الاثنين، 22 أبريل 2013

Yemeni activist Bushra al-Maqtri wins distinctive democracy leaders award

By Akram al-gaolahi 
The American democracy in Middle East project, OMED, honored Friday in Washington  the Yemeni political activist and writer Bushra al-Maqtri, head of the liberal youth organization, among four who won the distinctive democratic leadership prize.
The celebration included giving prizes and honorary certificates to three other persons besides the Yemeni activist, chosen by the American POMED organization, for honoring as distinctive democratic leaderships this year.  
They are Ambassador Marc Palmar Vice Chairman of Freedom House and speechwriter of  three former Presidents and six foreign ministers in the United States, the U.S. media person Lara Sterakian from the  "Syria in-depth" Foundation, correspondent  of ABC network and the earlier Bloomberg channel in the Arabian Gulf and Ibrahim  Al-Hodaibi an Egyptian political activist and researcher at the Center for Strategic Studies in the House of wisdom in Cairo.
The Yemeni writer and political activist al-Maqtari spoke at the ceremony, dedicating this international prize to her family, colleagues, and Dr. Yasin Saeed Noman, expressing her appreciation to winning this prize.
Following the award ceremony the American organization organized a “silent auction” for supporting its democracy promotion efforts in the Middle East region.
The award ceremony was attended by a number of American, Academic, media and political personalities, foremost of them the World Bank President, Deputy of the former American Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz

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