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Samir Kassir Foundation

 

List of finalists for the Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press 2008

 
 
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"Journalists" category

1. Naela Khalil
- Nationality: Palestinian
- Title of submitted article: “Palestinians pay the price of hatred. Political arrests: a settlement of accounts between "Fatah" and "Hamas" ”.
- Published in: AMIN (Arab Media Internet Network, www.amin.org)
- Date of publication: 14 March 2008
- Language of publication: Arabic

2. Chahinaz Gheith
- Nationality: Egyptian
- Title of submitted article: “30, 000 E.P., going, going … gone!”
- Published in: Al-Ahram Hebdo (Egyptian weekly magazine)
- Date of publication : 24 October 2007
- Language of publication: French

3. Doaa Khalifa
- Nationality: Egyptian
- Title of submitted article: “When will the mutilations end?!”
- Published in: Al-Ahram Hebdo (Egyptian weekly magazine)
- Date of publication: 4 July 2007
- Language of publication: French

4. Mohamed Benchicou
- Nationality: Algerian
- Title of submitted article: “The Prisoner's Victory”
- Published in: Le Soir d’Algérie (Algerian daily newspaper)
- Date of publication: 26 July 2007
- Language of publication: French

5. Mahmoud Belhimer
- Nationality: Algerian
- Title of submitted article: “Arabs have agreed to disagree, except on repression!”
- Published in: El-Khabar (Algerian daily newspaper)
- Date of publication: 19 February 2008
- Language of publication: Arabic

5 bis. Jihad Saleh
- Nationality: Syrian
- Title of submitted article:
«The Word Hunters»
- Published in: Tharwa Foundation « Syrian Elector » website (http://tharwacommunity.org)
- Date of publication: 6 December 2007
- Language of publication: Arabic

6. Wael Abbas
- Nationality: Egyptian
- Title of submitted article:
“Big Brothers - In Egypt, blogging can get you arrested - or worse.”
- Published in: Slate Magazine (www.slate.com)
- Date of publication: 14 May 2007
- Language of publication: English

6 bis. Taher Shamsan Alebdely
- Nationality: Yemeni
- Title of submitted article: « Hijackers of the State »
- Published in: Al-Neda’a (Yemeni weekly magazine)
- Date of publication: 9 January 2008
- Language of publication: Arabic

7. Rula Alfarra Alhroob
- Nationality: Jordanian
- Title of submitted article: « When corruption reaches the bone!! »
- Published in: Al-Anbat (Jordanian daily newspaper)
- Date of publication: 19 August 2007
- Language of publication: Arabic

7 bis. Laila Al Ahdab
- Nationality: Syrian
- Title of submitted article: « Sheath of modesty… An infringement of civil rights or disdain for the law? »
- Published in: Al-Watan (Saudi daily newspaper)
- Date of publication: 3 March 2008
- Language of publication: Arabic

 

“Young researchers” category

1. Marwan Harb
- Nationality: Lebanese
- Research: « The Shehabism or the limits of an experience of political modernisation in Lebanon »
M.A. (Master 2) thesis in political sciences
- University: Université Saint-Joseph, USJ (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Date: November 2007
- Language: French

2. Claude Mcheik
- Nationality: Lebanese
- Research: « Lebanon’s confessional and secular system »
M.A. (Master 2) thesis in “Comparative Public Law in Francophone Countries”
- University: Toulouse 1, Université des Sciences Sociales, Faculté de Droit (France)
- Date: September 2007
- Language: French

3. Ali Zainat
- Nationality: Jordanian
- Research: “The impact of editing policies on the work of journalists in the daily press” (A detailed study - Al Ghad Jordanian daily)
- University: Yarmuk University, Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication (Jordan)
- Date: 2007
- Language: Arabic

4. Nader Houella
- Nationality: Lebanese
- Research: « Promoting Good Governance through the Media »
Senior study presented for a B.A. in Communication Arts
-University: Lebanese American University, LAU (Lebanon)
- Date: November 2007
- Language: English

5. Rajaa Makki
- Nationality: Lebanese
- Research: “Freedom of the Press in Lebanon”
M.A. (Master 2) thesis in “Media, Societies and Globalization”
- University: Paris 2, Université de Droit, d’Economie et de Sciences Sociales (France)
- Date: June 2007
- Language: French

 

         
 

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