Berlin 18 October 2012
COPEAM, as media partner of the Mediterranean Journalist Award and member of the international Jury, took part in the selection of the winning works of the 2012 edition.
The winners, announced by the Jury chaired by Edgar Morin, on 18th October in Berlin, are:
• Press Category
– Mona Abouissa from Egypt for ''Les Choristes d'Allah'' in Le Monde Diplomatique.
A Special Mention was attributed for Witold Szablowski from Poland for ''Let Us In, You Bastards!'' in Gazeta Wyborcza.
• New Media
– Haggai Matar from Israel for ''The Wall: 10 Years On'' in 972mag.com
– Sophie Chamas from Lebanon for ''…Ani Mi Levanon: Smiling Through Hebrew Class" in Mashallahnews.com
• Radio Category
– Sakr Al Makhadhi from UK for ''Understanding Syria" in BBC Radio 2
• TV Category
– Jaume Bartroli, Ramon Valles, and Silvia Paoro from Spain for ''Where Are You From?'' in Televisio De Catalunya 3.
– A Special Mention was attributed for Karim El Shenaoui from Egypt for ‘’Salafi’’ on BBC Arabic.
• Special Category ‘’The Role of Citizens and Civil Society in Building Democracies and Pluralistic Societies’’:
– Francesca Caferri from Italy for ''The Paradise at Women's Feet'' in La Repubblica and Mondadori.