Ghufran Ashor, a MEPI’s Tomorrow’s Leaders LAU alumna from Libya, graduated in Spring 2019 and began her search for the right post-graduation job. She sought a role that would serve purpose and allow her to make a difference. After an excessive job search, Ashor landed a job that matched her skills and aspirations perfectly. In ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 3 September, 2020 | Topics: Alumni, Culture, Featured Event, Fundamental Freedoms, Gender Issues, Health Issues, Near East & North Africa, News, Scholarships and Exchanges | Tags: alumni, Arab media, BBC, civil society, COVID, COVID-19, Employment, LAU, Leaders, leadership, Libya, media, MENA, MEPI, Minorities, Tomorrow's Leaders, women
Censorship and the spread of fake news remain two of the main challenges that media and journalism face in Tunisia. Tunisian journalists are continuously working to alleviate these challenges and improve the sector. To help solve these challenges, MEPI’s Leadership Development Fellowship (LDF) program Alumna Ahed Jamaoui created Media Impact +, a project for training local ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 13 August, 2020 | Topics: Alumni, Featured Event, Near East & North Africa, News, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: alumni, civil society, journalism, LDF, media, MEPI, North Africa, Success Stories, Tunisia, TV
The Libya media landscape continues to experience polarization, lack of press freedom, and insufficient employment opportunities for new graduates. The Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR)’s MEPI-funded Media Lab within the University of Tripoli has worked to tackle these issues by providing practical media skills training to over 1,200 journalism students, including more than 300 ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 5 July, 2017 | Topics: Featured Event, Job Opportunities, Near East & North Africa, News, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: Libya, media, MEPI
The MEPI team visited the BBC Media Action office in Ramallah on February 9 to visit the staff and screen a few episodes of the MEPI-funded project, Khaleena Nitfaham (‘Let’s Get Along’). The project spans over 20 months and aims to design, develop and distribute an innovative, inclusive and participatory TV social drama. Created by ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 1 March, 2017 | Topics: Art & Culture, Culture, Events, Near East & North Africa, News, U.S. & MEPI, Video | Tags: Arab media, BBC, Gaza, media, MEPI, Ramallah, television, TV, West Bank, Youth
On February 2, MEPI attended advocacy training in Ramallah as part of the MEPI-funded Internews Network project, Supporting Civic Engagement and National Dialogue through Independent Palestinian Media. The project works with local civil society organizations, journalists and media to establish strong, independent media that includes a diversity of voices, supports inclusive political processes, and incorporates ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 1 March, 2017 | Topics: Events, Featured Event, Near East & North Africa, News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: Civic Engagement, civil society, dialogue, drugs, journalism, media, MENA, MEPI, Middle East, North Africa, women
