Ever since blogger Hadeel al-Hodaif passed away earlier this year, friends and fellow bloggers have been thinking about different initiatives to honor and commemorate the young women who defended free speech and believed in a new era of citizen journalism. One of the first ideas that came to the minds of her friends is to establish a prize in her name to recognize the increasing efforts in the Arab world to start a freer media on the web.
This idea has finally materialized as fellow blogger Sami Omar announced today the launch of Hadeel International Prize for New Media (HIPNM), an international award that aims at discovering, encouraging and highlighting Arab talents in the new media arena. The prize will kick off next year in five categories: blogging, specialized blogging, personal blogging, podcasting and videoblogging. For more information, please contact Mohammed al-Saleh: media@hadeelprize.org / +966504877334
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Great as always Ahmed
thanks a lot for your support
we are counting on you
great idea , guys .:)
I Hope the I can see the prize came out to the world .
this is cool …
i love the idea ,,, (=
thanx ahmed ,,
Great idea!!!
simply put :)
I think this is a wonderful idea, it will keep Hadeel’s name attached to the things she valued most, the writing and freedom of expression…Good Job Hadeel friends, looking forward to view the nominations…
Masha’Allah, this is a really nice idea – good point from Hala too.
Wow….that’s a great idea guys!
May God bless you all for your efforts.
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