hilmi asmar

Helmi AL- Asmar
CV

Name: Helmi Mohammad Al-Asmar
Place of Birth: Tulkarm Refugee Camp, West Bank- Palestine
Date of Birth: December 22, 1957
Academic Qualification: BA Arabic language and literature (Minor: Islamic Shari ‘a) - Jordan University (1980)

Experience & Job History:
1. Proofreader, cultural editor, editor, editing secretary at Al-Liwa Weekly (1976-1993)
2. Reporter, editor, chief of Palestinian issues, researcher, editing secretary (Petra News Agency (1980-1993).
3. Established Al-Sabeel Weekly: Editor-in-chief and director (1995-1993)
4. Co-established Al-Quds Press: Editor and Amman office director (1993-1991)
5. Al-Arab Al-Yawm Daily: Editing team member; Governorates’ editor; Local affairs editor (1997-1998).
6. Ad-Dustour Daily: Governorates and local affairs editor (1998-2004)
7. Al-Liwa Weekly & Al-Sabeel weekly: Columnist (1976-1997)
8. Columnist: Al-Arab Al-Yawm: (1997-1998).Ad-Dustour Daily: (1998-present)
9. Hayat FM: Media advisor

- Member of Jordan Press Association (1981-present). Member of JPA board for more than four times, and one time as vice-chairman.
- Member of Arab Journalists Union, International Federation of Journalists, and International Journalists Organization (1981-present).

Computer literate, proficient in Arabic and skilled in English and Hebrew.

Publications:
60 Poetry: co-published ‘Qasa’ed Min wara Alhudood’ together with poet Ali Mbarak, and ‘Alqamar wal Ragheef’.
61 Documentary on Sabra and Shatila massacre titled ‘Sabra wa Shatila.. Mathbaha Hadara).
62 Documentary on Ein Qara massacre titled ‘Jarimat Al-Ahad Al-aswad)
63 Matloobun: a series of publications on Zionist leaders Peres, Shamir, Ghershon Salmon etc. published by Dar Albayraq – Amman.
64 Research on the Islamic movement.

Workshops and Conferences:

65 Participated in several professional workshops and covered several international conferences and activities on journalism, and Arab and Islamic summits in Amman, Tehran, Cairo, Madrid, Peking, Khartoum, Baghdad, Kuala Lumpur, Islam Abad, Peshawar, Abu Dhabi, Doha etc.
66 Trained Iraqi and Jordanian journalists in several workshops on press and investigative journalism, and carried out a specialized program on enabling 60 Jordanian MPs to deal with media.
67 Participated in a ToT worksho