative Journalism," the award was honored by journalist Jamal Jawhar, from Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper, for a work entitled "Irregular immigrants ... the paper of fighters in the Tripoli war."
Journalist Muhammad Mansour, from the Emirati newspaper "Al-Vision", won the award for the "Journalistic Dialogue" category for a work published under the title "Scientists Who Draw the Features of the World in 2050."
Journalist Tariq Al-Taher won the "Cultural Journalism" award from the Egyptian magazine "Akhbar Al-Adab", for a topic entitled "Naguib Mahfouz ... the strict censor."
In the "Sports Journalism" category, a work published under the title "The Asian Cup was born dead in Hong Kong and returns to life from the Emirates" by Moataz Al Shami from the UAE newspaper, Al Ittihad, won.
In the "Best Press Photo" category, photographer Saber Noureddine, from the European Agency for Press Pictures, won for an expressive photo of two girls who were besieged by a raid on their residential area.
Regarding the Arab Journalism Award "Youth Category", which annually honors three works in support of Arab youth and encouraging them to enter the field of journalism, Samar Saleh from the Egyptian newspaper Al-Watan, Abdel Samad Adniden from the Moroccan newspaper Bayan Al-Youm, and Ahmed Atef, from the Egyptian newspaper Al-Dustour.
Within the category of "smart journalism", the Egyptian newspaper "Al Youm Al Sabea" won this award annually to the most advanced institutions in terms of technology, mechanisms of journalistic work and the production of digital content in the Arab world.
In addition, in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and during the opening session of the Arab Media Forum, Mona Ghanem Al-Marri, President of the Dubai Press Club, delivered a speech in which she welcomed the participants and thanked them for making this exceptional session possible by sharing their ideas and visions, even if the meeting was remote. .
In her welcoming speech, Al-Marri stressed that holding the forum in light of these exceptional situations that the region and the world are going through carries an important message as an incentive to continue and work for a better Arab media future, noting that despite the difficult challenges posed by the "Covid-19" pandemic, it did not prevent without organizing. This session of the annual meeting is important.
She said: “The current crisis has posed a real test for the media around the world ... and pushed us towards thinking differently for the future to create a better Arab media .. There are many media institutions in the region affected by the global crisis due to the decline in the advertising market, which is the main source of their financing. However, media content continued during the crisis and remained in continuous development, especially through digital platforms.
She added: “There is no doubt that the betting today revolves around creating media content and creating digital tools and platforms that offer the Arab recipient a more effective and attractive media experience .. While the biggest challenge facing Arab media makers lies in the crisis of confidence among large segments of the audience, particularly the youth who have not "The Arab media institutions receive enough attention, even though the youth are responsible for bringing about the most important and profound changes in our world ... which requires giving young people a greater area of attention and care."
Al-Marri indicated that the forum's organizing committee was keen to include the most prominent events that the region witnessed at various levels, especially political and social, within the agenda of the forum this year, in addition to the topic of the hour related to the effects of the Corona pandemic on various economic, social and health levels, all of which are data that contribute to the formation of Features of the future of Arab media.
It is noteworthy that the "Arab Media Forum", which was launched with the vision and thought of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and under the direct direction of His Highness about 20 years ago, represents the largest professional gathering of its kind in the Arab region, as it participated in a major positive role since its establishment in stimulating dialogue. Between media makers in the region and their counterparts from media leaders outside its borders in order to monitor the most important transformations affecting the media and to consider how to find new mechanisms that enable the region’s media to play its role in the best way as an educational and enlightening beacon that would defend the region’s capabilities and help it overcome everything it faces. Of challenges, and maximizing opportunities for development, progress and prosperity in their various countries.
Vice President of the State:
• “We look for constructive messages that serve the causes of our societies, and contribute positively to building the future of the region.”
• «Throughout the past years, I have been keen to attend the Arab Media Forum, and to honor the winners of the Arab Journalism Award.
Preventative measurements
The General Secretariat of the Arab Journalism Award, represented by the Dubai Press Club, said that the award ceremony this year was decided to be hypothetical, taking into account the current global situation, the preventive measures associated with it and the restrictions imposed by some countries on the movement of travel and movement across borders, and in order to facilitate all winners, The decision to organize the award this year, despite all circumstances, was a confirmation of its continued role in encouraging excellence and motivating the press cadres to show their best creative faculties, in a way that supports the march of Arab journalism and ultimately benefits the Arab reader and recipient, whether inside or outside the region.
The 19th Arab Media Forum was held virtually in Dubai via visual communication technology, with the participation of a group of government and media leaders, figures of thought, culture, writers, heads of information and news agencies, press, television and radio institutions, and officials of Arab and international media websites.
5874 works received by the «Journalism Prize»
The General Secretariat of the Arab Journalism Award this year received 5874 works from different parts of the Arab world and the world, and witnessed great competition within all its categories for the high quality of the aspiring work of its owners to ascend the honoring platform, so that the award continues its march, confirming its position as the largest forum to celebrate journalistic creativity in the Arab world, whether from The extent of the spread, the size of the participation, or the financial value of the awards, including the Media Personality of the Year Award and the Journalist Column Award, and they are awarded by a decision of the Award Board of Directors.
• 10 thousand followers of the award ceremony remotely through various social media platforms.
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