Friday 15 / November / 2024
Amman: “Sultanate’s media is responsible and stays focused. It is also reliable, objective, neutral and keeps pace with modern developments,” said Dr. Abdul Mon’em bin Mansour Al Hassani, Minister of Information.
Omani Night was organised at the third edition of Jordan Festival for Arab Media in the presence of Dr. Abdul Mon’em bin Mansour Al Hassani, who is leading the Sultanate’s delegation at the festival.
He hailed the Omani-Jordanian deep-rooted relations, which are based on respect and common understanding.
He then honoured several prominent Jordanian media personalities namely Dr. Amjad Al Qadi, Director General of Audiovisual Media Commission, Mohammed Al Tarawneh, Director General of Radio and Television Corporation, Faisal Al Shboul, Director General of Jordan News Agency (Petra), Saleh Artima, Eng. Mohammed Al Ajloni, Tareq Al Momani, President of the Jordan Press Association, Mohammed Al Adhailah and Sultan Al Hattab. At the conclusion of the festival on Thursday, winners of Al Quds Al Sharif, Radio and TV competitions will be unveiled.
Dr. Abdul Aziz bin Hilal Al Kharousi, Director of Research and Studies at the National Records & Archives Authority (NRAA) gave a lecture on the efforts made by NRAA to archive and preserve documents.
At his working paper titled “Oman at the Arab and World Journalism,” he said that the real presence of the Omani Media was in 1911 when issue No. 1 of “Al Najah” newspaper was published. The newspaper continued up to 1914. He added that distribution of “Al Falaq” newspaper, which was published in 1920 reached Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, India and Europe.
Inaugurated
Omani pavilion was inaugurated by Dr. Abdul Mon’em bin Mansour Al Hassani, Minister of Information at the third Jordan Festival for Arab Media.
The minister of information was accompanied by Dr. Jawad Al Anani, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply in Jordan.
History and culture
The pavilion depicts a comprehensive picture of the Sultanate’s history and culture through ages.
The pavilion includes exhibitions for photography, national documents, silver works, traditional costumes, books published by the Ministry of Information and products made from date palm fronds.
The pavilion was launched on the occasion of selecting the Sultanate as a Guest of Honour of the festival.
The book exhibition includes a collection of publications by the Ministry of Information and other organisations on the Sultanate’s history, culture and the Renaissance, as well as development of media.
Visitors to the pavilion expressed their admiration of the photos taken by Omani photographers who have captured some Arab and international photography awards.
