Muscat, The Ministry of Information organized a
meeting entitled “The Majlis of Media Dialogue ” under the auspices of
Dr. Abdul Munim bin Mansour al- Hasani, Minister of Information.
Dr. Al- Hasani, said in a speech that “The Majlis of Media Dialogue is
an extension of the Omani traditional Majlis (Omani Sibla), which
includes the members of the community, where the persons of
responsibility and with opinions meet to discuss a lot of ideas and to
draw aspirations.
He added “The idea of setting up the Majlis of Media Dialogue came as
a suggestion from many media people that there should be continuous
meetings for discussions and dialogue about many issues,” He added
that “Our majalis are embracing many issues and discussing much of
what is going on in our minds and our communities.”
Minister of Information pointed out that the The Majlis of Media
Dialogue will cover in the coming period various governorates of the
Sultanate where a number of dialogues and community issues will be
put forward.
The meeting aims at listening closely to views, proposals, visions,
future perspectives, and engaging specialists to contribute their
opinions in the fields that concern them, in addition to investigating the
most important issues that engage the public opinion.
The importance of this meeting is for consultation and dialogue in
social media issues and listening to the opinions, proposals and visions
of the media professionals, intellectuals, writers, thinkers and
academics.
The meeting included a working session entitled “Community
Awareness”, which included two working papers, that entitled “Making
of Community Awareness” by Dr. Ubaid bin Said al- Shaqsi, Secretary
General of the National Human Rights Commission, and the second
entitled “How to Make Children Honest with their Parents” by Dr.
Khalfan al-Fahdi.
The Ministry of Information, the Public Authority for Radio and
Television , a number of press organizations, in addition to the
Committee of Information, Culture and Tourism of the State Council,
the Media and Culture Committee of Majlis A’Shura , the Omani Writers
and Literati Association , Omani Journalists Association, a number of
academics and thinkers, persons interested in cultural and media
aspects, the Government Services Communication Centre and the
National Youth Commission participated in the meeting.
It was attended by Ali bin Khalfan al-Jabri, Undersecretary of Ministry
of Information, a number of editors-in-chief of local newspapers and
media institutions in the Sultanate and a number of journalists and
media professionals.
Source: Oman News Agency