The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)Middle East announced the winners of its 14th Annual Awards. The conference was inaugurated this year by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture and Community Development of the UAE, where "Sayidaty" and its websites and platforms win the major 9 awards.
In recognition of the continued efforts by the regional team over the past few years to highlight these achievements, Editor-in-Chief of “Sayidaty” and “Al Rajol” magazines Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi said: “congratulation to the team and I would like to give those awards to the readers and visitors of "Sayidaty" and its websites and platforms who are the backbone of this success. The prizes were as follows:
These awards come as a result of the great efforts made by the editorial team in their respective positions, in implementation of the clear editorial policy that interacts with every development in the new media world.
WAN-IFRA's Media Awards are held throughout the year in every major region in the world. The winners of the Middle Eastern Awards competition are automatically eligible for WAN-IFRA’s World Media Awards, which recognize the very best initiatives globally. The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, which is the body behind the award ceremony, is the global organization of the world’s press. It derives its authority from its global network of 3,000 news-publishing companies and technology entrepreneurs, and its legitimacy from its 80-member publisher associations representing 18,000 publications in 120 countries.