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Winners of Arab Journalism Awards : December 2020

In the virtual presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Dubai Press Club held a virtual ceremony to honour the winners of the 19th Arab Journalism Award.

President of the Dubai Press Club and Secretary General of the Arab Journalism Award Mona Al Marri, members of the Board of Arab Journalism Award and a host of editors in chief, journalists and media leaders attended the virtual event.

The winners represented daily newspapers, magazines, online web portals and various media organisations from the Arab world.

The winners were announced at the 19th Arab Media Forum.

The 11 winners of the Arab Journalism Award 2020 are:

• Media Personality of the Year: Nayla Tueni, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Annahar newspaper, Lebanon

• Best Column Award: Othman Mirghani, Editor-in-Chief of the independent newspaper Al-Tayar, Sudan

• Political Journalism Award: Mohamed Amin Al Masri from Al-Ahram newspaper, Egypt

• Economic Journalism Award: Al Khaleej newspaper, UAE

• Investigative Reporting Award: Jamal Jouhar from Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper

• Press Interview Award: Mohammed Mansour from Al-Roeya newspaper, UAE

• Cultural Journalism Award: Tareq Al Taher from Akhbar Al-Adab magazine, Egypt

• Sports Journalism Award: Motaz El Shamy from Al-Ittihad newspaper, UAE

• Photojournalism Award: Saber Nooraldin from the European Pressphoto Agency

•   Young Journalist Award:
–   Samar Saleh from El-Watan newspaper, Egypt
–   Abdul-Samad Edinadin from Bayane Al-Yaoume newspaper, Morocco
–   Ahmed Atef from Al-Dostor newspaper, Egypt

• Smart Journalism Award: Youm7 newspaper, Egypt

This year, the General Secretariat of the Arab Journalism Award decided to host the award ceremony virtually due to the current global challenges related to COVID-19 and the travel restrictions imposed in some countries.

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Oman’s Jokha Alharthi – First Arab Woman to Win Man Booker International Prize

Omani Author Jokha Alharthi became the first Arab Woman Arabic language novelist to win Man Booker International Prize 2019 for the novel ‘Celestial Bodies’.

The award also carries a cash prize of GBP 50,000 (USD 64,000).

The novel ‘ Sayyidat el-Qamar ‘ published in Arabic was translated into English by US academic, now UK based translator Marilyn Booth who teaches Arabic literature at Oxford University. Celestial Bodies was published by Sandstone Press, Scotland.

Dr. Jokha Alharthi studied Arabic poetry and did her Ph.D in Classical Arabic literature in Edinburgh and is now a Professor teaching at the Sultan Al Qaboos University, Muscat.

Alharthi has published three collections of short stories, three children’s books, and three novels (Manamat, Sayyidat el-Qamar and Narinjah)

Winner of the Sultan Qaboos Award for Culture, Arts and Literature, for her novel Narinjah (Bitter Orange) in 2016.

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OMAN

Dr. Nawf AlGublan, Saudi Medical Professional Frontliner Saving Lives In The U.S

Physician Dr. Nawf Al-Gublan contributes to saving lives in the United States, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the 2nd largest teaching hospital at Harvard Medical School, and the largest hospital in the Longwood Medical District in Boston.

When the coronavirus pandemic started spreading rapidly in the United States, the Saudi Arabian Nephrology Specialist Dr. Nawf al-Gublan decided she had to stay in the country to help her coworkers in Boston battle the outbreak.

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USA / SAUDI ARABIA

Nayla Tueini Wins Media Personality of the Year At The 19th Arab Journalism Awards : December 2020

Nayla Tueini , the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Lebanon’s Daily – Annahar was chosen as Media Personality of the Year at the 2020 Arab Media Forum, held virtually from Dubai, for her strong and steady leadership of Annahar.

December 23rd, 2020.

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Nayla Tueni holds a blank edition of her newspaper during a news conference in Beirut. (Reuters) / pix: arabnews.com

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LEBANON

Leila Ben Youssef – Record Holding Athlete – Pole Vault

Leila Ben Youssef (aka) Leila Maryam Ben Youssef. Track Athlete. Pole Vault.

Currently: Dr. Leila M. Ben-Youssef, MD – Emergency Medicine

Awards / Honours:

Gold Medal – All African Games, Algiers, Algeria (2007)
Gold Medal – Pan African Games, Egypt (2007)
Gold Medal – African Championship, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2008)
Represented Tunisian National Track & Field Team, Summer Olympics Beijing

Education :

Masters Degree – Medical Anthropology, Stanford University

Grand daughter of Tunisian Politician Salah Ben Youssef

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AMERICAN / TUNISIAN / AMERICAN-TUNISIAN

Halima Benbouzza – Biotechnology and Plant Geneticist. Scientist.

Dr. Halim Benbouzza . Scientist. Academic. Researcher – Genetic Diversity, Plant Breeding, Bioethics, Biosecurity.

Posts:

Director – National Biotechnology Research Centre
Chair of Joint-Committee between Health and Biology sector – appointed by Algeria Government (2011)
Chair of the Guidance Committee of the Pharmacy and Biotechnology Project- Algeria. Appointed by the Prime Minister (2013)
Professor (Agronomic Science), University of Batna 1, Batna

Awards and Honours:

‘Women in Science’ – Hall of Fame Program, honoured by U.S. State Department (2014)
‘Next Einstein Forum’ – one of the 6 best female researchers contributing to advancing science in africa (2010)

Education :

Ph.D – Agro Biotech Gembloux, Belgium
Masters in Biotechnology – Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Belgium
Graduate – University of Batna’s Faculty of Engineering, Algeria

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ALGERIA

Mona Khazindar: First Female (and First Saudi) Director of the Arab World Institute, Paris

Arts Curator and Historian.

Director-General of Institut de Monde Arabe (IMA) aka Arab World Institute based in Paris
Co-curated First Saudi Pavilion at the 54th Venice Art Bienniale (2011)

Books Published :

‘View from the Inside : Contemporary Arab Photography, Videos and Mixed Media Art’ (2014)
‘Visions from Abroad: Historical and Contemporary Representation of Saudi Arabia’

Honours:

‘Woman of the Year’ by Forum of Arab Women

Education:

Masters : Modern History, Sorbonne

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SAUDI ARABIA

Leila Aboulela. Award Winning Writer

Leila Aboulela . Writer. Author.

Awards :

Caine Prize for African Writing
Fiction Winner of the Scottish Book Awards
Saltire Fiction Book of the Year

Books:

Elsewhere (short story collection)
Home
Novel – Bird Summons (2019)
Novel – The Kindness of Enemies (2015)
Novel – Lyrics Alley (2011)
Novel – The Translator (1999)
Novel – The Minaret
The Museum ( short story)

Education:

BA (Ecomonics) – University of Khartoum, Sudan
M.Sc (Statistics) – London School of Economics
M.Phil (Statistics) – London School of Economics

www.leila-aboulela.com

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UNITED KINGDOM / SUDAN–EGYPT / BRITISH SUDANESE

Hiam Abbass – Actress and Director

Hiam Abbas (aka) Hiyam Abbassa. Actress. Film Director.

Hollywood Film, TV shows. French Films

Awards/ International Participation :

Best performance by an actress ‘Asia Pacific Awards’ (2008)
Member, Jury of the Main Competition, 2012 Cannes Film Festival

Born in Nazareth, Israel. Arab citizen of Israel.

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ISRAEL (Arab Israeli) / FRENCH

Emel Mathlouthi Tunisian Singer Releases new Album ‘EMEL – The Tunis Diaries : 2020

Emel Mathlouthi (aka) Emel . Singer. Songwriter. Music Producer.

On October 23, Tunisian-born/New York-based experimental singer Emel released‘The Tunis Diaries’ .

A double EP that features a collection of newly recorded reworks from Emel’s catalog (‘Day’), paired with an eclectic selection of covers (‘Night’).

Equipped with only a laptop, tape recorder, and a classical guitar she crowdsourced from a local fan via Facebook, Emel created ‘The Tunis Diaries’ entirely in Tunis after she was unexpectedly quarantined in her childhood home this Spring.

www.emelmathlouthi.com

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TUNISIA / New York, U.S.A.