Ibrahim Al-Abed
Late Emirati media figure
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Name in Arabic:
إبراهيم العابد
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Nationality:
Emirati
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Country of Residence:
United Arab Emirates
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Death:
2020
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Ibrahim Al-Abed's Bio
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A late Emirati media figure. He held the position of Advisor to the Board of Directors of the " National Media Council ", Director General of the same Council, Supervisor of Editing the UAE Yearbook and other brochures and publications issued by the Department of Foreign Media, and Media Advisor at the " Ministry of Culture and Youth ". He started working at the Ministry of Culture and Youth in 1975, as an official in charge of foreign media. He founded the Emirates News Agency in 1977, and managed it until 1989. He was then assigned to manage it in 1997, and headed the media team tasked with establishing the OPEC News Agency in 1980. He had research interests in issues of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and gave several lectures to students of media colleges in a number of universities in the country. He also has 12 books, in addition to participating in writing and publishing the book “Future Visions” about the United Arab Emirates in 1979. He won the “Friends of the Book Association Award in Beirut. He graduated with a major in Political Science and Public Administration from the American University of Beirut . He passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2020.
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