In August MBC3 was in El Jadida (Morocco), filming the ninth season of “Eish Safari”, its hit TV-reality show for children across the Arab World. 12 children from 10 different countries are participating in a programme which aims to “develop the spirit of challenge, adventure, independence and positive competition,show the sports skills and talents of …
Category: MACHREK
News about audiovisual in MACHERK region (Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Libanon)
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EGYPT / Anna Lindh: Mediterranean Journalist Award
The Anna Lindh Foundation has launched its call for applications for the 9th Mediterranean Journalist Award. Journalists working in the written press, television, radio and citizen media of the 42 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean, plus Syria and Libya, are invited to submit their applications. The award recognizes outstanding journalistic work which contributes …
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EGYPT / Omar Sharif is no longer
The Egyptian actor Omar Sharif died July 10th at the age of 83. He began his film career in 1954 in Youssef Chahine’s “Struggle in the Valley” (1954) and “Dark Waters” (1956). But it was his role as the desert prince Sherif Ali in David Lean’s “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962) which made him an international …
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LEBANON / Mohammad Nour Ahmad wins the Samir Kassir Award
On June 2nd the Samir Kassir Award was presented in Beirut. Organized by the European Union in conjunction with the Samir Kassir Foundation, this award has been presented every year since 2006, a year after the murder of famous journalist and Lebanese academic. Its aim is to promote quality journalism, informed and independent, which reflects …
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EGYPT / “El Mashrou3”
After the success of its first season, aired on Al Nahar, the reality TV programme “El Mashrou3” has found finance to launch a second season. In 2009 Anna Elliott, a young American woman, created the Bamyan Media Production Company to launch “El Mashrou3” (The Project). In the show young Egyptian entrepreneurs compete against each other …
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UAE / Partnership between Discovery and Image Nation
In the last quarter of 2015 Discovery Communication, the American television group belonging to Discovery Holding Company, in partnership with Image Nation, Abu Dhabi Media’s film production subsidiary, will launch “Quest Arabiya”, a new free TV channel in Arabic. The channel will broadcast across the Middle East and North Africa and is primarily aimed at …
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EUROPE / Call for grants from the Aswatona Fund
The Aswatona Fund for Media Development, an initiative co-financed by the European Union to strengthen the independent media sector in North Africa and the Middle East, launched its second call for grant proposals for the development of community media. It will support five actions: exchange of experience and good practices; audience development and sustainability; social …
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