Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thoughtawarded to Internet Platform al-Hewar al-MutamaddinAward Ceremony on November 26th 2010 in Museum for Islamic Art, Pergamon, Berlin Berlin, November 2010. Freedom of Thought is having a hard time at present in a world shaped by confrontations between systems. Making or maintaining peace between nations and cultures is the […]
Continue ReadingThe Ibn Rushd Award 2010 Goes to theArab Internet Forum al-Hewar The Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought is delighted to declare the Internet platform al-Hewar al-Mutamaddin the winner of the 12th Ibn Rushd Award. Since 1998, the Ibn Rushd Fund has been honouring people or organizations that have rendered outstanding services to Freedom […]
Continue ReadingMembers of the jury Ahmed Ashour Ahmed Ashour (born in Jordan 1981) holds a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts with a major in graphic design from the University in Amman, Jordan.Ashour came to Al Jazeera Media Company in February 2004, and worked as a graphic designer for four years. Currently (2010), he is a “New […]
Continue ReadingRezgar Akrawi Main coordinator of internet-forum al-Hewar al-MutamaddinCoordinator of Centre for Marxist and Left-Wing Studies and Research Born 1966 in Aqra in Iraq (Kurdistan-Iraq) Political Activity 1984-1990: Member of Iraqi Communist Party1990-1992: Member of the Organization „Communist Current“1993-2000: Member of the Communist Labour Party Human Rights Contributes to founding first Union for Unemployed, Irbil, Iraq 1992.Spokesman […]
Continue ReadingCall for Nomination The Ibn Rushd Award 2010 calls for a Webblogger who fundamentally enriches and advances public discourse. The internet’s contribution to the transformation of mass-communication is difficult to fully grasp. In the Arab world, media such as newspapers, radio and TV are generally state-run and insufficiently offer space for open and public discussion […]
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