Ibn Rushd Award 2011 goes to Tunisian Woman Journalist The Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought is delighted to declare the journalist Sihem Bensedrine the winner of the 13th Ibn Rushd Award. Since 1998, the Ibn Rushd Fund has honored people or organizations that have rendered outstanding services to Freedom of Thought in the […]
Continue ReadingLaudatory for Sihem Bensedrine by Prof. Dr. Kai HafezThis Laudatory is available only in German (original language) or translated to Arabic. CV Prof. Dr. Kai Hafez Prof. Dr. Kai Hafez Vitae Born 1964 in Bielefeld/Germany since 2003 Full Professor (Chair) for International and Comparative Communication Studies at the Department of Media and Communication, University of […]
Continue ReadingMembers of the Jury 2011 Toujan al-Faisal Toujan al-Faisal is a human rights activist, born in Jordan in 1948. She was a TV journalist and Jordan’s first female Member of Parliament, serving from 1993 to 1997 in the first parliament after martial law was lifted. Al-Faisal has a Baccalaureate and MA in English Literature from […]
Continue ReadingSihem Bensedrine Personal Born on 28th October 1950 in La Marsa (Tunis), married to Omar Mestiri, three children Education MA of Philosophy from the University Toulouse Le Mirail Professional Life 1980-1992: reporter, editor and editor in chief of several journals1985-1986: One of the founders of the monthly feminist magazine Nissa1989-1995: Founder and director of the […]
Continue ReadingCall for Nomination The Ibn Rushd Fund is seeking nominationsfor the 2011 Ibn Rushd Award: A woman journalistwho actively and courageously fosters freedom of thought in the Arab world The Arab world has set out in search of freedom, and the Arab people are proving adamant in demanding autonomy and self-determination from those who have […]
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