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{{Short description|Egyptian journalist}}
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'''Sabah Hamamou''' (صباح حمامو) is an [[Egypt]]ian journalist, the acting head of business section at ''[[Al-Ahram]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nieman.harvard.edu/authors/sabah-hamamou/|title=Sabah Hamamou - Nieman - Harvard.edu|last=|first=|date=|website=nieman.harvard.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-28}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ahram.org.eg]</ref>
'''Sabah Hamamou''' (صباح حمامو) is an Egyptian journalist, the acting head of business section at ''[[Al-Ahram]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nieman.harvard.edu/authors/sabah-hamamou/|title=Sabah Hamamou - Nieman - Harvard.edu|last=|first=|date=|website=nieman.harvard.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ahram.org.eg/ |title=Home |website=ahram.org.eg}}</ref>


[[File:Sabah Hamamou.jpg|thumb| Lindau -Germany 2011
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==Professional==
==Professional==
Hamamou started her career in 1994 as a general assignment trainee reporter at one of Al-Ahram's publications, the monthly Al-Shabab magazine, while at the same time attending [[Cairo University]]. After she obtained a BA in Arabic and literature in 1997, she decided to dedicate her career to journalism. In addition to working for Al-Shabab, she began to write pieces for the Saudi [[Al-Jazeera]], a world-famous daily newspaper, [[Al-Maraa Al-Youm]], an independent Emirati weekly magazine, and [[Al Qahira (newspaper)|Al-Qahira]], an Egyptian government owned weekly newspaper, as well as other publications.
Hamamou started her career in 1994 as a general assignment trainee reporter at one of Al-Ahram's publications, the monthly Al-Shabab magazine, while at the same time attending [[Cairo University]]. After she obtained a BA in Arabic and literature in 1997, she decided to dedicate her career to journalism. In addition to working for Al-Shabab, she began to write pieces for the Saudi [[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al-Jazeera]], a world-famous daily newspaper, [[Al-Maraa Al-Youm]], an independent Emirati weekly magazine, and [[Al Qahira (newspaper)|Al-Qahira]], an Egyptian government owned weekly newspaper, as well as other publications.


In 2003, she was offered a permanent position at Al-Ahram's daily newspaper as a staff writer in the business section. Despite having no previous experience in business journalism, Although she began her career in print-media, she occasionally produces video reports and maintains a blog and professional profiles on various social media networks.
In 2003, she was offered a permanent position at Al-Ahram's daily newspaper as a staff writer in the business section. Despite having no previous experience in business journalism, Although she began her career in print-media, she occasionally produces video reports and maintains a blog and professional profiles on various social media networks.
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Hamamou covered the [[Egyptian Revolution of 2011]] for the Al-Ahram website and for her own online channel [https://www.youtube.com/masrawyya Masrawyya], Al-Ahram wrote a piece on [https://www.youtube.com/masrawyya Masrawyya] calling it [https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235907/http://digital.ahram.org.eg/Policy.aspx?Serial=428241 The Revolution Channel]<br />
Hamamou covered the [[Egyptian Revolution of 2011]] for the Al-Ahram website and for her own online channel [https://www.youtube.com/masrawyya Masrawyya], Al-Ahram wrote a piece on [https://www.youtube.com/masrawyya Masrawyya] calling it [https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235907/http://digital.ahram.org.eg/Policy.aspx?Serial=428241 The Revolution Channel]<br />
Sabah Hamamou became a frequent commentator on [[Egyptian Revolution of 2011]] and on Media in Egypt, she was Interviewed by [[BBC]] <ref>{{Citation|title=Turmoil at Egypt's Al-Ahram paper|date=2011-02-18|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-12502922/turmoil-at-egypt-s-al-ahram-newspaper|language=en-GB|accessdate=2018-05-25}}</ref> and Newsweek <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/|title=The Daily Beast|website=The Daily Beast|language=en|access-date=2018-05-25}}</ref> ''Time'',<ref>[http://world.time.com/2012/08/28/shades-of-mubarak-egyptian-journalists-chafe-under-media-controls/TheTime]{{dead link|date=April 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> the Wall Street Journal,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703300904576178431941090282|title=Egyptians Take On 'Mini-Mubaraks'|last=Bradley|first=Matt|date=2011-03-10|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-05-25|last2=Luhnow|first2=David|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> The World <ref>[http://www.theworld.org/2011/02/egypt-reform/ The World]</ref> and Associated Press.<ref>[http://bigstory.ap.org/article/egypts-media-embrace-military-after-morsi-ouster AP],</ref> She also wrote for [[Harvard]]'s [[Nieman Foundation for Journalism]] [http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/102682/Egyptian-Journalism-An-Oddly-Connected-Mix-of-Old-and-New-Media.aspx Egyptian Journalism: An Oddly Connected Mix of Old and New Media]
Sabah Hamamou became a frequent commentator on [[Egyptian Revolution of 2011]] and on Media in Egypt, she was Interviewed by [[BBC]]<ref>{{Citation|title=Turmoil at Egypt's Al-Ahram paper|work=BBC News|date=2011-02-18|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-12502922/turmoil-at-egypt-s-al-ahram-newspaper|language=en-GB|accessdate=2018-05-25}}</ref> and Newsweek <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/|title=The Daily Beast|website=The Daily Beast|language=en|access-date=2018-05-25}}</ref> ''Time'',<ref>http://world.time.com/2012/08/28/shades-of-mubarak-egyptian-journalists-chafe-under-media-controls/TheTime {{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> the Wall Street Journal,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703300904576178431941090282|title=Egyptians Take On 'Mini-Mubaraks'|last1=Bradley|first1=Matt|date=2011-03-10|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-05-25|last2=Luhnow|first2=David|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> The World <ref>[http://www.theworld.org/2011/02/egypt-reform/ The World]</ref> and Associated Press.<ref>[http://bigstory.ap.org/article/egypts-media-embrace-military-after-morsi-ouster AP],</ref> She also wrote for [[Harvard]]'s [[Nieman Foundation for Journalism]] [http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/102682/Egyptian-Journalism-An-Oddly-Connected-Mix-of-Old-and-New-Media.aspx Egyptian Journalism: An Oddly Connected Mix of Old and New Media]


==Book Author and a Publisher==
==Book Author and a Publisher==


Hamamou wrote the book ''Memoirs of a journalist at Al-Ahram'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/18/62/51476/Books/Review/Book-Review-An-insiders-view-of-AlAhram.aspxa|title=Book Review: An insider's view of Al-Ahram - Review - Books - Ahram Online|website=english.ahram.org.eg|language=en|access-date=2018-05-25}}</ref> in June 2012, to speak up about how Al-Ahram was managed under [[Mubarak]] regime, the first such account <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.4m.cfi.fr/4mleblog/egyptian-journalist-sabah-hamamo-i-wrote-a-tell-all-book-about-al-ahram-because-i-care-about-this-institution |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-08-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614041312/http://www.4m.cfi.fr/4mleblog/egyptian-journalist-sabah-hamamo-i-wrote-a-tell-all-book-about-al-ahram-because-i-care-about-this-institution/ |archivedate=2013-06-14 |df= }}</ref> by a journalist at [[Al-Ahram]] since it was founded in 1876.
Hamamou wrote the book ''Memoirs of a journalist at Al-Ahram'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/18/62/51476/Books/Review/Book-Review-An-insiders-view-of-AlAhram.aspxa|title=Book Review: An insider's view of Al-Ahram - Review - Books - Ahram Online|website=english.ahram.org.eg|language=en|access-date=2018-05-25}}</ref> in June 2012, to speak up about how Al-Ahram was managed under [[Mubarak]] regime, the first such account <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.4m.cfi.fr/4mleblog/egyptian-journalist-sabah-hamamo-i-wrote-a-tell-all-book-about-al-ahram-because-i-care-about-this-institution |title=Egyptian journalist Sabah Hamamou : I wrote a " Tell-All " book about al Ahram because I care about this institution &#124; 4M le Blog &#124; par CFI |accessdate=2013-08-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614041312/http://www.4m.cfi.fr/4mleblog/egyptian-journalist-sabah-hamamo-i-wrote-a-tell-all-book-about-al-ahram-because-i-care-about-this-institution/ |archivedate=2013-06-14 }}</ref> by a journalist at [[Al-Ahram]] since it was founded in 1876.
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In May 2013 she founded '''Ha'aa''' (حاء), a publishing house to support the values of The Egyptian Revolution, 'Right', ' Right of life', ' Freedom', all the words would start in Arabic with the very same letter ( ح ) which happen to be the first letter of '''Sabah Hamamou''' Family name ( حمامو)
In May 2013 she founded '''Ha'aa''' (حاء), a publishing house to support the values of The Egyptian Revolution, 'Right', ' Right of life', ' Freedom', all the words would start in Arabic with the very same letter ( ح ) which happen to be the first letter of '''Sabah Hamamou''' Family name ( حمامو)
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She has received several awards and fellowships for her work in journalism, including:
She has received several awards and fellowships for her work in journalism, including:


Best Journalist Certificate od Merit from Al- Ahram Regional Institute For Journalism, 2003.
Best Journalist Certificate of Merit from Al- Ahram Regional Institute For Journalism, 2003.


Middle East and North Africa Media Fellowship from Northwestern University, 2006.
Middle East and North Africa Media Fellowship from Northwestern University, 2006.

Latest revision as of 21:12, 4 March 2024

Sabah Hamamou (صباح حمامو) is an Egyptian journalist, the acting head of business section at Al-Ahram[1][2]

Lindau -Germany 2011 By: Darko Tomas

Professional

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Hamamou started her career in 1994 as a general assignment trainee reporter at one of Al-Ahram's publications, the monthly Al-Shabab magazine, while at the same time attending Cairo University. After she obtained a BA in Arabic and literature in 1997, she decided to dedicate her career to journalism. In addition to working for Al-Shabab, she began to write pieces for the Saudi Al-Jazeera, a world-famous daily newspaper, Al-Maraa Al-Youm, an independent Emirati weekly magazine, and Al-Qahira, an Egyptian government owned weekly newspaper, as well as other publications.

In 2003, she was offered a permanent position at Al-Ahram's daily newspaper as a staff writer in the business section. Despite having no previous experience in business journalism, Although she began her career in print-media, she occasionally produces video reports and maintains a blog and professional profiles on various social media networks.

Egyptian Revolution

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Hamamou covered the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 for the Al-Ahram website and for her own online channel Masrawyya, Al-Ahram wrote a piece on Masrawyya calling it The Revolution Channel
Sabah Hamamou became a frequent commentator on Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and on Media in Egypt, she was Interviewed by BBC[3] and Newsweek [4] Time,[5] the Wall Street Journal,[6] The World [7] and Associated Press.[8] She also wrote for Harvard's Nieman Foundation for Journalism Egyptian Journalism: An Oddly Connected Mix of Old and New Media

Book Author and a Publisher

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Hamamou wrote the book Memoirs of a journalist at Al-Ahram,[9] in June 2012, to speak up about how Al-Ahram was managed under Mubarak regime, the first such account [10] by a journalist at Al-Ahram since it was founded in 1876.
In May 2013 she founded Ha'aa (حاء), a publishing house to support the values of The Egyptian Revolution, 'Right', ' Right of life', ' Freedom', all the words would start in Arabic with the very same letter ( ح ) which happen to be the first letter of Sabah Hamamou Family name ( حمامو)

Honors

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She has received several awards and fellowships for her work in journalism, including:

Best Journalist Certificate of Merit from Al- Ahram Regional Institute For Journalism, 2003.

Middle East and North Africa Media Fellowship from Northwestern University, 2006.

Knight Wallace Fellowship, University of Michigan: In 2010, Hamamou was the first Egyptian journalist to be awarded this prestigious Fellowship.

References

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  1. ^ "Sabah Hamamou - Nieman - Harvard.edu". nieman.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  2. ^ "Home". ahram.org.eg.
  3. ^ "Turmoil at Egypt's Al-Ahram paper", BBC News, 2011-02-18, retrieved 2018-05-25
  4. ^ "The Daily Beast". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  5. ^ http://world.time.com/2012/08/28/shades-of-mubarak-egyptian-journalists-chafe-under-media-controls/TheTime [dead link‍]
  6. ^ Bradley, Matt; Luhnow, David (2011-03-10). "Egyptians Take On 'Mini-Mubaraks'". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  7. ^ The World
  8. ^ AP,
  9. ^ "Book Review: An insider's view of Al-Ahram - Review - Books - Ahram Online". english.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  10. ^ "Egyptian journalist Sabah Hamamou : I wrote a " Tell-All " book about al Ahram because I care about this institution | 4M le Blog | par CFI". Archived from the original on 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
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