* Lamees Dhaif, journalist from Bahrain, wins free speech award at Syracuse University
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Syracuse, N.Y. -- Lamees Dhaif, a 34-year-old journalist from Bahrain, won the 2012 Tully Award for Free Speech tonight at Syracuse University.
Dhaif won the award for not backing down from violence and intimidation intended to silence her reporting. At a ceremony tonight in Syracuse, she described repeated government threats, the jailing of her family, and a hasty exile that forces her to "live out of my bags." She described watching her house burn down after pro-government forces firebombed it with Molotov cocktails. Government officials repeatedly told her to stop reporting, and she described how one member of the all-powerful royal family told her he would have her cut in half.
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* Lamees Dhaif's statement for her Tully Award nomination
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Here is a statement written by Lamees Dhaif of Bahrain after she was nominated for the 2012 Tully Award for Free Speech at Syracuse University. Dhaif endured threats and exile to continue reporting on her government's actions. Her statement supplements our coverage of her acceptance tonight of the Tully award.
I am Lamees Dhaif, a 34-year old journalist from the Kingdom of Bahrain. I became a journalist and thus continued in this career because I perceive it as the most ideal tool to influence and thus change what I dislike in my community, whether it was about the social layers, injustice, or oppression. I did not know, however, that I was giving up my chance in living a normal life like others my age in Bahrain.
I am Lamees Dhaif, a 34-year old journalist from the Kingdom of Bahrain. I became a journalist and thus continued in this career because I perceive it as the most ideal tool to influence and thus change what I dislike in my community, whether it was about the social layers, injustice, or oppression. I did not know, however, that I was giving up my chance in living a normal life like others my age in Bahrain.
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* Bahraini journalist to receive Syracuse University free speech award .
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Syracuse, NY – A journalist who has kept up her criticism of the government in Bahrain despite having her home attacked by pro-government forces will receive the 2012 Tully Award for Freedom of Speech.
Lamees Dhaif, an independent journalist and human rights activist, will receive the award from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Oct. 15. The award is given to a journalist who has faced a significant threat to free speech.
The ceremony will be at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. Dhaif will visit classes and meet with students while on campus.
The public event is free. For more information, call Audrey Burian at 443-1930 or aaburian@syr.edu.
Dhaif has worked for several newspapers in Bahrain, including Akhbar Al-Khaleej, Sadaa Al Isbou’a, Al-Qabas, Al-Afaaq and Al-Waqt.
Dhaif has worked for several newspapers in Bahrain, including Akhbar Al-Khaleej, Sadaa Al Isbou’a, Al-Qabas, Al-Afaaq and Al-Waqt.
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