It is held under the auspices of Mohammed bin Rashid .. Dubai Press Club announces the start of receiving requests for candidacy for the “Arab Media Award” in its 25th edition

The General Secretariat of the “Arab Media Award”, which is organized annually, announced under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God bless him, and the directives of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, second deputy governor of Dubai, Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, for opening the door to receive requests for candidacy for the award in its next session, and within its main axes, “Arab Journalism Award” Visible.

The announcement of the award’s general secretariat, represented by the Dubai Press Club, opened the door for candidacy for the award, coinciding with the celebration of the 25th anniversary of its launch, starting a new station in the journey of excellence in which it has passed with a large balance of confidence, stirring its position as the highest platform to honor Arab media creativity, and adhere to the integrity and full transparency in the application of the finest professional standards in the comparison between the candidates To choose the winners and honor them in a forum that competes to reach it annually thousands of workers in the media field throughout the Arab world.

The announcement of the new session of the award represents a detailed station in its history that extends since 1999, as it succeeded during a quarter of a century in consolidating its position as a main reference for professionalism and innovation, and a university platform for media professionals and media institutions in the Arab world, years of tireless work to develop this unique forum and confirm its accompanying of the developments witnessed by the media sector in the region and the world, and what affects its image of possibly variables The most important of them is the rapid technical development and the resulting tools, means and methods that contributed to the creation of new standards and concepts of media excellence.

On this occasion, Dr. Maitha Bouhamid, Secretary -General of the Arab Media Award, said that the launch of the new session of the award in its twenty -fifth year represents a milestone in the march of this pioneering Arab media event, which is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the State, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, may God bless him, to be a platform that brings together creative in various fields For honest competition and honoring the qualitative contributions that contributed to the development of the Arab media scene.

She added, “For a quarter of a century, the award has been established, an integrated system of professional values ​​that have always been based on firm criteria of integrity and transparency, which made it enjoy a high position at the Arab level, and is a reliable source of recognition of the most influential and inspiration media achievements and we open the door for candidacy for the new session within its main axes;” Arab Journalism Award “and” Media Award The visible, “we affirm our commitment to keeping pace with the accelerating developments in this vital sector, and ensuring that the award criteria reflect the spirit of the times with the innovative tools and technologies it carries, and to meet the needs of the Arab media in the present and the future.

She emphasized that this exceptional station is not only suitable to celebrate the successes achieved during the twenty -five years, but also an open invitation for all Arab media professionals to participate in formulating a new chapter of excellence and creativity, to proceed together in strengthening the role of the media as a bridge for civilization and a basic pillar in building the future.

For its part, Maryam Al -Mulla, Director of Dubai Press Club, said the organizing authority of the award: “The Arab Media Award for its position for 25 years is kept as the most important forum to celebrate the media excellence in the Arab world, a testimony that we are proud of and prompts us to further work to consolidate the elements of this success, which would not have been achieved for 25 years had it not been for the prize inspiration for Dubai’s creative spirit and seeing its rational leadership that is not satisfied An alternative to excellence, the award devotes the culture of creativity in the Arab media and sends an important message to new generations of media professionals that excellence starts from the idea and that leadership is made by an environment that is on the value of conscious opinion and creative thought .. And work continues so that this copy of the award is a new guide to our commitment to enabling the Arab media to carry out its responsibilities as an active partner in formulating the future.

For his part, Jassem Al -Shamsi, Director of the Arab Media Award, explained that the deadline for receiving requests for candidacy for the award within its various categories is January 17, 2026, and he said: “Since its inception, the award was not merely an annual tradition, but rather and will remain a strategic project aimed at motivating a high -level media, and enhancing its role in supporting the aspirations of Arab societies and its efforts to achieve more development and prosperity and today, with the fifth session, with the fifth session And the twenty, we confirm that the award is no longer a mirror only for the reality of the Arab media, but it has become a major engine to push it towards more innovative horizons. “

The Arab Media Award, organized by the Dubai Press Club, is the most prominent in the Arab world, for what it represents as a prominent estimate platform that highlights creative media energies and influential professional initiatives, which keep pace with the rapid transformations in the Arab and international media scene.

In the framework of the “Arab Media Award”, two basic prizes are: “Arab Journalism Award” and “Award for the Visual Media”; The “Arab Journalism Award” includes four categories: political journalism, economic journalism, press investigations and the best columnist, and the last prize is awarded by a decision of the award’s board of directors in accordance with specific professional standards.

As for the “Visual Media Award”, it includes five categories: the best economic program, the best social program, the best cultural program, the best documentary work, and the best sports program. The Arab Media Award also includes a special category, which is “the personality of the media year” and is also awarded by a decision of the Board of Directors of the award for a prominent Arab media figure whose work had a clear impact in enriching the balance of the Arab media with a high -level intellectual production and visions that contributed to the formation of consciousness Arab.

Dubai Press Club confirmed that the door for candidacy is open to individuals and media institutions from all over the Arab world through the award for the award: https://dpc.org.ae/AMA/, Advanced work will be sorted and arbitration operations will be carried out according to accurate standards based on a firm basis of integrity and transparency; While the winners will be announced during a ceremony held within the activities of the “Arab Media Summit” in Dubai.

The Arab Media Award was established under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and it was launched in 1999 by the “Dubai Press Club”, which over 25 years continued to develop the award until it became the most prominent Arab platform concerned with honoring creativity in the media field.

Over its successive sessions, the award honored hundreds of symbols of thought, journalism and media and the most prominent personalities and talents that contributed to the formation of the features of the region’s media and gave him his unique personality, as well as media institutions throughout the Arab world, whether with an ancient history of it or the new era that proved their worth in providing a distinguished media message that left clear and influential fingerprints on the page of the Arab media scene, and contributed to the level The profession and enhancing its role in serving Arab societies.