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Opinion: Talking About Journalism and its Awards

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 12, 2016 | Opinion

Dubai is a place for everyone- that is its secret. Like millions, I found it to be welcoming and tolerant when I moved to live and work there more than a decade ago. Innovators, adventurers, people starting off, people looking for an area that suits them, young...

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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed surrounded by journalists and honored winners at the conclusion ceremony for the Arab Media Forum in its 15th edition, Asharq Al-Awsat

Arab Media Forum Concludes…Abdulrahman al-Rashed Awarded Media Personality of the Year

by Musaid Al-Zayani | May 12, 2016 | Media

Dubai-The Arab Media Forum concluded on Wednesday by honoring Al Arabiya’s Former General Manager Abdulrahman Al-Rashed with the “Media Personality of the Year” award, which was handed to him by UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin...

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MBC founder and chairman Sheikh Waleed Bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim (left) speaks to Asharq Al-Awsat Editor-in-Chief Dr. Adel Al-Toraifi at the Dubai Media Forum on May 21, 2014 in Dubai, UAE. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

MBC Chairman: ‘Knowledge economies cannot be built without the youth’

by Adel Al Toraifi | May 24, 2014 | Media

Dubai, Asharq Al-Awsat—Like everywhere in the world, the media in the Arab region is struggling to adapt to the emergence of new media. Media in the region also face a number of unique challenges, not least political instability and extremism. But in conversation with...

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MBC founder and chairman Sheikh Waleed Bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim (left) speaks to Asharq Al-Awsat Editor-in-Chief Dr. Adel Al-Toraifi at the Dubai Media Forum on May 21, 2014 in Dubai, UAE. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

In Conversation with Sheikh Waleed

by Adel Al Toraifi | May 23, 2014 | Media

Dubai, Asharq Al-Awsat—From its beginnings in London in the early 1990s, the MBC Group has grown into the preeminent media conglomerate in the Middle East. Now based in Dubai, it is known for its mix of popular Middle Eastern and international programming, as well as...

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A man smokes a water pipe as he watches Jon Stewart on a TV screen at a coffee shop, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Opinion: The Reflective Media

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | May 22, 2014 | Opinion

One discussion panel at the Arab Media Forum in Dubai, which ended yesterday, revolved around a single question: ‘Sectarianism and Arab media: Who is to blame?’ There are those who see the Arab media as being responsible for escalating sectarian tensions...