"Dubai Press" He visits Cairo to discuss enhancing cooperation with media institutions
Dubai, February 9/ WAM/ The Dubai Press Club team concluded a working visit to Cairo that took several days, where he conducted a series of important meetings with the leaders of a group of the most important Egyptian production and media and media companies, in the context of the continuous endeavor towards documenting relations with the creative and media community The Arab, and the keenness to discover new spaces for communication and positive interaction for further exchange of experiences and successful experiences, as well as cooperation in preparing new generations of young media professionals who are qualified to lead the development of Arab media.
During the visit, ways of cooperation were discussed between the Dubai Press Club on the one hand, and the Egyptian media and press institutions on the other hand and coordinated efforts between the two sides to serve issues of common concern between the two countries.
The meetings also dealt with the recent developments in the “Arab Media Award” and the importance of encouraging workers in this sector to participate in a award today that constitutes a global model to be followed in the field of media awards.
During his presence in Cairo, the team visited a number of prominent Egyptian media institutions, especially the Media Production City and the United Media Services Company, where the team met Ahmed Tariq, a member of the board Programs Sector, Hossam Saleh, CEO of Employment and Operations, Dina Karim, Head of the Distribution Sector, and Ahmed Al Saeed, United Company.
Many joint media issues were discussed, and the team also met with media leaders in many press institutions, and the strengthening of joint cooperation between press institutions and the Dubai Press Club was discussed, within the framework of the rapid changes taking place in the global scene that calls for close cooperation between Arab press institutions and coordination The actor between them.
The club team also organized several field visits to the universities and colleges of media in the Arab Republic of Egypt to introduce media students to the “Creativity” award for honoring students of the media to be an incentive for them to start the career of professional excellence during their studies in various media specialties, where the Dubai Press Club team met with Professor Mohamed Lotfi, President of the British University, Professor Adel Saleh, Dean of the Faculty of Information at the British University, and Dr. Rasha Allam, Professor and Head of the Department of Journalism and Information at the American University in Cairo, and Dr. Noha Makkawi, Dean of the Faculty of Information at the American University.
On this occasion, His Excellency Mona Ghanem Al -Merry, President of the Dubai Press Club, praised the permanent and fruitful cooperation between the flags of the two brotherly countries, expressing her appreciation for the efforts made by media institutions in the Arab Republic of Egypt, because of its media system that remained during decades playing a pivotal role in Arab influence and increasing effectiveness Sustainable development plans in the region.
Her Excellency said that the UAE and the Arab Republic of Egypt are linked to close historical relations based on awareness and common understanding of the nature of the changes in the region at all levels.
She added that the visit of the Dubai Press Club team to Cairo comes from the appreciation of the flute to the great position enjoyed by the Egyptian media and the contributions of its symbols in shaping the features of an important and main aspect of the Arab media scene in general, as it comes within the framework of the club’s approach and its constant endeavor to extend bridges of cooperation with the most important institutions The media in various countries of the Arab world, noting that the visit touched on discussing the prospects for cooperation and how to benefit from the experiences available to the two sides in serving the Arab media and enhancing its competitiveness.
For her part, Maryam Al -Mulla, Acting Director of Dubai Press Club, expressed the full appreciation of the great role played by the Egyptian media and its efforts to confirm that the media sector is accompanying the comprehensive development renaissance witnessed by Egypt within the various sectors, explaining that the visit comes in an effort to discover new paths of cooperation With various leading Egyptian media and journalistic institutions, in a way that benefits the Arab media march in general.
The Acting Director of Dubai Press Club said that over many years, Dubai Press Club continued to build a network of relationships that may be the largest in the region, the most important and most prominent symbols of the press and media in the region, and we are pleased that the club has such ties that we seek to employ them in establishing a permanent and continuous dialogue Its goal is to find practical perceptions of the efforts that can be done to improve the Arab media work in general.
During the meeting, the club’s director invited the Egyptian media institutions to participate in the Arab Media Award, and to follow up the successive developments that the General Secretariat enters into the award, in line with the vision of the sponsor of the award, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, sponsored by God, in line with the variables of the Arab and international media scene, affirming the prize’s general secretariat’s keenness to make a qualitative shift in the award march before entering its third decade.
For his part, Jassim Al -Shamsi, Director of the Arab Media Award, stressed that the visit also discussed the recent developments of the Arab Media Award, noting the distinguished Egyptian presence in its successive sessions, where hundreds of Egyptian works competed in its various categories, while the honoring platform reached dozens of creative Egyptian journalists.
He expressed the club’s pride in the strong ties that it brings together with Egyptian journalists and media workers, who constitute their intellectual production an important aspect of media creativity in the region, pointing to the club’s keenness to activate cooperation channels with various Arab media institutions from the Gulf to the ocean.
Al -Shamsi said that with the start of the twenty -fourth session of the Arab Media Award, we were keen during our visit to Cairo to introduce media institutions there with the recent developments that occurred to the award and its basic system, and to invite the Egyptian media community to participate in its various readable and visual categories, within the framework of the first goal of the award, which is motivation New levels of creativity in a way that contributes to the advancement of the competitiveness of the Arab media in general, which is beneficial first and foremost to society by obtaining a high -level media outcome that elevates to the level of its aspirations and takes into account the highest international standards.
Al -Shamsi added that the club is keen to discover the distinguished competencies between students and students of the media, and to prepare new talents of young people who are qualified for the leadership of the Arab media development process in various sectors, in order to ensure that the global rapid development in the field of media industry, and to achieve this purpose, had to meet with Deans and leaders of universities and media colleges in the Arab Republic of Egypt to introduce the Media Award for Arab Youth “Creativity”, and its categories and goals to give students of the media in Egypt the opportunity to participate in the award and compete to win one of its six categories, namely: podcasts, electronic games, and multiple media, in addition to photography categories Photography, short video, and press reports.
In turn, the chief editors of the Egyptian newspapers and the Egyptian media leaders expressed their happiness with this meeting, which reflects the extent of Dubai Press Club, headed by His Excellency Mona Ghanem Al -Marri, to extend more bridges of communication and cooperation, adding a new dimension to the Egyptian -Emirati media relations, and their appreciation for the club’s initiative to organize this brotherly meeting, As an extension of his permanent efforts in enhancing Arab media cooperation, foremost of which is the organization of the annual media gathering “Arab Media Summit”.
The Egyptian media also praised the contributions of Dubai and the UAE in advancing the march of developing Arab media.
Dubai Press Club, within the Egypt visit program, organized a media dinner in the presence of more than 100 Egyptian leaders and a group of prominent media figures and the club’s partners from press institutions and digital platforms, along with the deans of the media colleges.
During the dinner ceremony, Ahmed Al -Muslimani, Chairman of the National Media Authority, sent a speech to the attendees, during which he welcomed the Dubai Press Club team and the Dubai Media Foundation, stressing the importance of coordination and communication with the brothers in the UAE on various media issues, appreciating the club’s continuous interest in the positive and tangible contribution in developing the Arab media work system, He monitored the dimensions of the scene to try to stand on the most prominent challenges it has, as Dubai has succeeded in finding a distinguished position for it as an international media center, which has contributed effectively during the past twenty years to advancing the march of developing Arab media in the region.
During the visit, a review of the various services that Dubai Press Club puts in the service of the media community, whether working in the UAE or for media professionals from outside, as well as reviewing the most important activities organized by the club periodically and pours in the service of Arab media, foremost of which is the largest event of its kind in the Arab world, which is ” Arab Media Forum “, which annually brings together the leaders of the most important Arab and international media institutions, writers, thinkers, opinion makers, and academics concerned with media work from all over the region and addresses annually the most important issues and topics that occupy those in charge of the sector with the aim of analyzing them and reaching the best formulas dealing with in a way that ensures what to overcome what The sector faces challenges and maximizing its chances towards more progress and excellence.
It is noteworthy that the “Dubai Press Club” made many important media contributions and qualitative initiatives that had a clear Arab impact and took a large -scale regional dimension, the most important of which are the “Arab Media Summit” and “Arab Media Award”, and the report “A look at the Arab media” while continuing the club Working to extend more bridges of positive and constructive communication with media institutions in the sisterly Arab countries, as well as documenting the club’s ties with the international media community, as well as training programs and initiatives through which the club works to supply Arab media capabilities with more elements of excellence, discover, develop and encourage media talents .
The Dubai Press Club team was accompanied during the visit, a delegation from the Dubai Media Corporation with the participation of Sarah Al -Jarman, head of television and radio channels in Dubai Media, and Khadija Al Marzouqi, head of the first digital media at the Dubai Media Foundation, the editor -in -chief United, and many institutions and companies discussed the ability to cooperate to produce joint dramas to support and develop the media content industry provided by television and digital channels.
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