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Samir Kassir Awards calls for entries from throughout the Arab world

March 23, 2009

(IJnet)Journalists across the Arab world are invited to apply for the Samir Kassir Awards for Freedom of the Press. Submission deadline is March 30.

Journalists will compete for two prizes of EU€12,500 -- for the best opinion article and the best investigative report, to be awarded June 2 in Beirut.

Print journalists (daily, weekly, monthly and online press), regardless of age, who are citizens of Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, are eligible to apply.

source: https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_opportunities/samir_kassir_awards_calls_for_entries_from_throughout_the_arab_world

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