The Deanship of Student Affairs and the Department of Arabic Language and Information at the Faculty of Arts organized a seminar about combating violence against women under the title "Hidden Tales" in cooperation with the Freedom Theater.
The seminar was attended by Ms. Juanna Al-Hafi, from Students' Affairs dept and Dr. Hanadi Dweikat, which teaches Public Relations course and the Deputy Director of Freedom Theater Imad Abu Hantash,, co-director of the paly “Ahna Hon” Ahmed Al-Tubasi, and Ms. Ranen Audih.
The seminar started with a televised play entitled "We are also here…… Palestine women", which reflected the reality of women in Palestine. After the presentation, there was an open discussion about the reality of Palestinian women living in Palestine.
Aminah Abu-Arrah won the first prize in the "Afrabia" competition for Arab youth – Film category, for a film entitled "Four".
She was honored in The capital of Sudan Khartoum at a ceremony organized by Arab African Youth Council, in the presence of the Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Sudan, Dr. Sameer Abdul Jabbar, and a number of Arab ambassadors and representatives of Arab League, African Union and a number of Sudanese Ministers, Thinkers, and media professionals.
Dr. Mahmoud Khallouf; an Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Media Department at Arab American University, has published a book at Osama Publishing House and Publishers and distributors in Jordan entitled "Professional Writing for Media and Public Relations: A Comparison between the Experiences of News websites and Traditional Media".
The issuance of this book comes is a series of issuances and publishing of a 22-year history of the author, combining both professional and academic aspects. The book includes 200 pages, an introduction, an ending and three chapters. The book mentions the scientific experiences for Public Relations department at Arab American University, and represents the beginnings of scientific research and its continuous efforts about writings in public relations in light of the challenges of the new media tools and the wide differences between traditional media and new media tools.