Press Release December 2009

On December 20th, 2009, a celebration ceremony for the launch of the international AIDS campaign in Egypt took place at Darb 1718 (a unique cultural place in Coptic Cairo) by UNAIDS-Egypt. Representatives of UNAIDS-Egypt, the National Program for AIDS Awareness, and 3 ambassadors of good will (Khaled Abu El Naga, Basma and Tarek Allam), presented the panel of guest speakers in addition to the head of the Egyptian Society for Aids.

The panelists discussed the importance of media in raising awareness on HIV/AIDS in our community and the head of the national AIDS program introduced the national efforts that were accomplished to combat AIDS and to support people living with HIV/AIDS against discrimination and stigma.

Among other organizations, Media-Arts for Development (MADEV) was granted an award for its efforts in using media programs to raise awareness on HIV/AIDS in Egypt. Also in December 2009, MADEV's media HIV awareness spots were shown daily on the TV circuits of the underground metro in Cairo, Egypt.

In February 2010, "A man's shadow" short film -portraying the search of women for their unique identity in the community- received three out of six awards at the "Sawy Cultural Center Festival for Short Films." Competing against some 70 short films, "A man's shadow" received the awards for: The golden film award was for the director: Tamer El Mahdy, Best editor for Ahmad Hafez, Best camera for Ahmad Darweesh.

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