Personal Info
- Country of residence: Palestine
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Elias Al-Madani , the name of the journalist, or Majid Sharaf Al-Din , is a Palestinian from Haifa , born in Gaza on 3/8/1961. He holds Polish citizenship and resides in Warsaw - Poland . He is a television journalist (producer and director of television programmes ) who writes poetry, short stories, newspaper articles, studies, and translations. Literary
Academic qualification: PhD in journalism, politics and social sciences.
Literary works
“Pictures from Behind the Mihrab” (a collection of poems and thoughts) 2001, published in Polish
“Trees Die Standing” is a 2002 collection of short stories published in Polish
“Confessions on the Shore of the Night” (poetry collection), October 2003 in Arabic
“Terrains of Memories” is a poetry collection in Arabic that will be published at the beginning of 2008
Translations of Polish poetry (published in a number of Arabic newspapers and the Internet)
Over 500 hours of TV programming (screenplay and direction)
Articles in Arab and Polish newspapers
Studies
“The Palestinian Press in the Era of Independence: Tasks and Obstacles” (Master’s thesis at the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw 1995 )
“The Arab media message directed abroad: an analysis of reality and a proposed program to convey the Arab voice to foreigners” (Doctoral dissertation at the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw 1998 )
Achievements and Awards
Awards
First Prize at the Environmental Protection Film Festival - Krakow , Poland 1997
Minister of Environmental Protection Award for Journalists - Poland 1997
State Silver Medal for Environmental Protectors - Poland 1997
State Award for Journalists - Poland 1998
Prize of the Environmental Protection Committee of the European Parliament 1999
A number of other awards
Other information
Member of the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Journalists 1985
Member of the Polish Journalists Association 1996
Member of the Polish Environmental Writers and Journalists Club 1995
Member of the European Federation of Environmental Journalists 1997
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