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Ethar El-Katatney is an award-winning journalist,〔(Beyond Borders: An Egyptian-American Dialogue ). ''The Project on Middle East Democracy, '' May 2008.〕〔(Ramadan for Different People ). ''Daily News Egypt, '' 29 August 2008.〕 a blogger, and an author. She has worked as a staff writer at ''Egypt Today'',〔"(Egypt Today )"〕 the leading current affairs magazine in the Middle East, and at its sister magazine ''Business Today Egypt''.〔"(Business Today )"〕 She was also a contributor at Muslimah Media Watch, a website that critiques how Muslim women are represented in the media and popular culture. In 2011, her op-ed titled "The Veiled Muslim Bogeygirl," won the Samir Kassir Freedom of the Freedom Award in Beirut. Her investigative piece ''Dangerous Blood'' on Hepatitis C in Egypt won second place in a program held by the International Center for Journalists in 2008, while her story ''The Business of Islam'' won the Economics and Business award in the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year 2009 award, making her the first Egyptian to win one of the prestigious awards. In addition, her story ''Identity Crisis 101'' was the winner of the Anna Lindh Mediterranean Journalist Award in 2009. El-Katatney travels all over the world for conferences promoting dialogue between different religions and cultures, most notably the Habib Ali Al Jifri Litaarafuu dialogue in Abu Dhabi that aimed to bridge the cultural gap created by the Jyllands-Posten cartoons,.〔(The Clash of Civilizations is Currently on Hold ). ''The Copenhagen Post, '' 20 April 2006.〕 She has attended Islamic summer intensive programs in England, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. While in Yemen, she wrote ''Forty days and Forty Nights... in Yemen'', which was published by a London based publishing house in March 2010. In 2006, El-Katatney travelled to England with Amr Khaled, the popular Egyptian televangelist, for a three week youth training program. She later joined him in an Islamic talk show called ''Human Insights'' that aired Ramadan 2006, and was a participant in his reality TV show ''Steklovata'' which aired in 2010. She was eliminated in the semi-final episode, and was ranked third. Born in Saudi Arabia, raised in Egypt, and educated in Western schools, El-Katatney has an undergraduate business degree from the American University in Cairo where she was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper. As an undergraduate, she was selected as one of 6 students to blog on the AUC Website.(), and during her commencement she gave the graduation speech 〔(El-Katatney represents mid-year AUC graduates ). ''Caravan, '' American University in Cairo. 11 February 2007.〕 and was nominated for the Parent's Association cup.〔(Arab World Needs You, Suad Juffali Tells AUC Graduates ). ''Arab News, '' 12 February 2007.〕 El-Katatney graduated in June 2011 with two graduate degrees from the same university, an MBA and an MA in television and digital journalism. Her articles can be accessed here.() ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ethar El-Katatney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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