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BADIL Announces Al-Awda Award for the year 2012, promoting the principles of a rights-based approach to the plight of Palestinian refugees

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BADIL Announces Al-Awda Award for the year 2012

http://www.badil.org/en/press-releases/138-2011/3320-press-ara-31

Bethlehem, 22/11/2012 – BADIL Resource Center announces the 2012 Al-Awda Award. Badil has changed the award program in 2012 with regard to the procedure, conditions, categories and prices. This development and changes are based on BADIl’s annual plan which is aiming at strengthening programs and projects in order to promote the principles of a rights-based approach to the plight of Palestinian refugees and Internally Displaced Persons as well as promoting a creative public discourse about the ongoing Nakba (displacement) of Palestinians since 63 years.

Procedure
Instead of organizing a one day award ceremony, BADIL divided the prize ceremony into three separate phases, each one ending with a national public event. This partition comes to activate and strengthen the overall efforts and common popular activities throughout the year. By such distribution, BADIL hopes to ensure an increase the opportunities of participation, quality and variety of the entries, as well as raising the level of interaction and fruitful results.

The program has been divided into 3 stages:
Phase I: "Commemoration of the Nakba 64 " (May 2012) which includes two categories: "Best Poster of the Nakba Commemoration", and "Best Photographic Story".

The deadline for submitting entries is March 30, 2012. The names of the winners will be announced during the " Commemoration of the Nakba 64 ", by mid of May 2012.

Phase II: "World Refugee Day" (20 June 2012); consisting of two main categories: "Best Caricature" and "Best Photo for Youth under 18 Years Old."

The deadline for submitting entries is May 10, 2012. The names of the winners will be announced at the activities linked to the World Refugee Day on June 20th, 2012, at a popular event which will be organized by Badil.

Phase III: “Anniversary of UNGA Resolution 194" (December 11th, 2012). This phase includes 2 categories: "Best Documentary Film" and "Best Children Story."

The deadline for submitting the children stories is the 1st of September 2012 and the deadline for the submission of documentary films is on the 15th of October 2012. The names of the winners of both categories will be announced during a cultural and literary event which will be organized by Badil on 11th of December 2012.

Categories
Two new categories were added. The first category is photographic story (4 photos that tell a story about a particular topic) for the age of over 18 years. The second category is a documentary film with the duration of maximum 5 minutes.


Prizes
Although the value of the award is not intended to be of monetary value, BADIL reconsidered the amounts of each prize and rank in a manner that ensures a fair distribution within the different categories as much as possible.

More information concerning the categories and/or conditions of the Al-Awda Award 2012 can be found on the BADIL’s website at: www.badil.org

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