ADCNJ will co-host A group of Arab journalists who hav been invited to participate in a
 professional training and exchange program sponsored by the Department
 of State's Media Outreach Center (London) and Foreign Press Center
 (DC). The three-week program will take place from 18 September - 9
 October 2004 in Washington, DC, Raleigh, North Carolina, New Jersey and New York City.
 
 Focus: Presidential, Congressional and State elections and media
 coverage in the US. The impact of issues of the Arab world, the Middle
 East and the Iraq war on the elections. Role of the Arab-American community.
 

LIST OF GUEST PARTICIPANTS
 
 
 Mr. Taj Eddin Ahmed ABDEL HAQ
 Al-Sharq Al-Awsat Newspaper
 Mr. Hamid Ahmad,  Al-Jazeera TV
 
 Mr. Mohammed Abdulla AL-HOMAIDY
 
 Al-Sharq Al-Awsat Newspaper
 
 Mr. Mahmoud Hussain Al-Jazairi,  Al-Jazeera TV
 
 Ms. Houda BEN OTHMANE,  Tunis TV
 
 Mr. Chedli ben Mustapha BEN RHOUMA, Realites Magazine
 
 Ms. Hamida EL BOUR,  Insitut de Presse et des Sciences de l'Information
 Ms. Janine El-Jalkh,  LBC TV

 Mr. Salim EL-KHOURY,  LBC TV

 Mr. Bissan El-Sheikh,  Al-Hayat

 Mr. Ajour Fayez AJJOUR,  Al-Kifah al-Arabi
 
 Ms. Giselle HABIB,  Al-Arabiya TV
 
 Mr. Aidroos Abdelaziz Osman,  Asharq Al-Awsat
 
 Mr. Fouad RAZEK,  BBC Arabic Radio
 
 Ms. Soha ZEINEDDINE,  Al-Hayat
 
 
 
 Accompanied by:
 
 Professor Jerome AUMENTE
 
 Project Trainer and Program Co-developer; Distinguished Professor
 Emeritus in the School of Communication, Information and Library
Studies (SCILS), Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey; e-mail:
 
 aumente@scils.rutgers.edu
 
 
 
 Mr. Heesham Kanona
 
 Media Outreach Center
 
 
 
 Two Simultaneous Arabic Language Interpreters TBD