Dubai Press Club, the General Secretariat of the Arab Journalism Award, today unveiled the names of the three journalists shortlisted for the 12th edition of the award. The list of nominees features 33 media-persons from around the Arab world.
Following the conclusion of the upcoming 12th edition of the Arab Media Forum, winners of the AJA 2013 will be announced during a special gala ceremony at the Grand Hyatt in Dubai on 15 May under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai
Muna Bu Samra, Director of the Arab Journalism Award, said: “Competition was fierce in this year’s edition of the award which received more than 4,000 quality submissions that reflected a high sense of professionalism, creativity and dedication. I believe that all shortlisted nominees are winners and well deserve appreciation for their efforts.”
Humanitarian Journalism, which was added to this year’s edition of the AJA award categories with special support from the International Humanitarian City (IHC) – Dubai, received the second highest rate of submissions after the Young Journalist category, noted Bu Samra. “The General Secretariat and the Arab Journalism Award constantly follow technology updates, trends and shifts that affect journalism as a profession. This is clearly visible in the noticeable increase of entries after adopting electronic submission,” she added.
The Cultural Journalism category was excluded from this year’s edition due to non-eligibility of submitted entries.
Nominees for Arab Journalism Award categories for the year 2013:
Young Journalist
Ahmed Abu Hajar of Al Masry Al Youm, Egyptian newspaper
Esmahan Al Ghamedi of Al Riyadh, Saudi newspaper
Haitham Mahjoub of Al Masry Al Youm, Egyptian newspaper
Khalid Abdul Aziz of Al Khaleej, UAE newspaper
Huda Baroud of Palestine, Palestinian newspaper
Abdul Rahman Yousef of Al Watan (Egypt) and Al Akhbar (Lebanon)
Investigative Reporting
Mosab Al Shawabkeh of Al Ghad, Jordanian newspaper
Abdul Wahab Aleiwa of Al Wafd, Egyptian newspaper
Rabee Shaker Al Mahdi of Shaharah.net, Yemeni website
Press Interviews Journalism
Nidal Hamdan of Al Bayan, UAE newspaper
Mohammed Sobeh of Okaz, Saudi newspaper
Fekri Abdeen of Al Shurooq, Egyptian newspaper
Specialized Journalism
Rasmi FathAllah of Al Ahram, Egyptian newspaper
Ahmed Abdul Hafiz of Al Shurooq, Egyptian newspaper
Rasha Abu Zaki of Al Akhbar, Lebanese newspaper
Humanitarian Journalism
Huda Zakaria of Al Youm Sabea, Egyptian newspaper
Hanan Khunduqji of Al Ghad, Jordanian newspaper
Ola Al Saket of Al Ahram – Evening Edition, Egyptian newspaper
Economic Journalism
Khalid Al Biheiri of Al Roya, Omani newspaper
Salahuddin Abdullah of Al Wafd, Egyptian newspaper
Nadia binSalam of Afaq Al Mustaqbal, UAE magazine
Political Journalism
Tariq Al Hariri of Al Tahrir, Egyptian newspaper
Atif Qadadrah of Al Khabar, Algerian newspaper
Othman Lehyani of Al Khabar, Algerian newspaper
Sport Journalism
Ali Maali of Al Ittihad, UAE newspaper
Amin Al Bobali of Al Ittihad, UAE newspaper
Atif Abdul Wahid of Al Ahram Sports, Egyptian magazine
Best Picture
Sohaib JadAllah, published in Reuters and a number of Arab newspapers
Alaa Badarneh of EU Agency News
Mahmoud Ulaian of Domotex news agency
Outstanding Cartoon Works
Mohammed Afifeh of Al Maqar, Palestinian electronic newspaper
Yasser Al Ahmed of Syrian News, Syrian newspaper
Raed Khalil of Syrian Cartoon, Syrian cartoon