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03/27/2024

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03/25/2024

The dinner brought together 200 distinguished guests from Washington's diplomatic and policy community with some of the most accomplished filmmakers and media leaders. Grateful for our sponsors who support AAM's mission UAE Embassy in Washington, DC Embassy of the Kingdom, Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C. L'Avant-Garde DC

03/25/2024

AAM's 11th Annual Awards dinner honored 4 outstanding creative talent whose work exemplifies the power of media to inform, educate and empower:
Emmy and Tony nominated actor A***n Moayed for his commitment to the civic, social and cultural potential of arts through his organization Waterwell and as an inspiring example of an actor of Middle East descent who has achieved wide success and critical acclaim with plays such as A DOLL'S HOUSE and series SUCCESSION;
BAFTA nominated writer & director Sally El Hosaini for her uplifting and inspiring movie SWIMMERS, a true story of two Syrian sisters, refugees who swam to freedom in Europe and later competed as swimmers in the 2016 Olympic games in Rio;

Nujoom Alghanem a pioneer and pillar of the arts and filmmaking community in the UAE whose films explore indigenous Emirati culture while also addressing universal themes such as women's empowerment and climate change;

The founders of pioneering Saudi media studio Telfaz 11 who captured hearts of Saudi audiences, first on Youtube and since the opening of the film sector has achieved great success with films like SATTAR. Ibraheem Alkhairallah

02/21/2023

AAM hosted the Nobel Peace Prize nominated Civilizations Choir of Antakya in 2014 and 2017 . They lost 7 members and many lost their homes. Choir's conductor Yılmaz Özfırat was rescued alive from the rubble. We established a relief fund to help rebuild the Choir.
You can donate: https://www.aipvakfi.org/en/v2/bagisci.php?mc_cid=e306cc8863&mc_eid=9fd865cc53

11/18/2022

We hosted our 10th Anniversary Awards Dinner at the Kennedy Center last night with outstanding honorees Bela Bajaria, Mohammad Al Issa, acclaimed Turkish series Ethos (Bir Baskadir), MC Margaret Brennan and presenters Amb. Stuart Holliday, AJC CEO Ted Deutch, Vuslat Doğan Sabanci. Netflix AJC - American Jewish Committee

10/14/2022

Join us for AAM's 10th Anniversary Awards Dinner on November 17th at the REACH, the Kennedy Center
emceed by Margaret Brennan w/ amazing honorees and award presenters Bela Bajaria, Dr. Mohammad Al-Issa , acclaimed Turkish TV series Ethos
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12/22/2021

We are honored to play a small part in highlighting Tolo’s amazing work!

12/17/2021

2021 AAM Awards honored Afghanistan's largest media channel Tolo TV, outstanding French TV series Un Village Francais, groundbreaking Hulu comedy Ramy, and recognized the potential for UAE-Israel Creative Partnerships with UAE Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al Otaiba, Keshet CEO Avi Nir and Abu Dhabi Film Commissioner Hans Fraikin.
Watch the show on AAM's Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXxIZcdBUO8&list=PLLs6_i9mO7guCo75M8iFfXlIkv7Cd0dch&index=1

12/09/2021

AAM hosted the in-person portion of its 9th Annual Awards Dinner at French Ambassador Philippe Etienne's Residence. The outstanding French series Un Village Francais was one of the receivers of the AAM Awards this year. We were so fortunate to have the talent behind this show, Emmanuel Dauce, producer and co-creator, and actors Constance Dolle and Marie Kremer, present at the reception. Thank you Ambassador Etienne for hosting us at your beautiful home!

07/14/2021

AAM honored Masih in 2019. We stand with Masih and her right to speak her mind without fear of repression. Here's her powerful speech at the AAM Gala.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_YLzMcd2NA

05/09/2021

04/16/2021

America Abroad Media and The Muhammad Ali Center
Present “The Universal Title – Muhammad Ali’s Spiritual Journey”
A Public Radio Special and Podcast Hosted by Preacher Moss and Distributed by PRX.
Podcast available on all major platforms https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-universal-title-muhammad-alis-spiritual-journey/id1562935315?mc_cid=6c5ff73180&mc_eid=ad8c985413

Visit www.theuniversaltitle.com for broadcast times on public radio stations around the country during Ramadan, April 12th-May 12th.

A six-part special about Muhammad Ali’s spiritual journey, from Louisville to the world’s stage and what really made him “The Greatest.”— HOSTED BY PREACHER MOSS Latest Episodes Episodes Episode 01: The Church of Mama Bird Episode 02: The Cartoon and the Convert Episode 03: “A Message of...

04/13/2021

from AAM/Screen Buzz Inaugural Hollywood-Bahrain workshop with mentors Mark Goffman and Alexa Jung, Bahraini filmmakers, and the guest of honor of day one Ambassador Abdulla Al Khalifa!

11/26/2020

AAM's 8th Annual Virtual Awards Dinner will be on Thursday December the 10th, 8pm EST. We have a great line up this year! Stayed tuned...

12/05/2019

throwback to our 7th annual awards dinner on November 5th, 2019....with our terrific honorees director Peter Berg, iconic Egyptian actress Yousra and Iranian women's rights activist Masih Alinejad. Thank you to our co-chairs Nazanin Boniadi, Lea Carperter & Elliot Ackerman, Jen Isham, Juan Zarate, our presenters General John Allen, Farah Pandith, Donald Lassere, Jay Weissberg and our sponsors who helped us make a great success!

11/08/2018

Congratulations to AAM’s 2018 award recipients and thank you to our sponsors, host committee and board of advisors for your dedication and time in helping make the sixth annual dinner a great success!