Under the directives of Mohammed bin Rashid..Dubai is the permanent capital of Arab media

In the presence and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, the "Dubai Press Club" revealed the launch of a new phase for the Arab Press Award... to turn into the "Arab Media Award" and includes three main sectors: The Arab press, visual media, and digital media, in a comprehensive development aimed at keeping pace with the development of the Arab media scene and benefiting from the great success achieved by the “Arab Journalism Award” for more than 20 years, during which it continued to play a pivotal role in stimulating journalistic creativity, with a desire to extend the great positive impact The award is given to new media sectors, which contributes to raising the competitiveness of Arab media institutions in the diversity of their specializations and motivates them to reach higher levels of quality and content, similar to the positive imprints left by the Arab Journalism Award in the record of Arab journalistic work.

In the presence and follow-up of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, the announcement of the launch of the Arab Media Award came within the framework of the celebration organized by the Dubai Press Club in Al Wasl Square at the headquarters of Expo 2020 Dubai, to celebrate the winners of the categories of prizes. The twentieth and last cycle of the Arab Journalism Award in its current form, where the "Arab Media Award" will replace it as of the next session.

Her Excellency Mona Ghanem Al Marri, Vice President of the Dubai Media Council and President of the Dubai Press Club, explained that this step came after a comprehensive evaluation and full review of the “Arab Press Award”, where the Board of Directors of the Award and its General Secretariat represented by the Dubai Press Club placed the award in its previous image and categories. Audit and study, to determine the extent to which it keeps pace with the changes taking place in the media scene, as well as assessing the need to introduce fundamental modifications to the award in terms of categories, criteria and targets, as it was reached through lengthy meetings to the new form of the award, which will extend to include alongside the Arab press, both From the visual and digital media sectors.

Her Excellency Mona Al-Marri said: "We feel more and more proud of the achievements of the Arab Journalism Award during its previous sessions, with the support and encouragement of the sponsor of the award, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, of achievements represented in stimulating creativity in various Arab journalism disciplines, and honoring great media personalities, symbols and statures. She had a clear positive contribution to supporting the march of the Arab press, and we are proud that the award has been unique in its position throughout that period as the most important and prominent forum to celebrate the creators among the thousands of Arab journalists who were keen to participate in its successive sessions.. Today, we continue to work on taking these achievements to a wider space. We expand in it from the sphere of its positive influence to a comprehensive media scope, keeping pace with the rapid developments that the media of the region and the world are going through, and we have to take a parallel movement that stimulates greater creativity in various media disciplines, especially in the fields of visual media and digital media platforms.” .

The President of the Dubai Press Club, representative of the General Secretariat of the Arab Press Award, expressed her deep thanks and appreciation to the successive boards of directors and their members from the media elites and press leaders in the UAE and the Arab world, who enriched their visions and ideas on the award’s march, consolidating its prestigious position in the Arab press circles, whether within the region or Among the Arab press institutions located in different parts of the world, where the award has maintained over the past twenty years a consistent pattern based on professionalism, credibility, integrity and transparency, which earned the award the trust and respect of the Arab journalist community.

Her Excellency stressed that this trust represents the starting point from which the Arab Media Award will be launched with its updated image and new categories, while the award will continue on the same approach of professionalism, full ethical commitment and impartiality in choosing on a balanced basis by providing the opportunity for all creators to access the honoring platform, hoping to Raising the ceiling of professional competition in sectors that are currently very popular and followed by Arab audiences.

It is noteworthy that the "Arab Press Award" was established by the Dubai Press Club in 1999, and is one of the most important strategic initiatives of the club, which also includes the "Arab Media Forum", the "UAE Media Forum", the "Arab Influencers Council" and the "Arab Social Media Influencers Award" These are the most prominent contributions to the annual agenda of the Dubai Press Club, whose overall positive impact had a significant impact on choosing Dubai as the “capital of Arab media” in 2020 and 2021.

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