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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday honoured the winners of the 17th Arab Journalism Award at a ceremony held at the conclusion of the Arab Media Forum (AMF), 2018.
HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, and HH Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum were present at the Awards ceremony.
Secretary-General of the Arab Journalism Award and Chairperson of the Organising Committee of the AMF, Mona Ghanem Al Marri, and Chairman of the Board of the Arab Journalism Award, Diaa Rashwan also attended the ceremony, along with a large number of prominent media figures and Arab journalists.
The award ceremony began with a short video about recent key events that were covered by Arab media.
The Arab Journalism Award honoured 14 outstanding Arab journalists. The winners represented daily newspapers, magazines, online web portals and media organisations from the Arab world.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid honoured the Adviser to the King of Bahrain for Media Affairs, Nabil bin Yaqoob Al Hamar, with the Media Personality of the Year award. A special recognition award was also presented to the family of the late Ibrahim Nafaa, former editor-in-chief of Al Ahram, former chairperson of the Arab Journalists Association and former Chairman of the Arab Journalism Award jury.
Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed honoured Egyptian writer Saleh Mountaser with the Best Column Award.
Other winners of the Arab Journalism Award include:
Political Journalism Award: Al Bayan newspaper
Investigative Reporting Award: Sid Ali Mohafdah from Al Bilad newspaper, Bahrain.
Cultural Journalism Award: Mohammed Riyadh from Al Watan newspaper, Egypt.
Humanitarian Journalism Award: Asmaa Shalabi from Al Youm7 newspaper, Egypt.
Press Interview Award: Shakir Nouri, Asharq Al Awsat
Sports Journalism Award: Mourad Al Masri from Al-Ittihad newspaper.
Photojournalism Award: Ahmed Gharbali from Agence France-Presse.
Outstanding Cartoonist Award: Mahir Rashwan, Aljareeda newspaper, Kuwait.
Young Journalist Award: Jihad Abbas and Mohammed Allaithi from Al Watan newspaper, Egypt; and Douaa Al Fouli from Masrawy newspaper.
This year, the Award’s General Secretariat received over 5,874 submissions from journalists from across the Arab world.
‘Award recognises journalistic excellence’
Dubai / WAM
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, met members of the Board of the Arab Journalism Award. Sheikh Mohammed lauded the Board’s efforts to ensure an objective judging process for selecting the winners of the Arab Journalism Award over the years.
His Highness wished the Board members the best in their future endeavours. He said the Award has become one of the region’s most prominent awards that recognises journalistic excellence, largely due to the high standards of professionalism in the selection of winners, which has enabled it to win the confidence of journalists.
Sheikh Mohammed added that the Award celebrates outstanding excellence, which reflects the UAE’s own focus in its development journey. The Awards seek to promote the role of journalism in highlighting political, economic and social issues that are of importance to the Arab people, adding that the media helps to connect a nation’s leaders with its people, he continued.
HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, and HH Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum also attended the meeting.
Chairman of the Board of the Arab Journalism Award, Diaa Rashwan, and Secretary-General of the Arab Journalism Award and Chairperson of the Organising Committee of the Arab Media Forum, Mona Ghanem Al Marri were also present.
Rashwan thanked Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, on behalf of the board members, for his support. He said the Board is committed to maintaining the highest levels of professionalism in evaluating the entries and aims to further strengthen efforts to enhance professionalism and excellence in the region’s media.