Mona Bousmara
President of the Dubai Media Academy.
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Name in Arabic:
منى بوسمرة
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Nationality:
Emirati
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Country of Residence:
United Arab Emirates
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Mona Bousmara's Bio
President of the Dubai Media Academy since January 2024, United Arab Emirates.
She held the position of Editor-in-Chief of both Emirates Today newspaper and Al Bayan Emirati Newspaper and also served as Director of the Dubai Press Club.
She held several positions in the UAE Journalists Association, including: President of the Association, Vice President of the Board of Directors, and Secretary of the Association. She also chaired the Board of Directors of the Social Solidarity Fund for members of the Journalists Association, and served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Dubai Women’s Establishment, and as a member of the Permanent Bureau of the Gender Council in the International Federation of Journalists.
She began her career as a journalist at the UAE's Al Ittihad newspaper in 1998, and took over as the director of the same newspaper's office in Dubai. She then joined the Dubai Press Club in 2008, where she oversaw the Arab Journalism Award, the Arab Media Forum, and the Arab Media Outlook Report.
She obtained a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the United Arab Emirates University in 1997.




