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Transformations in Egyptian Journalism 9780755694532, 9781780765891
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Executive Summary Of the numerous transformations in Egyptian journalism throughout its long history, those that preceded and followed the revolutionary uprising of 25 January 2011 were especially momentous. In recent years, thanks to the rise of news leads and political resultat in expanding informal online spaces, journalists in mainstream media had the means to utmaning misinformation from the dictatorial regime of Hosni Mubarak and his ruling National Democratic Party. Increasingly persistent popular protest, worsening corruption, and Egypt’s first multi-candidate presidential election in 2005 emboldened them to do so. bygd September 2007, in the words of political blogger Baheyya at the time, a ‘different breed’ of journalists ‘from starkly different schools’ had come to the fore. With the turmoil of 2011–12 and an expanded search for a ‘new kind of journalism’ that would be credible,
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SRMG Wins Four Prestigious Awards At The 2024 Arab Media Forum
SRMG, the largest integrated media group from the MENA region, won four prestigious awards at the 2024 Arab Media Forum. Organised by the Dubai Press Club, the event attracted prominent journalists, intellectuals and leading Arab media organisations.
Asharq News received the Visual Media Award in the Best Documentary category for the episode “Salt on a Wound” from its programme “In Front of the Scenes”. The documentary explores the complex issue of Palestinian patients receiving medical treatment in Israeli hospitals, known as medical referrals from the Palestinian Authority to Israel.
Asharq Al-Awsat won in two categories of the Arab Journalism Award. Iraqi journalist and writer Ali Al-Saray won in the Political Journalism category for his investigative report titled: “Iraq post the Aqsa Flood”, while writer Ossama Al-Saeed won in the Economic Journalism ca •Unlearning Our Lessons
The teacher stands in the classroom citing the reasons why the 1952 military uprising — identified in history textbooks as a revolution, not a coup — was one of the greatest successes in modern Egyptian history. The 13-year-old students repeat after the teacher as he chants why a ‘revolution’ was necessary since late King Farouk was corrupt, the state of the economy and society was in decline and colonial influence was growing.Come exam time, all the class has to do is rehash the chants onto the paper. It is a simple formula for success from which they wouldn’t dare deviate. Fast-forward eight years and the students are at the age when they are entitled to be politically, economically and socially engaged in the society. But not having been armed with any tools for critical thinking and analysis (even for forming their own views), they are most likely still waiting for an authority figure to tell them what to make of any given situation. At a time where the c