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Presentation of the experience of the Falso site at Al-Nahda University in a symposium of the Association of Arab Media Facultys

21 February 2021February 21, 2021 by NUB

With the participation of a number of deans of mass communication faculties, members of the Association of Arab Media Facultys and some experts in the media, the Association of Arab Media Faculties of the Association of Arab Universities at Cairo University organized on Thursday October 31, 2019 a symposium entitled “Fabricating News and Community Security in the Arab World.”

The symposium included discussions about fabricating and falsifying news and the extent of its impact on societal security, whether politically, socially or security-wise at the level of the Arab world, stressing that social media platforms play a major role in this because they have a great ability to spread, and the symposium touched on the mechanisms of falsifying and fabricating news and positive employment For social media.

Dr. Adel Abdel Ghaffar – Dean of the Faculty of Mass communication and Public Relations at Al-Nahda University spoke about the danger of social media in spreading rumors and false news, and on the other hand, he presented the positive role of social media, and the experiences of some countries and institutions in promoting the use of the positive effects of social media in the service of the state and society through five basic tracks:

First: Activating the mechanisms of digital media education as the most appropriate option to enhance the benefit from these sites.
Second: making use of social media for self-learning.
Third: Enhancing the use of artificial intelligence technologies and linking them to social media data.
Fourth: Making use of social media to support innovation and entrepreneurship.
Fifth: Making use of social media to combat corruption.

During the symposium, Prof. Dr. Adel Abdel Ghaffar presented the Nahda University initiative on the Falso website as the largest media platform to combat false rumors and news, which aims to support the state in facing the war of rumors aimed at destabilizing the security and stability of the country.

In addition, a video was shown explaining the mechanisms of the website’s work on the ground, and how the process of monitoring rumors and verifying news is carried out to ensure that they are true or false and present the facts to citizens with complete objectivity.

In conclusion, Dr. Howaida Mustafa – Dean of the Faculty of Mass communication and Public Relations, Cairo University and Secretary General of the Association of Arab Media Faculties, honored Dr. Adel Abdel Ghaffar for his participation in enriching the symposium.

It is worth noting that the symposium was held under the patronage of Professor Muhammad Othman Al-Khosht – President of Cairo University, and Dr. Amr Ezzat Salama – Secretary General of the Association of Arab Universities.

Prof. Dr. Adel Abdel Ghaffar – Dean of the Faculty of Mass communication and Public Relations while talking about the danger of social media in spreading rumors and the experiences of some countries and institutions in promoting the use of the positive effects of social media in the service of the state and society

Discussions about the fabrication and falsification of news and the extent of its impact on societal security, whether politically, socially or security-wise at the level of the Arab world

Honoring Dr. Adel Abdel Ghaffar by Dr. Howaida Mostafa – Dean of the Faculty of Mass communication and Public Relations at Cairo University and Secretary General of the Association of Arab Media Faculties for his participation in enriching the symposium

The Faculty of Mass Communication at Al-Nahda University wins first place in the Short Film Competition “in Ibdaa Festival”

21 February 2021February 21, 2021 by NUB

The jury at the eighth edition of the Ibdaa Festival announced that “Film Key 10” for students of the Faculty of Media and Public Relations at Nahda University won first place in the Short Film Competition.

Dr. Hossam Al-Mallahi, President of Al-Nahda University, congratulated the students of the Faculty of Mass communications who won first place in the second annual Sharjah International University Festival for Short Films, and decided to hold a special ceremony to honor the winning students and their supervisors from the staff and assisting staff, as an encouragement to the students, and an appreciation for their professors as a custom followed by the university to encourage outstanding students in all scientific disciplines that the university includes in the Faculties of Human Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Computers, Engineering, Business Administration and Mass communication.

Eng. Mohammad Al-Rashidi, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Al-Nahda University, congratulated the students and their faculty supervisors on this remarkable success, which is a new addition to the continuing successes of the university’s faculties, and stressed the university’s constant interest in providing all the support required for faculties and students to reach them to the best levels in a way that makes them always Honorable ambassadors for Egypt.

Dr. Adel Abdel Ghaffar, Dean of the Faculty of Mass Communication stated that the film “Key 10”, the winner of the first place in Ibdaa competition for the year 2020, discusses the issue of child labor from a new perspective, as it addresses the suffering of children, their dreams and their wishes in a manner that attracts attention. The film shows the suffering of a child while working in a car workshop, to a surprise that makes the child see life differently, as the students relied on the fantasy method of presenting and addressing the issue.

The film was implemented under the supervision of Dr. Maha Mohamed Fathy, Head of the Radio and Television Department, Heba Magdi Al-Mitwali, Assistant Lecturer in the Department, and Demonstrator Ahmed Sayed Abdel Hadi, and the implementation of students Abdullah Khaled Muhammad, Basma Issa Abdullah, Ahmed Ahmed Shaaban Al-Safti, Mayar Ahmed Mustafa, Hadeer Ihab Ahmed, Mirna Abdel Nasser, Mohamed Zuhair.

It is worth noting that the short film “Key 10” also won the first place in the annual festival of graduation projects organized by the Faculty of Mass communication at Al-Nahda University on March 3, in the presence of a group of experts and specialists in the field of art and media.

It is noteworthy that the Faculty of Mass communication and Public Relations at Al-Nahda University won second place in the field of short films in Ibdaa competition in the fifth season for the film “Samaha”.

The faculty also won three prizes this year from Al Shorouk Festival for graduation projects. The students of the Faculty of Mass communications won first place at the level of universities and institutes in the television program competition for the “Tunis Village” program, and the faculty’s students won first place in the radio advertisements for the advertisement “Enter it safe “. The faculty’s students also won third place in the documentary films competition for the movie “The Great Certificate”.

The faculty of Mass communication, Al-Nahda University, wins first place for cartoon films at the Sharjah International University Short Film Festival

21 February 2021February 21, 2021 by NUB

The faculty of Mass communication and Public Relations at Al-Nahda University in Beni Suef won the first place in the field of cartoon films at the Sharjah International Short Film Festival. This came during the ceremony organized by the University of Sharjah today, Thursday, November 12, in the United Arab Emirates, with the participation of more than 50 Arab and foreign universities with the online system to distribute Prizes for winning works, Where students of the Faculty of mass communication at Nahda University won the first place in the field of cartoon films for the film “Case S” and, the prize value was 40 thousand pounds and a certificate of appreciation from the festival. In mid-September, the University of Sharjah announced the organization of the second annual International University Festival for Short Films in four fields, including (cartoon films, documentaries, short dramas, and mobile films), with specific in-kind and material awards for the first and second centers in each of the four fields. With the invitation of Arab and foreign universities to participate in the festival’s activities, more than 55 Arab and foreign universities applied to participate, according to the report issued by the festival administration.

Thursday witnessed the ceremony announcing the results of the festival and announcing the prizes presented to the winning works under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Sultan Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Sharjah, and the opening speeches of each of Dr. Hamad Majoul Al-Nuaimi, President of the University, and Dr. Khalid Al Midfa, President of Sharjah Media City, Mr. Muhammad Khalaf, General Manager of the Sharjah Radio and Television Authority, and Dr. Habib Ghalyum, head of the arbitration committees, and Dr. Essam Nasr, Dean of the Faculty of Communication at the University of Sharjah, and Dr. Alaa Makki, Head of Communication Department at the Faculty of Communication, University of Sharjah. The ceremony also witnessed a presentation of all the winning works and honoring the jury.

Dr. Adel Abdul Ghafar, Dean of the Faculty of Mass communication and Public Relations at Al-Nahda University, stated that the faculty won first place in the field of cartoon films at the Sharjah International University Festival for Short Films for the cartoon film “Case S”, which is a two-minute cartoon film that aims to spread awareness of the dangers of obesity as one of the diseases of our times. It is widely spread, and the cartoon movie is based on the light and cheerful song that attracts the public’s interest, develops awareness and motivates them to adopt a positive behavior to preserve their health, and this film is one of the graduation projects for students of the Public Relations Department of the Faculty for the year 2020, prepared by the two students, Dina Ashraf Adly Aziz, and Alaa Saad Muhammad Mustafa, and the supervision of Dr. Hanadi Gharib, a Lecturer in the Public Relations Department, and Demonstrator Ms. Iman Abdel Qader.

The Dean of the Faculty of Mass Communication added that the faculty’s students have achieved advanced positions in many competitions and festivals in which the faculty has participated, as the Faculty of Mass Communication at NUB has won ten prizes in national, academic and international competitions and festivals during the past three years, where it won four prizes during the academic year 2019-2020 in national and academic competitions. Among them is the first place in Ibdaa National Competition for the best documentary film for the film “Key 10”, the first place for the best radio advertisement “Get it Safe Campaign”, the third place for documentary films “The Great Certificate”, and the third place for university newspapers “Voice of Al-Nahda” in the Al Shorouk Academic Festival.

The faculty also won the third place prize for short films during the academic year 2018-2019 for the film “The Enchanted Lake”. It won three prizes during the 2017-2018 academic year, including the second place for short films in Ibdaa National Competition for the film “Samaha”, second place for short films for the film “The Enchanted Lake” at the Al Shorouk Academic Festival, and the Excellence and Creativity Award in the Water Conservation Competition of the Holding Company for Water Drinking, in addition to the first place award in photography at the Fox Festival at Beni Suef University in the academic year 2016-2017. This comes as a result of the Faculty of Mass communication and Public Relations’s interest in practical training for students in the various fields and arts of media, and the use of elite media professionals in practical training for students in the studios and laboratories of the faculty with the Nahda radio and television at the university’s site, in addition to training in prestigious media institutions, and the faculty organizes an annual festival for graduation projects in the presence of a group of Media professionals, artists and specialists from jury to evaluate graduation projects.

The Faculty of Mass Communication and Public Relations on a field Trip to Youm 7 Foundation

21 February 2021February 21, 2021 by NUB

Under the patronage of Prof. Dr. Hossam Al-Mallahi – President of Al-Nahda University, and Prof. Dr. Yasser El-Sherbiny – Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, and under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Adel Abdel-Ghaffar – Dean of the Faculty of Mass Communications and Public Relations, the faculty organized a field Trip to the Site of the “Youm 7” Foundation, including a delegation from The Faculty of Mass Communication headed by Dr. Adel Abdel Ghaffar – Dean of the Faculty, and a number of Staff and students, to see the nature of work in the printed newspaper, its electronic version and the press news course, and to get acquainted with the site sections and specialized sites (Cairo Dar, Video 7, Parliament, Super Kora), in addition to Youm 7 TV.

The student delegation listened to the explanation of the journalist, Mohamed Tharwat – President of Youm 7 Academy, about the services provided by the website to the reader, in addition to the press news journey from the editor to the broadcast on the site. Tharwat discussed with the delegation of the Faculty of Mass communication the future of electronic media and the relationship between the paper and electronic newspaper, the extent to which media faculties meet the needs of the labor market, and the interviewer specifications in the future.