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 First Place: X-Cultural Reporting Award
"Why We Can't Write This Story"

Jerusalem Post reporter Ruth Eglash and Jordan Times reporter Hani Hazaimeh at the conference in Alexandria, Egypt

Congratulations to Ruth and Hani!

Arab-Israeli reporting team takes top honors in UN competition

A Common Humanity

'Post' Journalist Given UN reporting Award

Ruth Eglash of The Jerusalem Post and Hani Hazaimeh of The Jordan Times won top honors in the first X-Cultural Reporting Competition organized by the United Nations’ Alliance of Civilizations and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). Their columns on the dismal state of relations between Israel and Jordan 16 years after normalization received a great deal of coverage and generated a lively debate.

The X-Cultural Reporting Awards will be presented at a ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 29.



Read Reporting Projects from Ruth Eglash and Hani Hazaimeh

 
Jerusalem Post reporter Ruth Eglash and Jordan Times reporter Hani Hazaimeh discuss their joint investigation into reports of "hate" being taught in Arab and Israeli schools.

 Eglash writes on a wide range of topics, including the social welfare struggles of Israel’s citizens and ethnic minorities, as well as the challenges of its weak and needy populations.

Hazaimeh provides comprehensive coverage and analysis of national, regional and world events on a daily basis and is considered one of the most important English language sources of cultural, economic, social and political information in the Arab world.

Broadcast on Radio Chicagoland’s “Mornings with Ray Hanania” on WJJG 1530 AM Radio.
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t has been more than 15 years since the peace treaty was signed between Israel and Jordan and yet the goal of living in harmony seems more elusive than ever.

While there are relations between the upper echelons, with political ties in some areas, on the ground – the place where it matters the most – there is still little recognition of the other side’s
legitimacy as a nation.
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Jerusalem/Amman - It was supposed to be an exercise in cross-cultural reporting: find a story that would highlight the common humanity shared by all nations and peoples.

As a Jordanian and an Israeli we were a logical pairing. Our countries are neighbours supposedly at peace, yet both are part of a regional conflict that has raged for so long. As such, we felt there would be many areas of potential cooperation we could highlight.
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Writing for an Israeli newspaper about the visit I took late last year to the Israel was perhaps one of the toughest decisions of my entire life, not to mention a move that could affect the future of my entire career.   Read More...

Against this backdrop, I suddenly found myself transported to a journalists' workshop in Madrid with 20 journalists from the Arab world, including two Palestinian writers. The night before I left to the European Union-sponsored event, I found myself with palpitations and I had a deep anxiety in my heart as to how the others would react towards me.   Read More...

It was supposed to have been an exercise in cross-cultural reporting; to find a story that would cut across borders and highlight the common humanity shared by all nations and peoples. As a Jordanian and an Israeli, we felt we were a logical pairing. There is no country geographically closer to Israel than Jordan and, of course, both have been part of a regional conflict that has raged for so long we felt there would be many areas of potential cooperation we could highlight.   Read More...



 


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