Name: Hossam Abd elkader Morsy Mokbel
Date of Birth: 23/6/1970
Education:
• 1992: Bachelor of Arts, Media department, Alexandria University, with a general grade of Good.
Professional Experience:
Current Work:
• Deputy editor-in-chief of "October" magazine http://octobermageg.com/
• Journalist and a member of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate
• Editor-in-Chief of "Amwag Sakandariya" newspaper www.amwague.com
• Trains the students of Media department at Alexandria University within the courses of "Journalistic Training" and "Public Relations"
• General Secretary of the Arab Internet Writers Union www.arabewriters.com
In Media:
• From 2009 to 2019: Media Counselor at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
• 2018: Prepared ten episodes of "Hewar Fekry" program, broadcast by al-Bawadi channel, affiliated to Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation in Kuwait. The episodes included ten thinkers and intellectuals in various cultural fields including poetry, literature, criticism, cinema, language, civilization and heritage. The episodes were broadcast from January to May 2019.
• April 2017: Founded the Arab site for "Sawt Al Arab" radio from America www.arabradio.us , and became its chief editor from May 2017 to March 2018. (This site is launched in the United States and directed to the Arabs of the Diaspora in particular and the Arabs in general. It is owned and managed by the media director Laila Husseini)
• November 2015: Visited the United States at the invitation of US Arab Radio Foundation, where he had a live interview via "Sawt Al Arab" radio from America and met a number of Arab Community figures in Michigan, Washington and Boston.
• October 2015: Visited the Sultanate of Oman at the invitation of the House of Al-Ghasham for Culture and Arts to learn about the experience of the Omani Narrative Review, visit the Shura Council elections there, visit some media institutions and learn about the status of the Omani press.
• From 2013 to 2014: Wrote a weekly article for the UAE's Arab News Network, "Iram News" http://eremnews.com/2
• From 2012 to 2014: Held the position of Executive Director of Alex Media for Training and Media Consultancy.
• From 2009 to 2010: Trained the students of the American Flagship program at the Center of Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language, at the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, to develop their abilities in the field of media in Arabic.
• From 2007 till now: An expert and consultant in the publication and management of newspapers.
• From 2007 to 2009: Taught a course in Electronic Journalism for two years during the "Future Journalists" training course organized by the Alexandria Association ,"Today and Tomorrow", in cooperation with USAID in Egypt.
• From 2006 till now: An expert in electronic journalism he teaches it at the university and in the training courses held for Media students and graduates of Media departments.
• January-September 2005: Editor-in-chief of the Egyptian newspaper "The Republic and the World".
• From 2004 till now: Lecturer at the information centers of the General Authority for Information affiliated to the Presidency of the Republic, during which he raises awareness in media topics such as: mechanism of facing rumors, electronic media, crisis management from media perspective, intelligent media, media and community service, media management within institutions , media and public opinion and other topics.
• From November 2003 to February 2005: Wrote numerous reports and news in the London-based Arabic electronic newspaper, "Elaph", www.elaph.com
• From 2002 till now: Freelance writer in a number of Egyptian and Arab newspapers and electronic websites such as : Al-Ahram Gate, E3lam.org, Middle East Online, "Loghat El-Asr" Magazine, Torath Magazine, Cairo Newspaper.
• From 1999 to 2010: Wrote many articles and news reports on Islam Online website www.islam-online.net
• 1999: He established the first Egyptian online newspaper, "Amwag Sakandariya ", and he has been chief editor since 1999 and until now. This is in collaboration with the writer Mounir Otaiba www.amwague.cam
• From 1995 to 2000: Participated in the editing of several regional newspapers such as: Alexandria News newspaper, which was issued by the Syndicate of Journalists in Alexandria, Al-Fanar newspaper, Maritime Transport Magazine, and Al-Dawama newspaper.
• In 1991: Began working in journalism in "Al-Ayyam" Alexandria newspaper, "Al-Masala" magazine and "Voice of Alexandria" newspaper.
In Culture:
• From 2010 to 2019: Supervisor of the cultural activity of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Book Fair.
• From 2014 till now: Presents many lectures on the mechanism of confronting harassment and the phenomenon of electronic harassment and its confrontation in a number of cultural centers and cultural palaces.
• From 2012 till now: Presents a series of lectures on awareness of the importance, role and pros and cons of social media in different and cultural palaces and centers.
• From 2010 till now: supervises the cultural activity of the Alexandria International Book Fair at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, which is held annually and offers at least 150 activities within two weeks (the duration of the exhibition). It hosts at least 650 guests and is attended by at least 15,000 people from Alexandria audience. At the Alexandria International Book Fair, he supervises a large number of young volunteers (at least 150 young men and women) whom he trains on organization, receiving the guests, arranging the meetings and gives them the opportunities to conduct some meetings during the exhibition.
• 2009: He founded the Narrative Review at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Library, which is held every Tuesday from December 2009 until now. It is supervised by the writer Mounir Otaiba, and it is a weekly forum that discusses, criticizes and analyzes all the forms of narrative including stories and novels.
• 2009 and 2011: Participated in the founding of the Alexandria Conference on Digital Culture, which was held twice.
• From 2006 to 2009: He founded and supervised the "Digital Culture Forum" at El Tazawok Art Center, affiliated to the Ministry of Culture, during which he discussed many topics of digital culture.
• From 2004 to 2006: Founded and supervised the "Internet Salon" at Al-Horeyya Center of Arts in Alexandria, affiliated to the Cultural Development Fund at the Ministry of Culture, during which he discussed many issues of digital culture.
• 2003: Founded the Arab Internet Writers Union www.arab-ewriters.com with the participation of a group of writers and authors in the Arab world.
• From 2002 till now: Expert in the organization and management of cultural seminars and conferences, and he participated in organizing several of them through the Ministry of Culture and civil society organizations.
In Civil and Volunteer Work:
• He has a prominent community activity in the field of development and awareness raising in the fields of: health, culture, media, environment and cinema.
• He participated in the establishment of a community initiative to support the patients with thalassemia and provide care for them.
Training Courses and Workshops:
• 17-19 December 2013: Attended a training course entitled "Towards the Advancement of Media Profession" organized by the Faculty of Media in cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
• 15-17 November 2012: Attended a training workshop entitled "Advocating the Implementation of States Commitments for International Conferences" in Beirut, Lebanon, organized by the Center for Arab Women for Training (CAWTAR).
• 2009: Obtained the International Computer Driving License (ICDL)
• 3-6 August 2009: Attended a training course entitled "Journalistic Writing of Scientific and Cultural News" in Cairo, organized by the British Council.
• 5-7 May 2009: Attended a training course entitled "Raising Media Awareness of Violence against Women Issues" in Alexandria Governorate, organized by the Center for Research and Studies of Women and Media at the Faculty of Media, Cairo University in cooperation with the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
• 24-25 February 2009: Attended a training course entitled "Communication and Negotiation Skills" in Alexandria, organized by Friends of the Environment in cooperation with the American Development Foundation (ADF).
• 23-27 November 2008: Attended a training course on "Video Journalism" organized by the USAID Media Development Program.
• August 2008: Attended a training course on "Investigative Journalism" from the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). The course was conducted through distance education.
• 25 May – 5 July 2008: Attended a training course on "Creating News Websites" from the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). The course was conducted through distance education.
• 31 March – 2 April 2008: Attended a training course on "The Art of Media Coverage for Local Council Elections" organized by the USAID Media Development Program
• 29 - 31 January 2008: Attended a training course on "Media and Human Rights" organized by the Center for Research and Women Studies at the Faculty of Media in cooperation with the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
• 29 November 2007: Attended a training course for "ICT and Regional Media Development" organized by Al Ahram Center for Organization and Information Technology.
• 11 - 15 November 2007: Attended a training course on "Political Training for Media Professionals" organized by the Center for Political Research and Studies at Cairo University in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Cairo.
• 21 - 24 May 2007: Attended a training course on "Women's Issues in the Local Media" organized by the Center for Women's Research and Studies at the Faculty of Media in cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
• 25 - 26 December 2006: Attended a training course on "Electronic Journalism: Importance, Issues and Tools" organized by the Knowledge Society Center in Cairo in December 2006.
• November 2005: Attended a training course at the International Center for Journalists in Cairo (ICFJ) on "Electronic Journalism".
• From July to September 2005: Attended three training courses from the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in Cairo on the media coverage of the elections. He also supervised the editing of "Sawtona" newspaper issued by the International Center for Journalists, and it was issued once only on the occasion of the Egyptian presidential elections in September 2005.
• From April to July 2005: Attended a training course on "Development and Press Issues" from the German Friedrich Naumann Foundation in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program, the Canadian Aid and the Faculty of Media, Cairo University.
• 1998: Obtained the certificate of completion of the training program for the use of computers from the Journalists Syndicate. It is a training program on the use of computers in the arts of journalism, organized by the Supreme Council of Journalism in cooperation with the Journalists Syndicate and the Information and Decision-Making Support Center of the Council of Ministers.
Conferences and Lectures:
• April 2019: Gave a lecture entitled "Social Media and our Children: Rights and Obligations" at Al-Horeyya Center of Arts.
• April 2019: Participated in a seminar on "The Positive Role of Egyptians Abroad" in Alexandria Atelier for Artists and Writers.
• January 2019: Gave a lecture entitled "The Effect of Social Media on Society" at Mahmoud Saeed Center of Museums.
• October 2018: Delivered a lecture entitled "The Role of Social Media in Combating Sexual Harassment" at the National Council for Women in Alexandria.
• January 2018: Participated in a seminar entitled "Problems of the Contemporary Arabic Journalism Language" at the Cairo International Book Fair with: the journalist Hussein Da'sa (Jordan), Dr. Jawad Ali Jassem (Iraq), Dr. Majid Khairallah Al-Zamili (Iraq) and Dr. Raja Al-Ghamrawi (Egypt).
• October 2017: Participated in the program of geopolitical and economic outlook for Arab media organized by the Arab Strategic Forum in Dubai.
• May 2017: Participated in a seminar entitled "Protection of Cultural Property during Armed Conflict" organized by the Academy of International Law Studies at Al-Horeyya Center of Arts.
• January 2017: Gave a series of training lectures on electronic journalism, press releases and social media for media and public relations personnel in the West and Central Delta Cultural Region, Ministry of Culture.
• January 2017: Presented a lecture entitled "Our Lives and Social Media" at Nile Media Center affiliated to the State Information Service
• May 2016: Presented a lecture entitled "Media without Identity: A Look at the Challenges Facing Diaspora Media" at the Jordan Media Institute in Amman, Jordan.
• May 2016: Participated in a seminar on "The Relationship between Technology and Media and the End of Paper Media" at the Alexandria Media Forum in its fourth session, at the Swedish Institute in Alexandria.
• 5-8 August 2015: Gave a lecture on "The Importance of Local Journalism and its Role" during the "More Voices of Women" workshop and "Media Leaders Meetings" workshop organized by the Deutsche Welle Akademie on local press in Alexandria.
• 1 - 3 November 2014: Participated in organizing the conference of "The Future of Media under the Current Social Transformations", held by the University of Pharos in Alexandria, and headed the media committee in it.
• May 2013: Participated in a seminar on "Local Media and Development" at the opening of Alexandria Media Forum in its first session at the University of Pharos, Alexandria, where he talked about the experience of "Amwag Sakandariya" newspaper.
• December 2012: Gave a lecture on "Local Journalism in Alexandria" under the program "Local Affairs: How to Support the Local Press in Egypt and Tunisia" organized by the German GIZ Foundation in Luxor.
• 4 - 5 December 2011: The Secretary General of Alexandria Second Conference on Digital Culture held and organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture at El Tazawok Art Center in Alexandria.
• 27 - 29 October 2009: Head of the Media Committee at the First Alexandria Conference on Digital Culture, which was organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and attended by a large number of Egyptian and Arab researchers.
• 22 - 28 September 2009: Visited India with the Intercultural Dialogue Forum of the Coptic Evangelical Organization, during which he conducted a dialogue on religions through models of Hindu, Buddhist, Christian and Islamic religions.
• 14 - 21 June 2009: Visit Boston, USA to learn about the experiences of the US local media, in cooperation with "Al-E3lamy" program that develops media and affiliated to USAID.
• 2008: Presented a working paper entitled "Digital Reading in the Evolution of Communication Technology" during the "Orientations and Attitudes of Readers in Egypt" conference organized by the Supreme Council of Culture in Egypt.
• March 2007: Participated in the first Arab Conference on Digital Culture held in Tripoli, Libya, representing the Arab Internet Writers Union. He presented a research paper entitled "The Role of Civil Society in the Preservation of Intellectual Property Rights on the Internet"
• 2007: He presented a working paper entitled "Intellectual Property Protection on the Internet: The Union of Arab Internet Authors as a Model" during the "Electronic Publishing" conference organized by the Supreme Council of Culture in Egypt.
• 18-19 December 2004: Represented Egypt in the conference of "Modern Media and Youth Issues" organized by the Jordanian Center for Social Research in Amman, Jordan in collaboration with the German Heinrich Böll Foundation, and he presented a paper on his "Experience in Electronic Journalism"
• 18 October- 4 November 2004: Participated in an online workshop entitled "The Use of Internet in Development and Human Rights" organized by the Center for Knowledge Society in Cairo and attended by 25 members of the media and Internet professionals in the Arab world. This is the first workshop of its kind using the idea of distance training as the workshop was conducted online as a whole.
• 25-27 May 2004: Represented Egypt in the conference of "Media and Youth" organized by the Swedish Institute in Alexandria affiliated to the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and participated among researchers from 10 foreign and Arab countries with a research paper entitled "Arbitrary of Children-Targeted Media"
• June 1996: Participated in the Second International Conference of the Tibet Advocacy in Bonn, Germany, at the invitation of the Tibetan government in exile, with the support of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. This conference was attended by the Dalai Lama and received wide international reactions and led to the closing of the office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in China.
Honors and Tributes:
• April 2019: Honored by the Sultan bin Ziyad Center for Culture and Information, UAE, for his pioneering cultural role.
• April 2019: Honored by the 4th Alexandria International Arabic Poetry Festival, held in several governorates in Egypt.
• March 2019: Honored by the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University for his constructive and effective participation in the events of the Cultural Salon of the Faculty of Arts.
• 2018: Honored by the Institute of Drama Without Borders in Germany for his efforts in supporting the Institute in Media.
• March 2016: Honored by the International Higher Institute of Information at Al-Shorouk Academy for participating in the first scientific conference "Arab Media in the Face of Terrorism: Professional Controls and Ethics of Practice".
• March 2016: Honored by the "Huwwa wa Heyya" Development Team in recognition of his outstanding media career and his efforts to enrich the cultural life.
• March 2016: Honored by "Saqiat Alexandria" Foundation for his efforts in the service of Alexandria culture.
• October 2015: Honored by the Press Syndicate for his role in the press service.
• October 2015: Honored by the Omani Society for Writers and Authors in Muscat for his role in the service of Arab culture.
• March 2015: Honored by the National Postal Authority.
• January 2015: Honored by the Writers Union in Egypt, the Internet Committee for his efforts in the dissemination of digital culture.
• 2014: Honored by the Alexandria International Film Festival for his role in the success of the festival and the service of culture in general.
• November 2014: Honored by the University of Pharos, Alexandria, during the "Future of Media in the Current Community Transformations" conference for his outstanding media role.
• October 2014: Honored by Arakn Culture Center for the training course he conducted entitled "How to be a Successful Media Person".
• December 2013: Honored by the "Alexandria First Conference of Narratives ..The First Session: the Very Short Story" which was held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. This is in recognition of his role in the service of writers and intellectuals.
• 2010: Honored by the "Future Hands" Center of free oncology for persons without means.
• May 2010: Honored at the Sharjah Young Poets Forum for his role in the success of the first session of the Forum.
• 2010: Honored by the Flagship Program at the Center of Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language at the University of Alexandria, for his efforts in developing the abilities of students professionally.
• 2009: Honored by the Arab Internet Writers Union for his role in spreading digital culture.
• January 2009: Honored by the International Association of Arab Translators and Linguists (WATA) for his efforts in the fields of research, literature and culture.
• From 2006 to 2008: Honored by the General Authority for Culture Palaces for his contribution to the events of the "Reading for All" festival.
• 2008: Honored by ArabWorldBooks.com for his efforts in supporting the website.
• December 2005: Honored by the High Committee of the 23rd Alexandria Biennale on the occasion of the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the Biennale, for his contribution to the success of the activities associated with the Biennale.
• 2004: Received a certificate of appreciation from the Egyptian Society for the Fight against AIDS in recognition of his participation in the workshop on the role of the press in spreading awareness about AIDS.
Publications:
• 2015: Published a study at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina entitled "Monitoring Cultural Life in Alexandria". It was published in a book during the "Cultural Diversity" conference organized by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in cooperation with the European Union. The study included an inventory of cultural centers in Alexandria whether governmental, private or other. It showed the impact of these centers on the cultural movement of the city of Alexandria in numbers and percentages.
• 1995: Participated in the publication of the book "Alexandria the Cradle of Egyptian Cinema", which was issued by the Ministry of Culture, as part of a celebration of cinema held at El-Anfoshy Palace of Culture in Alexandria.
In print:
• The book "Travel Amateur.. Travels of a Journalist Seeing the World", which contains articles on his trips.
• The book "Migratory Birds .. Dialogues about Alienation" which contains the stories of Egyptians and Arabs who migrated to Europe and America, their success stories, the cultural differences they faced in the Diaspora, and their association with their home countries.
• The book "Digital Thoughts" which deals with various articles in digital culture.
