2002 Eliav-Sartawi Awards for Middle Eastern Journalism

The 2002 Common Ground Awards for Journalism in the Middle East, sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, were held in Brussels, Belgium, on June 26, 2002.

Search for Common Ground was delighted to have the opportunity to honor the distinguished winners with the third Common Ground Awards for Journalism in the Middle East ceremony. While the previous competitions concluded with gatherings in Washington, DC, Jerusalem, and Istanbul, the fact that the awards were presented at the European Parliament was a testament to the European Community's support of this event, to its recognition of the importance of common ground journalism at this time, and - most importantly - to the courageous writers who were honored.

The Awards ceremony was hosted at the European Parliament by courtesy of the European Parliamentary Group of the Greens, who provided the session room where the event was held. In addition to the awardees, speakers included the Rt. Hon. Christopher Patten, European Commissioner for External Relations, and Susan Collin Marks, Executive Vice President of Search of Common Ground.

The 2002 articles from the Award recipients:

Arab Press
What's Next?, Sari Nusseibeh (Al-Quds Al-Arabi, amin.org, Ha'aretz)
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Israeli Press
The Boy Who Wore Our Hand-Me-Downs, Helen Schary Motro (Jerusalem Post)
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Western Press
Middle Eastern Test of a European Unity, Dominique Moisi (Financial Times)
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The 2002 honorable mentions

Arab Press
"Restructuring the Intifada," by Tawfiq Abu Bakr.
Published in Al-Ayyam, April 25, 2001.

"The Next Step Towards Peace," by Khalil Shikaki.
Published in The Jerusalem Report, March 1, 2001.

Israeli Press
"Support Israel and Palestine," by Ami Isseroff.
Published in Peace Watch (www.ariga.com/peacewatch/), June 29, 2001.

"Camp David's Achievements, Mistakes," by Yair Hirschfeld.
Published in The Jerusalem Post, August 24, 2001.

Western Press
"A MidEast Partnership Can Still Work," by Yossi Beilin and Yasir Abed Rabbo.
Published in The New York Times, August 1, 2001.

"Camp David: The Tragedy of Errors," by Robert Malley and Hussein Agha.
Published in The New York Review of Books, August 9, 2001.

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