The forum’s first session, ‘media that impacts humanity’, tackled the disparity between various Arab media’s coverage of humanitarian issues in the region.
“The media is a window to what is going on in the society. It should play a vital role in raising awareness amongst the people through depth in the content people are reading,” said Mohamad Al Nughaimish, writer at Asharq Al Awsat Newspaper.
He explained that the camera now captures every detail of what’s happening through social media. He questioned the difference between professional journalism and the creativity of youth on social media.
Yasser al Amro, anchor at MBC also pointed out that the openness and transparency of the media depends on each country’s government interaction. “The Arab world due to certain patterns of behavior and the political situation, is not really thoroughly reflecting what’s in the society,” he said.
Hundreds of media personalities and analysts from around the world are expected to congregate at the forum on May 10 and 11.
The two-day forum, will see Princess Haya Bint Al Hussain, Wife of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, delivering the keynote speech later on today.
Second session of the Arab Media Forum, ‘Spreading Peace and Humanitarian Principles’, underway.
Session is moderated by CNN anchor and correspondent, Hala Gorani.
Omar Saif Al Ghobash, Ambassador of the UAE to Moscow, said that there is a tremendous opportunity to work with Russia to combat extremism in the region, as 80 per cent of the media that comes out of ISIS is in Arabic and 12 per cent is on Russian.
This means that extremism is also an issue that concern Russia. Speaking about the new ministries in the UAE, he said, that they are facing our own society and categorizing it.
Having a youth ministry indicates that there needs to focus on them. He said that the ministry of happiness is an interesting concept and he is looking forward to how it evolves.
Al Ghobash spoke a little about his book “Letters to a Young Muslim”.
Source:: Gulf News
Arab Media Forum starts in Dubai
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