The European Union rewards journalists from Palestine, Egypt and Syria during the 2025 edition of the Samir Kassir Award

On 3 June 2025, the Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon and the Samir Kassir Foundation announced the results of the 20 th edition of the Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press, in a ceremony held at the Sursock Palace Gardens, in Beirut. This Award, established and funded by the European Union, is recognised internationally as a flagship prize for press freedom and the most prestigious journalism award in the Middle East, North Africa and Gulf region. Since 2006, the Award ceremony has been held annually to commemorate the anniversary of Lebanese journalist Samir Kassir’s assassination on 2 June 2005 in Beirut, and celebrate his life, his values, and his memory. The Samir Kassir Award is open to professional journalists from eighteen countries of North Africa, the Middle East, and the Gulf. This year, a record 372 journalists participated in the competition, hailing from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen. 125 candidates competed in the Opinion Piece category, 157 in the Investigative Article category, and 90 in the Audiovisual News Report category. The winner in each of the three categories is awarded a prize of €10,000. Each of the short-listed finalists per category receive a €1,000 prize. The winners of the 2025 Samir Kassir Award are:© European Union, 2025- Opinion Piece Category: Badar Salem, from Palestine, born in 1980, for her article titled “On the Normalisation of Sumud in Gaza,”...