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Deadline: 15 April 2011

Urgent Call for Briefings and Articles - North Africa Social and Political Change and the Impact on Migrant Communities – for the Africa Peace and Conflict Journal, published by the UN Mandated University for Peace, Africa Programme

The Africa Peace and Conflict Journal is seeking articles for its next issue that relate to North Africa's social and political change and its impact on migrant communities.

Particularly, we are interested compositions covering recent practice and policy toward forced migrants in North African countries in 2011. We will publish quality academic work providing discourse on North Africa, including but not limited to analyses of the causes, the probable outcomes of social/political change as pertains to migrants or migration policy, impacts of recent events on the mental, health and social wellbeing of migrants in host countries, and the impact of returning
migrant communities to their home countries with a special focus on Sub Saharan Africa.

There are two possibilities for contributions: articles (in-depth studies of 7,000 words), and briefings (summaries of policy/practice of 2,000-3,000 words). Please see below for details. If you desire to submit, please contact apcjeditor@upeace.org or asstedapcj@upeace.org. The deadline is 15 April 2011; your submissions are encouraged.

Submissions:

Articles and case analysis-critical case studies or thematic discussion and analysis of topical peace and conflict themes (7,000 words maximum, including endnotes; abstract, 150 words or less).

Briefings/practice-training or intervention strategies, outcomes and impacts, policy review and analysis, country situational updates, and so on (2,000-3000 words maximum).

We will also accept Resources-reports, upcoming conferences and workshops, notices of new books and videos, e-communications, and Web sites that link peace and conflict studies (150 words maximum); documents, declarations, communiqués, and other relevant nongovernmental or multilateral organizational statements (1,000 words maximum).

Please send all replies to: apcjeditor@upeace.org or asstedapcj@upeace.org

Catherine A. Nelson
Assistant Managing Editor
Africa Peace & Conflict Journal
UPEACE Africa Programme
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: + 251-11-618-0991
Fax: + 251-11-618-0993

Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC) has called for entries for the 5th annual Shasha screenwriting competition designed to identify, develop and launch the career of talented filmmakers.

The competition is open to UAE nationals, or UAE residents of over five years, citizens from other countries in the Middle East or individuals with Middle Eastern or North African parentage. Scripts can be submitted in English or Arabic and applicants must be comfortable pitching their projects to an industry panel in either English or Arabic.

10 scripts will be shortlisted on 1st August 2011 and six finalists will be announced on 4th September 2011.

The Film Commission will invite the six Shasha Grant finalists to Abu Dhabi this coming October to attend the pitching sessions which involve each finalist being paired with an industry executive to create and refine pitch strategies for their scripts.

During the final pitching session each finalist will pitch their script to a selection jury comprised of industry professionals for evaluation. The winning project will receive the $100,000 development grant and ongoing production support from the Abu Dhabi Film Commission.

For the full rules and regulations and to apply, please visit the commission website www.film.gov.ae or email inquiries to shasha@film.gov.ae

Job Description

Mergermarket is looking to appoint hardworking freelance reporters to join our team in North Africa. The posts involve writing exclusive news on mergers and acquisitions across all sectors, through interviewing senior executives and attending a wide variety of conferences in the region.

The ideal candidates should have experience in financial reporting, speak fluent French and Arabic and have excellent spoken and written English. All candidates should have experience in media/journalism. Candidates should be willing to travel abroad at times.

The post will suit reporters who are able to regularly deliver quality copy while working independently. Part-time freelancers will be accepted as long as there is no conflict of interest between their other jobs and our product. Full-time freelance work is also a possibility in some cases. Please contact me via the email below or at elaine.green@mergermarket.com if you are interested. Candidates would ideally be located in one of the larger North African counties, such as Algeria. UK residents would also be considered in some cases.

Company Description

The Mergermarket Group is part of the Financial Times Group. Through its products mergermarket, dealReporter, Debtwire, MergerID, wealthmonitor, Pharmawire and Remark, Mergermarket provides the larger financial community with actionable intelligence and data. Mergermarket's clients are the world's leading investment banks, law firms, private equity firms, corporations, and hedge funds.

Apply here.

Deadline: 1 June 2011

Important information:

* The 7th round of Rawi Screenwriters’ Lab will take place next fall, 2011 in Wadi Feynan’s Eco-Lodge in Jordan.
* The online Application Form is available from March 1st till June 1st, 2011.
* For further informations please write to rawi@film.jo.

Eligibility:

* Rawi Screenwriters’ Lab is open for screenwriters, co-writers, or writers /directors.
* Screenwriters working on their first or second narrative feature screenplay can apply.
* Applicants must submit a COMPLETE NARRATIVE FEATURE SCREENPLAY.
* Only Arab screenwriters/ filmmakers are eligible to apply, regardless of their country of residence.

About Rawi Screenwriters' Lab:

In 2005 the Royal Film Commission - Jordan (RFC) launched Rawi (Storyteller), a screenplay development lab, in consultation with the Sundance Institute. Independent Arab screenwriters (Fellows) are offered the chance to develop their work in a uniquely creative environment under the guidance of internationally acclaimed screenwriters from all over the world (Creative Advisors).

At the beginning of autumn each year, fellows and advisors descend into the depths of Jordan's southern desert, to the remote eco-lodge of Wadi Feynan, where for five days, they work intensively on their feature narrative screenplays. Each fellow will have a one-on-one story session with the lab's creative advisors. The advisors’ guidance ranges from improving the fellow's technique as a screenwriter, to life lessons and practical suggestions to be explored in their next draft. Emphasis is placed on each fellow's individual voice and story.

Over the past five years, Rawi supported 45 emerging screenwriters. Completed projects by Rawi’s Alumni include: POMEGRANATES AND MYRRH written and directed by Najwa Najjar, AMREEKA written and directed by Cherien Dabis and SON OF BABYLON written and directed by Mohamed Al Daradji. For more information on other participants check the complete list of Rawi Alumni & Advisors.

For any queries please find our FAQ page. If your questions remain unanswered, write to rawi@film.jo or call The Royal Film Commission - Jordan at: Tel: +962 6 461 3835

Deadline: 31 October 2010

Nominations are now being accepted for a new award for investigative reporting that has made a positive impact on Arab communities.

The Seymour Hersh Investigative Journalism Award, organized by Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), will recognize the best investigative reporters in 11 countries across the Middle East and North Africa.

“We hope that the ARIJ-ICFJ prize will encourage a new generation of Arab investigative journalists working against all odds to improve the lot of their local communities by exposing injustices,” said ARIJ executive director Rana Sabbagh.

The award is named for Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New Yorker. Hersh is best known for work that exposed the Vietnam-era My Lai massacre by U.S. forces in 1968, and the Abu Ghraib prison abuses in Iraq in 2005. In 2009, Hersh received the ICFJ Founders Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Who can apply: Print, radio and television journalists from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen.

How to apply: Send a cover letter, CV and samples of investigative work to info@arij.net. Submissions must include work that has been aired, broadcast or published in one or more of the 11 eligible countries in the past year.

Judging Criteria: Applicants will be judged on the basis of quality investigative work that has had a positive impact in one or more of the 11 eligible countries.

Application deadline: October 31, 2010.

Seymour Hersh Award will be given to first, second and third place winners. The first place winner will receive a computer. Second and third place contestants will get a digital camera and tape recorder. Winners will be honored at a gala dinner in Amman during the third annual ARIJ conference for Arab investigative journalists on Nov. 26-28. The dinner will be held under the patronage of Jordanian Senate Speaker Taher al-Masri.

ARIJ is a non-profit center based in Amman that has trained more than 380 Arab journalists, editors and coaches. It produced the first Arab manual for investigative journalists and has also provided small grants to cover 80 investigations in eight countries. These investigations led to new policies that improved conditions for the public. For more, visit www.arij.net

The International Center for Journalists, a non-profit, professional organization, promotes quality journalism worldwide in the belief that independent, vigorous media are crucial in improving the human condition. For 25 years, ICFJ has worked directly with more than 60,000 journalists from 176 countries. ICFJ offers hands-on training workshops, seminars, fellowships and international exchanges to journalists and media managers around the globe. For more, visit www.icfj.org.