Saudi Gazette cartoonist Al-Shafea Muhamad Sadik has been nominated for the Best Caricature prize at the Arab Journalism Awards. Al-Shafea's name was announced as the Dubai Press Club revealed the first three nominees for each of the awards' 12 categories. The awards ceremony, which will see the presentation of a further two awards for Best Journalism Column and Journalist of the Year, will be held on May 13 under the auspices of UAE Vice President and Dubai Governor Mohammad Bin Rashed Al-Maktoum. Muna Bosamra, Deputy Director of the Arab Journalism Award, said that more than 3,500 entrants had competed for the award this year. “This is the ninth competition we've held with entries coming from across the Arab World, and it has seen a 13 percent increase in participants on last year,” Bosamra said. “The Young Journalist category has seen the most entries, making up 22 percent of the total.” Bosamra added that the awards ceremony is expected to see a high attendance, coming as it will straight after the end of the Arab Media Forum held over May 12 and 13 and which some 800 Arab journalists are scheduled to attend. Al-Shafea's works are published every day on the front and opinion pages of Saudi Gazette and regularly appear in its sister publication Okaz.
