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A
quarterly journal published by the Adham Center for Television Journalism, the
American University in Cairo
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From the Center: An Editorial
Center director Abdallah Schleifer
welcomes readers to AdhamOnline in its new journal format. |
Yosri
Fouda Interview Causes Stir
Yosri
Fouda, Al Jazeera London bureau chief and Adham Center alumni, found himself in
the news when his interview with Ramzi bin Al-Sheeba, head of Al-Qaeda's military
committee, was broadcast on the anniversary of 9-11.
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TBS
Issue 8 Examines Media in the Midst of War
The latest issue of the Adham Center's online journal Transnational
Broadcasting Studies focused on media and war, with articles and interviews
exploring the media's coverage of two conflicts—September 11 and its aftermath,
and the recent Israeli invasions in the West Bank. Interviews included CNN Chief
News Executive Eason Jordan, Abu Dhabi TV Deputy Director Mohamed Dourrachad,
and Abu Dhabi TV anchorman and executive producer Jasim Al-Azzawi. TBS
also talked with BBC World News Editor Jonathan Baker and others in a story
on media coverage in the West Bank. |
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Center graduate Khaled Dawoud was in Ramallah for Al-Ahram Weekly as Israeli
troops re-occupied the city. He told AUC TV and AdhamOnline about his experiences. |
Intifadat
Al-Aqsa Photographs at the Sony Virtual Gallery
In the wake of recent events in the West Bank, the Adham Center/Sony Gallery has
made this exhibition of photographs by Osama Silwadi, from a recent Sony Gallery
show available to a wider audience in this special online exhibition. The Sony
Virtual Gallery also includes historic photographs of King Fouad, the photographs
of Lehnert and Landrock, and an updated exhibition of Van-Leo's portraits. |
CNBC
Launches Business Program from Adham Center
Operating
from the Adham Center's AVID News Room, CNBC's Cairo bureau has been contributing
stories for CNBC's new weekly Middle East Business Report.
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Abu
Dhabi TV Deputy Director Mohamed Dourrachad Honored at 2002 Annual Awards Dinner
AUC Provost Earl (Tim) Sullivan appointed Abu Dhabi TV Deputy Director Mohamed
Dourrachad an Associate of the Adham Center at this year's annual awards dinner. |
Congratulations
Class of 2002!
Dalia Ashmawi, Intesar Al-Shukry, Mervat Abou Oaf, Dina
Geith, Lena El Ghadban, Nadine Hallal, Dalia Mabrouk, and
Caroline Ghali received their master's degrees in Television Journalism in
June. |
Digitalization
Donation Upgrades Studio
A generous gift
from Sony Broadcast has allowed the Adham Center to complete the digitalization
of its studio facilities, now renamed in Sony's honor. |
Adham
Center Introduces New Course in Broadcast Arabic
The Adham Center has introduced a new course for its second-year master's candidates,
emphasizing reading, writing, and grammar used in the Arabic of the broadcast
media. This new initiative, in cooperation with AUC's Arabic Language Institute,
is designed to strengthen graduates' opportunities in the regional market, and
has been warmly welcomed by the broadcasting industry, with executives of Abu
Dhabi, Orbit, Dream, and NBC expressing their appreciation for the new course
to Adham Center director Abdallah Schleifer. |
Sony
Gallery Year in Review
It was an active year at the Adham Center's Sony Gallery for Photography, where
many of this year's exhibitions featured themes of spirituality and aspects of
the rich history of Egypt. |
Amin
Chairs JRMC Department
Dr. Hussein Amin, Adham Center senior associate and professor of journalism and
mass communication at the American University in Cairo, has taken over as chairman
of AUC's JRMC department. |
Rumi
Festival
The Adham Center and AUC's Performing and Visual Arts Department co-sponsored
a two-day festival featuring poetry readings, a photo exhibition, and screening
of the film "Rumi: The Wings of Love" by Shems Friedlander, director
of AUC's Apple Center for Graphic Communications and chairman of the Sony Gallery
International Advisory Board. |
In
Memoriam: Michael Hoffman
Michael Hoffman, publisher and executive director of Aperture (the leading still
photography gallery and publisher) and a member of the Sony Gallery's International
Advisory Board, passed away this year. |
In
Memoriam: Van-Leo
No photographic work has been more associated with the Sony Gallery for Photography
than that of Cairo's foremost portrait photographer, Van-Leo, who passed away
this year. |
Congratulations,
Soheir Fouad!
Pivotal Adham Center staff
person Soheir Fouad receives her Masters in TAFL. |
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updated October 15, 2002
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