Honoring the winners, November 28, at a ceremony at Al Wasl Square at Expo 2020 Dubai
"The Arab Press" announces the names of 36 candidates to win its 20th session
The Arab Journalism Award is committed to a clear set of standards and values, foremost among which is integrity and transparency.
Photography by Patrick Castello
Jassim Al Shamsi: “The award has succeeded over two decades in gaining the trust and respect of the profession.”
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The Dubai Press Club, representative of the General Secretariat of the Arab Press Award, revealed the names of the nominees from all over the Arab world and abroad, to be honored in the various categories of the award at its 20th session, while the winners will be honored on November 28, in a ceremony to be held on this occasion in the "Square Square". Al Wasl” at “Expo 2020 Dubai”, in the presence of leaders of media work in the region.
Deputy Director of the Award Jassem Al Shamsi stressed: “The award’s success over two decades in gaining the trust and respect of the profession, in light of the award’s commitment to a clear set of standards and values, foremost of which is integrity and transparency, to maintain its position as the most important forum for celebrating excellence in the world of Arab journalism.” Pointing out that reaching the list of nominees for the award is in fact a success in going a long way on the path of excellence and high professional performance.
The list included the top three nominees for each category of the award, including the institutions nominated for the investigative journalism category, and included a collective work published entitled “Clinical Trials.. Prescription for the Prevention of Diseases and Epidemics of the Age”, submitted by Nahed Al-Naqbi, Imad Abdel Hamid, Mustafa Khalifa and Noura Al-Amir , Ahmed Yahya and Mona Khalifa from the Emirati newspaper Al Bayan, and another topic was published under the title “Digging their graves with their own hands .. Stories of victims of archaeological excavations,” submitted by a group of journalists: Sameh Ghaith, Maha Salah El-Din, and Muhammad Al-Sawy from the Masrawy website, And the topic “Arab Unity Factories.. Polluted air and endless fires” was nominated by Wissam Hamdi and Hajar Zine El Abidine from Al-Bawaba News.
The nominations in the category of economic journalism also included a topic entitled “After Corona: Capitalism Suffers, Socialism Is Impossible, and the Alternative Under Discussion,” by journalist Kefaya Oller of the Saudi newspaper, “The Independent Arabia,” and a topic entitled “The statement navigates through the surface, deep and dark levels of the Internet,” submitted by all From Wael Al-Labaidi, and Sayed Saleh from the Emirati newspaper Al Bayan, a topic was published in the same category entitled “The Corona and Cyber Duality Shaping the Future of Insurance”, presented by journalist Farouk Fayyad from the Emirati newspaper Al Khaleej.
As for the political journalism category, the nominations included a topic titled “Al-Zawahiri’s Years… What is Left of Al-Qaeda?” by journalist Kamil Al-Taweel from Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, and a topic entitled “The Neo-Ottomans” by journalist Dr. Ayman Samir from the Emirati newspaper Al Bayan. The topic “The Role of the Armies” was also nominated. In the fight against Corona .. Dimensions and engines,” by journalist Ahmed Diab from the Egyptian Al-Ahram newspaper.
As for the category of human journalism, the nominations included a topic entitled “The Hell of Human Trafficking” by journalist Hoda Zakaria from the Egyptian newspaper Youm7, and a topic entitled “After the flood of the river.. Escape and stay in Sudan” by journalist Marina Milad from the Masrawy website, and the topic “ Sickle cell anemia is a chronic disease that threatens children,” by Shaimaa Adel, a journalist from the Egyptian newspaper Al-Watan.
In the journalistic dialogue category, the nominations included a press interview published under the title “Nabil Karoui, President of the Heart of Tunisia Party: Machines from abroad pumped millions of dollars to target me and the Heart of Tunisia,” by journalist Kawthar Zantour from the Tunisian newspaper Al-Share’ al-Maghreb, and an interview titled “Music Composer Dr. Heba El Kawas: The Voice.” The one who will come to music to the world will come from the East,” by journalist Hamad Al-Duraim from the Saudi newspaper Al-Jazeera. A journalistic interview under the title “Farouk El-Baz: Arab scholars are celebrated in the West and neglected in their countries” was nominated in the same category, by journalist Mona Madkour from the newspaper “Independent Arabia.” Saudi Arabia.
Within the category of cultural journalism, the nominations included a topic published under the title “History of Epidemics between Religion and Superstition,” by journalist Azmi Abdel Wahab from the Egyptian Al-Ahram magazine, and “Cinema and Religion: Problems of cinematic expression,” by journalist Tarek Hassan from the Egyptian Al-Hilal magazine, and the topic “Jews in the Middle East.” The Saudi Novel” by journalist Mirza Al-Khuwaildi from Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper.
In the category of sports journalism, a topic presented by journalist Atef Abdel Wahed from the Egyptian Al-Ahram Sports magazine was nominated, under the title “The Ball of the Rich and the Ball of the Poor in the Time of Corona,” and another entitled “The Egyptian League is Confused… Corporate Clubs or Club Companies?”
By Imad Anwar from the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram Al-Arabi, and a press file published under the title “The Third Half” by Ali Shadhan from the Emirati newspaper Al Bayan.
In the category of the best press photo, the works of photographer Khalil Abu Hamra from the Associated Press, photographer Ghaith Al-Sayed from the Associated Press, and photographer Muhammad Asaad from the Palestinian Press Agency were nominated.
In the cartoon category, the works of cartoonist Nawaf Al-Mulla from the Bahraini newspaper Al-Bilad, Sherif Arafa from the Emirati newspaper Al-Ittihad, and Nasser Al-Jaafari from the Jordanian newspaper Al-Rai were nominated for the award.
The nominees in the Arab Youth Journalism category included: Shehab Tarek from the Egyptian newspaper Akhbar Al-Adab, Abdullah Owais from the Masrawy website, Ziad Al-Fifi from the Saudi newspaper The Independent Arabia, Samar Medhat from the Egyptian newspaper Al-Dustour, Shaaban Bilal from the Egyptian website Cairo 24, and Ahmed Abu Al-Nasr From the Egyptian newspaper Al-Watan.
In the smart journalism category, Sabq electronic newspaper from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Al-Watan newspaper from the Arab Republic of Egypt, and the Independent Arabia newspaper from Saudi Arabia are nominated for the award.
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