Executive secretary of the International Khorsheed Festival Yousof Esmailzadeh told on the sidelines of the opening ceremony on Saturday that 100 female journalists from around 40 countries are partaking in this event.
The First International Khorsheed Media Festival, with the motto of “Women Narrate, Illuminate & Initiate Change” has been organized in the memory of martyr of enlightenment, Shireen Abu Akleh, who was martyred by the Israeli occupying regime.
Shireen Abu Akleh (April 3, 1971 – May 11, 2022) was a prominent Palestinian journalist, who worked at the Qatari international news television network Al Jazeera for 25 years. She was one of the vigorous journalists in the Middle East, who covered news stories concerning Palestinian issues.
On May 11, 2022, she was targeted by Israeli forces and lost her life due to a fatal gunshot wound to the head, while she was covering the reports of the Zionist army’s raid into the city of Jenin in the West Bank.