“Dubai Press” announces the opening of the nomination for the “Arab Media Award”

The General Secretariat of the “Arab Media Award”, which is organized annually, 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, the second deputy governor of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, opened the door for receiving requests for candidacy for the award in its next session, and within its two main axes; “Arab Journalism Award” and “The Visual Media Award”.

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, stating its position as the highest platform to honor Arab media creativity, and adhere to the integrity and complete transparency pillars in the application of the finest professional standards in the preference 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.

An exceptional station

The announcement of the new session of the award represents a detailed station in its history that has extended 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 hard work on developing this unique forum and confirming its accompanying developments in the media sector in the region and the world, and the changes that affect its image of variables; Perhaps the most important of which 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, the Secretary -General of the Arab Media Award, Dr. Maitha Bouhamid, said: “The launch of the new course of the award in its 25th 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 and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God bless him, to be a platform that brings together creators in various fields Al -Sharif, and honoring the owners of the qualitative contributions that contributed to the development of the Arab media scene.

She added, “For a quarter of a century, the award has 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 a reliable source to recognize the most influential and inspiration media achievements, and we open the door for candidacy for the new session within its main pivotes; (The Arab Journalism Award) and (The Award for the Visual Media), we confirm our commitment to keep pace with the rapid developments in this vital sector, and to ensure that the criteria of the award reflect the spirit of the times of the innovative tools and technologies it carries, and in a way that meets the needs of the Arab media in the present and the future. This exceptional station is not only suitable to celebrate the successes achieved during the 25 years, but also an open invitation for all Arab media professionals to participate in drafting a new chapter of excellence and creativity, to proceed together in promoting the role of the media as a bridge of civilization and a basic pillar in building the future ».

For her part, the director of the Dubai Press Club, Maryam Al -Mulla, who is the organizer of the award, said: “The retaining of the Arab Media Award for its position for 25 years as the most important forum to celebrate the media excellence in the Arab world, is 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 to be inspired by the creative spirit of Dubai and the vision of its rational leadership It is satisfied with a substitute for 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 suits the value of conscious opinion and creative thought .. And work continues so that this copy of the award is a new evidence of our commitment to enabling the Arab media to carry out its responsibilities as an active partner in formulating the future ».

For his part, the director of the Arab Media Award, Jassim Al -Shamsi, explained that the deadline for receiving requests for candidacy for the award within its various categories is January 17, 2026, and said: “Since its inception, the award was not just 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. Today, with the 25th session, we confirm that the award is no longer a mirror of the reality of the Arab media, but it has become a major engine to push it towards more innovative horizons.

Comprehensive categories

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.

Within the framework of the “Arab Media Award”, two basic awards are: “The Arab Journalism Award” and the “visual media award”; The “Arab Journalism Award” includes four categories: political journalism, economic journalism, press investigations and the best columnist, and the last award is awarded by a decision of the award board of directors in accordance with specific professional standards.

As for the “Visual Media Award”, it includes five categories, which are: 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: “The Personality of the Year’s Media”, and it 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 on enriching the balance of the Arab media with a high -level intellectual production and visions that contributed to The formation of Arab awareness.

An open invitation

The Dubai Press Club confirmed that the door for candidacy is open to individuals and media institutions from all over the Arab world through the link allocated to the award: where advanced works will be sorted and arbitration operations are 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.

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25 years of the launch of the award

The Arab Media Award was established under the directives 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 launched in 1999, organized 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 shaping the features of the region’s media and giving 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 advancement At the level of the profession and enhancing its role in serving Arab societies.