1. Editing/proofing material which appears on Cairo 360 2. Managing editorial time lines and copy deadlines 3. Management of editorial processes through the use of the Cairo 360 Content Management System 4. Aiding in the strategic direction of the publication and presenting proactive ideas 5. Sourcing suitable graphics/photos for submitted articles 6. Brainstorming new ideas for reviews, features, and interviews for the site in conjunction with Cairo 360 team 7. Managing relationships with freelance writers 8. Writing articles for Cairo 360 9. Sourcing freelance writers for specific projects 10. Attending events on behalf of the publication 11. Securing high value interviews with Cairo persons of interest 12. Various administrative duties.
Requirements:
1. Perfect spoken and written Arabic, spoken English is a bonus. 2. A minimum of 2 years experience as a managing editor in an Egyptian publication with a proven track record managing the editorial process and team. 3. An interest in lifestyle journalism, and the Egyptian arts and culture scene.
To apply, please send your CV to work@cairo360.com with the subject “Arabic Managing Editor” and briefly explain why you think you’re the person for the job.
EP One World (EP1W) are a new start-up aiming to provide an out-of-the-box concept to the oil companies around the world. This is a brief about EP1W:
A new online platform for the Upstream Oil & Gas industry providing the following services:
- Upload facility for companies to profile themselves
- News portal & Video news
- Upload portal
- Events notice board and post event upload platform
For the news and video news section, we are looking for someone to be our in-house writer and produce stories specific to the industry on a daily/weekly basis. These stories will be used to create a newscast by having a presenter read from a teleprompter in front of camera, then edited to look like a proper webcast piece. We aim to be the www.newsy.com of the O&G industry.
Salary: EGP 3,500-4,000.
If interested please email Karim Sabet on ksabet@eponeworld.com
A prominent Egyptian magazine is looking for freelance proofreaders to come into the office during the last week of the month to go through the magazine. We conduct a proofreading test and if you pass we will draw up a proofreading agreement. Once production week rolls around, our Copy Chief will send out an email to all proofreaders and ask them to come in at their convenience. Ideally we have two proofreaders in every day so each article of the magazine gets two sets of proofreader eyes on it. Slots fill in on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Please note that proofreading is done IN the office and so this is not a telecommute opportunity.
Location: Maadi
Compensation: Per page
Via: craigslist.org
Contact Information:
For inquiries: job-t7c5y-2322262485@craigslist.org
For submissions: job-t7c5y-2322262485@craigslist.org
Journalists today are facing the challenge of reporting on the rapid transformation taking place across our region from once mainly homogenous societies to vibrant multi-cultural and multi-religious communities. It is in this context that the Anna Lindh Mediterranean Journalist Award was launched in 2006 by the Anna Lindh Foundation to promote and recognize the positive role played by journalists in reporting on issues of cultural diversity and providing balanced and informed coverage beyond the headline of “clash” of civilizations.
This leading regional Award aims at rewarding exceptional journalistic productions, contributing to a better understanding of the diversity of cultures in the Euro-Mediterranean region as well as promoting the positive role played by journalists in providing balanced and informed coverage on cultural issues in the region.
Submitted works should tackle intercultural issues between and within Euro-Mediterranean societies, ranging from minorities, migration, integration and identity to religion and cultural traditions.
The Anna Lindh Journalist Award 2011 is now launched
The 2011 Edition of the Anna Lindh Journalist Award was officially launched on the 6th of April during the Arab-West Media Dialogue Forum, an international event which took place at the League of Arab States Headquarters in Cairo. The event was inaugurated by Amre Moussa (Secretary General of the Arab League), André Azoulay (President of the Anna Lindh Foundation), Jorge Sampaio (UN High Level Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations), and brought together around 150 media leaders, opinion-makers and academic experts.
The Categories
Building on the success of the success of the Mediterranean Journalist Award, the 2011 edition will be launched for the following categories:
1. Press Category:
- All articles published in printed newspapers/magazines/periodicals
- Articles must be written in a journalistic style.
- Academic papers will not be accepted.
2. Online Media Category:
-All written or audio-visual materials published via the Internet, particularly material created by journalists.
- Blogs and other emerging forms of online communication are acknowledged as part of the online media landscape and online journalism to the extent that the content is produced in a journalistic style.
3. Radio Category:
- Entries can include interviews, documentaries, panel discussions, or reports
- Entries must not exceed a maximum length of 45 minutes.
4. TV Category:
- Entries can include reportages, interviews, documentaries, panel discussions, or news stories.
- Entries must not exceed a maximum length of 45 minutes.
5. Special Award for “Social Change and Democracy”:
In response to the historical social transformation in the Euromed region, and particularly in Tunisia and Cairo, the Anna Lindh Foundation will recognize this year exceptional journalistic works on the theme ‘The role of civil society in social change’.
In addition, a life-time achievement award will be bestowed each year by the International Jury to a leading journalist or media institution for their professional commitment to intercultural dialogue
The competition is open to journalists who are nationals of one of the 43 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean. The journalistic work should have been produced between 1st of July 2010 and 15th of July 2011. Priority will be given to young journalists.
Guidelines for Applicants
Nine points to have in mind while submitting your media works for the 2011 Edition of the Anna Lindh Journalist Award:
1. The competition is open to citizens of the 43 countries* of the Union for the Mediterranean. Young journalists in particular are highly encouraged to apply. 2. All submissions must have been published / broadcasted by media outlets from 1 July 2010 to 15 July 2011. 3. The name of the author and date of publication or broadcast should be clearly indicated on all items submitted (print, on-line, radio and TV). 4. The deadline for submissions is 15 July 2011. 5. Journalistic works may be submitted in any language, but must be accompanied with a complete translation/script in English or French. 6. Each participant may submit up to three entries. 7. Team entries will be accepted provided that all major contributors (e. g. researchers, journalists and editors) are listed on the entry form. However, if a team submission is preselected for the final round representative from the team will be allowed to attend the ceremony in Monaco. 8. Radio/ TV works must be submitted on CD Rom/DVD by mail or be available as podcast download on the Internet. Format of the radio entry: MP3 or Windows Media file. Format of TV entry: Windows Media Player or QuickTime format. 9. The Anna Lindh Foundation and its partners reserve the right to use the winning works for presentation and media purposes, and is allowed to reproduce it for promotion of the competition and its results.
* The 43 countries members of the Union for the Mediterranean are: Albania; Algeria; Austria; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Egypt; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jordan; Latvia; Lebanon; Lithuania; Luxemburg; Malta; Mauritania; Monaco; Montenegro; Morocco; Palestine; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Syria; The Netherlands; Tunisia; Turkey; United Kingdom
Selection Procedure and Criteria
The Anna Lindh Foundation Secretariat and its partners will make a first screening of the submitted entries to preselect journalistic works per each category.
An International Jury composed of Euromed experts media professionals will examine the preselected journalistic items and propose a list of five prize-winners.
The Jury will evaluate the preselected items the following criteria:
1. Promotion of Cultural Dialogue 2. Originality of the approach 3. Richness of information and professional quality 4. Language and Presentation
Get involved
To get involved in the Anna Journalist Award 2011, you can submit a journalistic item related to one of the five categories. The journalistic work should have appeared between 1st July 2010 and 15th of July 2011. Documents can be submitted electronically by filling in the online application form and attaching the documents or you can print out the form and send it by courier mail to the following address:
Anna Lindh Foundation Journalist Award P.O. Box 732, El Mansheya Alexandria 21111 Egypt
Contact Information:
For inquiries: ingy.sedky@bibalex.org
For submissions: online here, or by mail to Anna Lindh Foundation, Journalist Award, P.O. Box 732, El Mansheya Alexandria, 21111 Egypt
Operating from Nasr City Public Free Zone area, Cairo, Egypt, Hindawi Publishing Corporation is a young, fast growing and dynamic STM (Science, Technology, and Medical) publisher. Founded in 1998, Hindawi has grown from 35 employees to over 200 employees in 2005. The company owns and publishes 32 Scientific Technical and Medical journals in the fields of Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Computer Engineering, and Mathematics, as well as a growing STM Book publishing program. Hindawi journals are at the forefront of scientific knowledge. Hindawi authors and editors are leading researchers in their fields. Advancements in technology and specially the Internet gave Hindawi a competitive advantage in distributing its material worldwide making it accessible to customers in the most interactive and or fully searchable formats. Hindawi Publishing Corporation now stands as one of the 10 largest publishers of mathematics worldwide. The company has more than 100 employees.
1. Proofreading the logo of the journal, volume and issue numbers, the title of the paper, the name of the authors, their addresses, and dates of receipt and revision. 2. Checking the correctness of grammar, syntax, punctuation, spelling, and style conformity. 3. Proofreading figures and tables against the original manuscripts. 4. Reviewing author biographies, covers, blue prints, call for papers, and flyers. 5. Performing other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelors degree preferably Alsun Arts (English Major).
1. The Web Editor is responsible for the ongoing management of a web site and for maintaining its editorial style and tone.
2. The Web Editor may use a Content Management System to maintain the site, or may build or edit web pages manually, using HTML. He or she will usually also be responsible for preparing assets for publication.
3. He or she may need to optimize pages for search engine placement and will often also need to analyze and report web site traffic statistics.
4. The Ability of Gaining New Ideas for web site packages.
5. Ongoing SEO of web content, including keyword research and analysis
6. Day to day monitoring and management of an active social media community
7. Plan and manage Online ads (Banners, Google Ads, etc…) campaigns for the company and its clients
8. Proactively monitor web content for necessary updates
Be a contributor to the iPhone platform that the BBC named one of the ten best new travel apps of 2010!
Rama, a new iPhone app that guides users on historical, photographic walking tours, seeks passionate writers that can make Egypt come alive like never before.
Find Rama on iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rama/id391888636?mt=8
We offer authors not only recognition for anything they produce, but also half of all revenues from tour sales. This is the opportunity to tell Egypt's story in your own voice--and to pick up some cash while doing so. For more information, visit http://www.crimsonbamboo.com or our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/RamaApp
If interested, please e-mail a brief introduction and at least one tour idea to Michael at the address above.
1. Assisting the managing editor in managing editorial content and all communication with freelancers, contributors and PR contacts. 2. Assisting in the administrative organization of the website and all affiliated projects and tasks. 3. Assisting in the planning of the magazine content and future direction. 4. Copyediting materials before publishing, editing and proofreading existing online content. 5. Contribute with a weekly quota of original articles based on assignment or personal selection.
To be considered you must:
1. Be proficient in written and spoken English. Proficiency in Arabic is also appreciated 2. Have working experience in an English print or online publication in Egypt for more than two years. 3. Most of all, you’ll need to have an outgoing and adventurous personality!
Apply here or visit the job site of Cairo360.com here.
Reforming the media is an urgent part of the democratisation called for by Egypt’s 25 January revolution. Cairo University’s Faculty of Mass Communication has therefore made it a priority to assess different options for a democratic system of media and communication in Egypt. In order to develop a model that enables a free flow of information and opinions in and out of Egypt and among all sectors of Egyptian society, the Faculty has taken the initiative of organising a consultation event in Cairo in collaboration with the University of Westminster’s Arab Media Centre, a research subgroup of the university’s Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI).
The event will begin on March 30th 2011 with a one-day open conference. Contributions are invited, at very short notice, from scholars and practitioners who wish to take part by drawing on their existing research or experience to make short presentations on topics related to the following themes:
* Lessons of previous democratisations * Enabling the environment for free, independent, pluralistic, decentralized and responsible media * Legal frameworks for the media * Establishing and sustaining public service media * Transformation of state-owned media into democratic media in Egypt * Telecoms, Internet services and citizen empowerment * Social, economic and cultural requirements for democratic media
Speakers at the conference on March 30th will then be invited to join a discussion workshop on March 31st at which international experts recruited by the two universities, Cairo and Westminster, will focus on specific issues relating to the themes listed above.
Please send a 150-word outline of your proposed presentation, together with your name, affiliation, email and postal address and brief biographical note to Professor Basyouni Hamada at Cairo University (basyouni_hamada@yahoo.com) and Professor Naomi Sakr at the University of Westminster (sakrn@wmin.ac.uk), to reach them by March 14th 2011 at the latest. Selected participants will be notified by March 17th. There is no registration fee for this event but, because of the short notice, there is also no outside funding. It is hoped that, in the circumstances, individual participants will be funded by their own institutions as a signal of support to Egypt’s democratisation.
Thomson Reuters is the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. Through its more than 50,000 people across 93 countries, Thomson Reuters delivers this must-have insight to the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, and is powered by the world's most trusted news organization. More information about Thomson Reuters and its financial performance can be found on www.ThomsonReuters.com.
We are seeking an experienced journalist to join a growing team of business news reporters and desk editors on Thomson Reuters Cairo-based Arabic news service and help increase our production of Arabic financial news. The successful candidate must be able to provide speedy and accurate Arabic translation of Reuters news items from English. He/she will play a key role in building up the Arabic equities and treasury news file to enable Reuters to successfully target Arabic-reading financial professionals as part of plans to expand Reuters Middle East coverage. The job will also require performing original reporting and other newsroom duties like research and media monitoring. Occasional translation from Arabic into English may also be required. He/she should have a track record in translating company, stock markets and macroeconomic news, and must have the flexibility to adapt to new formats of news delivery and news presentation. Excellent financial news judgment, proven writing skills and a competitive spirit are essential.
Qualifications
• Excellent Arabic financial reporting and writing skills • At least three-year experience translating financial news from English into Arabic, preferably with a financial news service. • Good team working skills • Excellent English • Strong news judgment • Flexibility in addressing client needs • Ability to work well under pressure in different shifts • Initiative
Thomson Reuters employees take pride in providing our customers around the world with information that is timely, accurate, unbiased and trusted. We have a profound respect for the professions and customers we serve and define our success in terms of their success. Our work environment is dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial. We have a result-oriented culture that demands excellence, agility, and the desire to move quickly and precisely to seize opportunities. Our environment is both challenging and supportive - we give employees the opportunity to develop their skills and do their best work.
Thomson Reuters values diversity of culture and thought and seeks talented, qualified employees in all its operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Apply directly at Thomson Reuters career site here.
The 2010 Winner: Humphrey Davies for his translation of Yalo by Elias Khoury
The 2010 Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, the fifth year of the prize, is awarded to Humphrey Davies for his translation of the novel Yalo by Elias Khoury, published by Maclehose Press in the UK.
Humphrey Davies is also a runner-up this year for his translation of Sunset Oasis by Bahaa Taher, published by Sceptre, UK and recently nominated for the 2011 IMPAC Prize. The Arabic original of Sunset Oasis won the inaugural 2008 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Both Yalo and Sunset Oasis were long-listed last year for the 2010 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
A further runner-up is Kareem James Abu-Zeid for his translation of Cities without Palms by Tarek Etayeb, published by Arabia Books, UK.
The 2010 judges were author Margaret Drabble DBE, writer, translator and Professor of Comparative Literature at Warwick University Susan Bassnett, translator of contemporary Arabic literature of Georgetown University Elliott Colla, and on behalf of the Banipal Trust for Arab Literature Yasir Suleiman, Professor of Modern Arabic Studies and Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge.
The Winner
Humphrey Davies for his translation of Yalo by Elias Khoury
On being told the news, Humphrey declared: “I’m over the moon. To win the Banipal Prize two-and-a half times in five years is indeed a signal honour.”
Elias Khoury was equally thrilled and told Banipal: “Congratulations to Humphrey. It is great that he has won the prize twice, and both times I have had the honour of accompanying his achievements with my two novels.”
Maclehose Press publisher Christopher MacLehose added: “It will give the author as much pleasure as it does his publisher that Humphrey Davies should have been awarded this distinguished prize for his second successive translation of Elias Khoury's work. The award recognises a remarkable partnership and will give a welcome prominence to the fiction of an exceptional writer as also of his invaluable collaborator.”
Elias Khoury
In the fifth year of the prize, by coincidence, the names of both the winning translator and the author are the same as those of the first year – Humphrey Davies won the inaugural 2006 prize for his translation of Elias Khoury’s Gate of the Sun (published 2005). In 2000 Humphrey Davies published his first literary translation in Banipal magazine, a short story in Egyptian colloquial, “Rat”, by Sayed Ragab. Then came Thebes at War by Naguib Mahfouz (2003), Alaa Aswany’s best-selling The Yacoubian Building (2004) and his short stories Friendly Fire (2009), Ahmed Alaidy’s Being Abbas el Abd (2006), Gamal al-Ghitani’s Pyramid Texts and Hamdy el-Gazzar’s Black Magic (both 2007), Mohamed Mustagab’s Tales of Dayrut (2008) and Khaled al-Berry’s Life Is More Beautiful Than Paradise (2009), all originally for the pioneering AUC press. He has also edited and translated the Ottoman-era work Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded by Yusuf al-Shirbini (Leuven: Peeters, 2004 and 2007). Bahaa Taher’s novel Sunset Oasis won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction’s first prize in 2007 and Humphrey Davies was chosen as translator. This year Maclehose Press will publish another novel by the Khoury-Davies team, As Though She Were Sleeping (due May 2011). Also forthcoming translated by Humphrey Davies is the sequel to Mourid Barghouti’s I Saw Ramallah (Bloomsbury 2011), and Naguib Mahfouz’s Midaqq Alley (AUCP 2011).
US readers who want to read Humphrey Davies's translation of Yalo will probably have to buy it from outside the USA since the US edition, published by Archipelago Press, is translated by Peter Theroux. This edition was shortlisted for the 2009 US Best Translated Book Award.
Banipal 40 – LIterature from Libya will include reviews of two novels by Elias Khoury in English translation – Yalo and White Masks. Click here for Banipal magazine's home page to join the email listing and receive news of Banipal 40's publication in March.
Runner-up: Humphrey Davies for his translation of Sunset Oasis by Bahaa Taher
Runner-up: Kareem James Abu-ZeidKareem James Abu-Zeid for his translation of Cities without Palms by Tarek Etayeb
On being told the result, Kareem James Abu-Zeid said: “It’s a real honor for me to be selected as one of the runners up, especially since this was the first novel that I have translated.”
Kareem Abu-Zeid has translated works by poets from Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq and is currently translating Eltayeb’s sequel to Cities Without Palms, The Palm House (AUC Press 2011) as well as The Far-Off Call (AUC Press 2012) by Libyan novelist Ibrahim al-Koni.
Born into an Egyptian American family, Kareem Abu-Zeid has lived an itinerant life around the Middle East, the US, and Europe. He received his BA from Princeton University in 2003 in French and German Literature, and was a Fulbright Research Fellow in Germany as well as a CASA Fellow at the American University in Cairo. He has taught language, literature and philosophy courses in Arabic, French, German, and English at UC Berkeley, the University of Heidelberg, and the University of Mannheim, and is currently doing a PhD on the intersections of modern Arabic poetry, mysticism and continental philosophy at UC Berkeley’s department of comparative literature. He lives in Oakland, CA.
Are you interested in the work of a correspondent in a foreign country? Would you like to spend the month of August in Finland learning more about the country, its society and the Finnish way of life?
If you are a newly graduated journalist or a student of journalism/communications due to graduate soon, you may be eligible to apply for a scholarship to take part in the Foreign Correspondents’ Programme (FCP) in Finland in August 2011.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland now welcomes applications from citizens or residents of the following countries: Armenia, Brazil, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, India, Japan, Germany, Poland, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The programme provides an excellent opportunity for you to learn more about Finland, Finnish society and the Finnish way of life. It also offers you the means to enhance your professional skills, as well as expand your network of professional colleagues and international friends.
Programme
The programme starts on August 1st and ends on August 26th, 2011. It includes briefings on Finland today; meetings with professionals, politicians and people; and visits to business enterprises, cultural sites and institutions. It includes a weekend as a guest of a Finnish family, as well as trips to different parts of Finland.
During the programme you will have an opportunity to cover additional aspects of Finland in which you have a particular interest. You will also have access to working facilities with PCs, internet, telephone, printers and copiers at the International Press Centre.
What does it cover?
The scholarship covers the costs of travel to and from Finland, local travel in Helsinki, accommodation in a single room in a student residence and the daily programme including meals, events, transportation and lodging. The programme does not cover medical insurance or per diem allowance.
Requirements
Applicants should possess a good command of written and spoken English, be from 20 to 25 years of age and have the ability to adapt to a multinational group of people.
The application documents should be sent by email only to the Embassy of Finland.
The application documents should include:
1. Application form 2. A curriculum vitae using the CV template 3. An essay which emphasises the applicant's particular interest in Finland (600-800 words).
Note! Be sure to include a photograph in the CV.
Please include in your application copies of published articles, transcripts and other documents that may be helpful in the selection process.
The closing date for applications is March 31st, 2011.
Contact information Ms Sara Haapalainen or Ms Marjaana Sall Address: Embassy of Finland, 628 Leyds Street, Muckleneuk, Pretoria 0002 Telephone: +27-12-343 0275 E-mail: sanomat.pre@formin.fi
Accounts written by people who were involved in the lead up to the revolution – the planning stages. Why were you there? What did you hope to achieve?
Accounts written by people who were involved in the protests themselves from January 25 to February 11, both in Egypt and abroad. First hand accounts of the protests, from facing down the violence of the riot police to the creative and often humorous atmosphere that was an integral part of Tahrir Square.
Accounts of people’s reactions to Mubarak stepping down, and people’s hopes for the future. What were your reactions at that exact moment when he stepped down? What do you hope to achieve and what changes do you want to see in the country?
These questions are only a guideline. It is up to you what you want to write about. The submissions can be in the form of poetry, prose, journalistic accounts, tweets, Facebook status updates, and pretty much any other written format you can think of. Get as creative as you want. The key is to make it personal. We want to put a face to the January 25 Revolution. Most people identify Tahrir Square with arial photos of masses of people. We want to introduce the world to those people.
Events are not limited to what happened in Tahrir. We want this collection to represent all of Egypt, not just Cairo, and not just Tahrir.
We are also accepting submissions of photographs of both local and international protests.
Submission Guidelines:
Submissions are accepted in English only. The publisher has mentioned the possibility of a co-publication in Arabic of the book, but their edition will be in English.
Writers retain the copyright to their text, but we are asking for exclusive rights to the writing. This means that if you wish to use the text elsewhere, the publisher will have to grant permission. It will not be possible for the text to be used in any other similar publications coming out in the near future.
Please send submissions in the form of Word documents or Google documents.
We are also accepting submissions from photographers to be included in the anthology. If you want your photos to be considered for publication, please send us a digital copy of the image or a link to the image posted online. Photographers retain the copyright to their images.
The book will be distributed worldwide, and of course will be available in all major bookstores in Egypt.
The deadline for submissions is March 31st, 2011.
If you have any questions please send them to jan25 at diptychal dot com.
General Dynamics is seeking military or military reserve Foreign Language Linguists to provide language instruction at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) in Monterey, CA.
Experience as a military or military reserve linguist is required. Must have honorably separated from military service or currently serving in the Reserves or National Guard.
The Foreign Language Instructors will conduct classroom, laboratory and specialized foreign language instruction, teach grammar, vocabulary and military-related skills to military students during extremely demanding long term initial acquisition training at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) in Monterey, CA. The Instructor will be responsible for preparing class materials, evaluating student strengths and weaknesses and advising leadership of their potential as a linguist. Additional responsibilities would be counseling and mentoring students on both academic and disciplinary issues.
Associate of Arts Degree required; Bachelors Degree and/or Masters Degree preferred.
Graduate of DLIFLC required
Successfully completed the DLIFLC Instructor Certification Course (ICC) or Instructor Recertification Course (IRC), NSA Adjunct Faculty Certification, or a military service instructor course.
Must have 5+ years of military operational language experience; fluent in one of the following languages, with DLPT scores or ILR equivalent of 2+/2+/2:
• Arabic (with proficiency in MSA and at least one of Iraqi, Levantine, Egyptian or other Arabic dialect) • Pashto • Persian Farsi • Chinese • Dari • Urdu • Korean
Candidates must be local to the Monterey CA area or willing and able to self fund relocation.
We are looking for a freelance writer (from Tanzania, Botswana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Rwanda).
The person must be self-driven and able to work without any supervision. Some journalistic background is required. We want someone who can write well in English. You will be required to carryout interviews and approach the relevant organizations on subjects related to mining, agriculture and construction. This is a part time job. If you can fit in this position, please go ahead and send us your resume.
Position Requirements
Skills / Qualifications Required: must have good journalistic skills
Minimum Education Level required: College
Minimum Years of Experience required: 1 to 2 Years
Apply via Learn4.com here or you can try sending your application to admin@constructionreviewonline.com (the e-mail address that we found at the Group Africa Publishing job page) .
REGISTRATION FOR GREENHOUSE'S NEW PROGRAM IS NOW OPEN
We are glad to announce that Greenhouse's 2011 call for applications for The Development of Documentary Films by Southern Mediterranean Cinema School Graduates supported by the EU in the framework of Euromed Audiovisual III is Now Open!
We would like to invite Cinema School Graduates & Emerging Filmmakers from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria & Tunisia to submit documentary projects at any stage of development!
The selected filmmakers will be awarded a complete grant covering tuition fees, round trip plane ticket, accommodations and meals during the seminars
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: February 28th 2011
Greenhouse is an advanced contemporary development program for documentary films aimed at Mediterranean Cinema School Graduates & Emerging Filmmakers from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria & Tunisia.
Greenhouse is supported and funded by the European Union in the framework of EUROMED AUDIOVISUAL III program and managed by the New Foundation for Cinema and TV – Israel, ESAV Marrakech - the Marrakech School of Visual Arts – Morocco, The Ankara association – Turkey, Zebra Production – Spain and APPEL & HONIGMANN – Holland.
Greenhouse is a yearly program hosting 10-12 projects each round.
The selected filmmakers are invited to participate in three seminars in which they will develop a full international production package and a professional trailer which will be presented in a pitching forum in front of international commissioning editors, film funds directors, producers and distributors from the documentary international market.
In its 5 years of activity, Greenhouse has achieved exceptional success and has become a leading organization for documentary filmmaking internationally. Greenhouse is working with leading forces from the international audiovisual sector, commissioning editors, film funds directors, producers, distributors, TV stations and film festivals from all over the world – The Sundance Institute, Jan Vrijman Fund (IDFA), ARTE/ZDF, ITVS, Channel 4, BBC Worldwide, World Cinema Fund, P.O.V, MDR Germany and many others.
In its five years of activity 7 films were completed and won prestigious awards in international film festival; 62 projects and 80 filmmakers participated from 9 MEDA countries.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
■ The participants must be citizens and residents of one of the MEDA countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia.
■ The seminars, workshops and tutorial sessions will be held in English, so the participants must have basic knowledge in this language.
■ Each team (director and producer) will have to participate in a full series of three seminars within a year.
■ The project submitted may be in any stage of development, including initial footage.
■ Applicant may act as a director-producer of a project.
■ Eligible are filmmakers who made at list one film but not more than two films or a feature length documentary
SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS
A team of International and MEDA experts will select a maximum of 12 projects each year, in teams of director/producer (i.e. max. 24 participants) on the basis of the application submitted, which should include:
An International Journal of Communication (IJoC) Special Features Section on the recent Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions in North Africa to be published in 2011.
Guest Editors: Johanne Kuebler and Ilhem Allagui
The International Journal of Communication is accepting papers for its Feature Section about the Tunisian and the Egyptian protests and its sequels in the Arab region.
Despite numerous efforts by Arab leaders to limit Internet access and to censor all media—especially new media—the spread of satellite TV and the Internet have transformed the media landscape in the Arab and Muslim worlds. Revolutionary protests by Tunisians led to the ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who maintained a strict media censorship after 23 years in power. Similarly, just weeks after the Tunisian uprising, demonstrations and riots have left the rule of the Hosni Mubarak government in a quandary. The oppression of the free speech and democratic political participation galvanized both Tunisians and Egyptians into unprecedented acts of revolt, demonstrating perseverance toward the goal of real political change.
Some observers attribute the success of the Tunisian revolution to the use of new media and social networking sites. While the penetration rate of Facebook in Tunisia is barely 19% (according to Socialbakers, the Facebook statistical portal), YouTube and DailyMotion were banned until January 13, 2011 despite Ben Ali’s desperate attempts to calm the population by promising unblocked access to Internet Web sites. Ben Ali eventually fled Tunisia on January 14.
As of this writing, the outcome of the Egyptian uprisings remains to be seen, and the potential for similar uprisings throughout the Arab world is very much in evidence.
This Feature Section of the IJoC invites discussions about these events occurring in the North African region in relation to communication technologies. By addressing these events, we aim to have a better understanding of the role of communication technologies as instruments for social change.
The submissions, empirical or theoretical, could be short observations, analyses or opinions of 1,500–5,000 words. Papers should follow the APA style (5th Ed.). Submissions will be peer reviewed.
Please send submissions to: Ilhem Allagui at iallagui@aus.edu
"This is a well chosen collection of some of the best Arab writers I've come across, with a broad spectrum of themes, well chosen and beautifully rendered into English."—Raja Shehadeh, author of Palestinian Walks
In November 2009, the International Prize for Arabic Fiction organized a workshop for eight critically acclaimed writers from Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates.
This bilingual volume brings together the pieces produced during this workshop, showcasing the creativity of a younger generation of Arab writers. A range of styles and themes are explored: from Egyptian social realism to a tale from the deserts of Darfur, a grim Tunisian allegory, family drama in Saudi Arabia, and a story about home and exile in Sana’a.
Includes a foreword co-written by Inaam Kachachi, an Iraqi born writer whose debut novel The American Granddaughter was shortlisted for the 2008–2009 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, and the Lebanese author Jabbour Douaihy, whose novel June Rain was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2007–2008.
About the Editors
Peter Clark: Peter Clark is a Middle East specialist, a Trustee of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction and a contributing editor of Banipal. He has translated fiction, history, drama and poetry from Arabic since 1980.
Inaam Karachi: Inaam Kachachi was born in Baghdad in 1952. Her debut novel, 'The American Granddaughter', was shortlisted for the 2008–2009 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
Jabbour Douaihy: Jabbour Douaihy was born in 1949 in Lebanon. He is the author of a collection of short stories and two novels. Douaihy’s 'June Rain' was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2007–2008.
Cairo International Book Fair is honored every year by President Mohammad Hosny Mubarak who inaugurates its activities and proceedings.
Since the beginning of life on this planet, man has always been preoccupied with finding means of communication with others. The primitive man used his mind to create dialogue with others including indescribable sounds which he used for communication, drawings on caves’ walls and rocks, and engraving on parchment and leather. Throughout the ages, such means evolved into diversified languages used among human beings; for instance, drawing on caves’ walls developed into visual sciences and arts which became an established field that is taught and displayed in the most sophisticated halls worldwide for those who are interested in the visual arts. Furthermore, engraving on parchment and leather developed into letters that are typeset using the two-cover-book form, or communicated through modern technological means via satellites for the benefit of readers searching for knowledge.
The Cairo International Book Fair stands as one of such popular platforms which assumed the responsibility of bringing peoples together and concurrently granting them the opportunity of dialogue and the exchange of viewpoints in all areas.
This huge cultural event (the event organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Egyptian General Book Organization) is the product of a pure good land where everyone feels secure and everyone lives together in harmony and peace. Such an event has gained established and well rooted ground and has become an important landmark comparable to the most prominent Egyptian landmarks. Just as the Nile overflows abundantly blessing the nation, the Fair spreads culture in the form of the diverse content it provides to its visitors.
This event started from Al-Gezira grounds in Cairo in 1969 as a national Arab project bringing together Arab people under the banner of science and knowledge, with Egypt as a pioneer of progress and unity. The event proceeded under the auspices of the guards of culture, and through the memorable efforts exerted by all those who participated in organizing such an important cultural event in Egyptian and Arab life.
The 21st Cairo International Film Festival for Children will be held during the period from 3 – 10 March 2011.
The aim of the festival is to sustain and encourage the artistically appreciated Films and programs interested in world problems of Children and Youth in all levels (Local and International). And aiming to collaborate in their bringing up guiding their behavior and in their entertainment.
The Festival includes the following films:
- Feature films for Children and Youth up to 14 years old and for their families. - Short documentary and education films. - Animation films. - TV films and programs.
The Films will be shown in the following sections:
- Official Competition. - Out of competition. - Information section. - Festival of Festivals. - Tributes.
Competition Section:
- Long Feature films. - Short Feature films. - Long and Short TV programs (Video-DVD). - Long and Short animation films (Video-DVD).
General conditions for participation in the Competition sections :
- Long Feature Films must be on 35mm or Digi Beta. - Films must be of the same year or two previous years production. - Films must be Egyptian premier. - Films participating in any section of the festival which are in their original language must be with English or French subtitles. - The Festival's Management has the right to invite some films of special importance to participate at any section of the Festival. - Entry forms, special information and necessary publicity material for each film must be sent to the Secretariat of the festival before 1st of February 2011.
General conditions for participation in the different sections:
- Films on Video-Cassettes VHS or DVD should be delivered and previewed by the selection committee. - The following should be sent for each film: - Entry form fully filled. - Photographs and publicity material. - Press File.
The International Juries: The Festival's Management will incorporate two International Juries : One for Feature & Short Films and the other for TV. Films and programs & Animation Films. Each jury will include experts and children from all over the world. Concerning the participant children, their artistic knowledge and information about the production is required.
Prizes: The two juries will attribute three prizes to the best three films in each category of the competition.
- First Prize: Golden Cairo - Second Prize: Silver Cairo - Third Prize: Bronze Cairo.
Participants will bear the costs of shipment from the print's origin to Cairo Airport. The Festival will insure the costs of returning the print from Cairo Airport to its origin within 15 days, after the end of the festival. Packages containing films and numbered reels should be provided with labels indicating the name of the festival in RED letters. Participants must inform the Festival's Management with dispatching details of their films by Fax. - Definitive print of each participating film must arrive to the Customs Agent of the Festival at Cairo International Airport before 10th of February 2011.
The Festival insures the print of the film since its reception at Cairo International Airport and till its dispatching to its origin.
- Should a print be lost, the responsibility of the festival will be limited only to the extent of the value indicated by the producer on the entry form. - Should a print be damaged the producer must sent an approved laboratory bill no later than one month after receiving his print in order not to lose his right at the Insurance Company.
These Regulations have been written in Arabic and translated to English and in case of conflicting interpretations; the Arabic text will be referred to.
Participating in the festival implies full acceptance of all conditions mentioned in these Regulations.
Address of the Cairo International Film Festival for Children 17, Kasr El Nil St, Cairo - Egypt Tel.: ( 202) 23923962 - (202) 23923562 Fax : (202) 23938979 Website: www.CiffChildren.org
