Arab Media Award on Child Rights initiated to honour outstanding achievements
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 30 June 2008 – A new annual award is being initiated this year to recognize media stories that accurately depict the situation of children and young people in the Arab nations of the Middle East.
Mahmoud Sabri, one of the youths who helped conceive the award, is a 17-year-old activist with several years’ experience in a Palestinian youth association. He has suffered from degenerative blindness since birth. As an adolescent, Mahmoud has become increasingly aware of the importance of fostering connections among young people and their communities.
Late last year, he and a dozen other teenage leaders from across the Arab world gathered in Dubai for the third Arab Media Forum on adolescents and media representation. The yearly event is supported by UNICEF and co-sponsored by the Dubai Press Club and the United Arab Emirates’ Al Bayan newspaper.
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