Israeli journalist awarded Euro prize

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JERUSALEM (EJP)--- Israeli journalist Yoav Stern was one of four writers awarded the first ever Euro-Mediterranean Journalist Prize for Cultural Diversity.

This prize was established by the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures and the International Federation of Journalists to encourage reporting on citizens in Europe and the Mediterranean space living together in culturally diversified societies.

Stern was recognised for his series of articles “All in the Family in Umm Al-Fahm”, published in Haaretz in February 2006 which presented three stories from a Palestinian city in Israel.

According to the jury, the articles indicated that “Stereotypes are created as a result of ignorance - these stories give readers a fly-on-the-wall picture of a normally ostracised community…these are successful Arab citizens who are not normally portrayed in the news – the articles go beyond politics to humanise them by revealing their multiple identities…living in the community while researching is essential for nuanced reporting.”

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1. Sounds like a great program.

Other recipients:

Other winners

Other than Stern, the three other winners of the award were Annalisa Monfreda from Italy, Belgian Hugues Dorzée and Egyptian writer Mahitab Abdel Raouf.

Monfreda won for her article “The Free Song of Arbëresh” published in Geo Italia in April 2006. The article portrayed the relatively unknown Albanian minority living in Southern Italy.

Dorzée was awarded for his series of articles “La Turquie d’Ataturk, Sainte république” (Ataturk’s Turkey, Devout Republic), published in the Belgian daily Newspaper Le Soir, February 2006 which tackled the ambiguity between official Islam, religious practices and secular ideology in Turkey.

And Raouf’s was recognised for her article “Les indésirables” (The Undesired) published in the monthly French magazine La Revue d’Egypte in October 2005 which explored the situation of Sudanese refugees in Egypt.

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2. I agree.

It's nice to see diversity being appreciated.