Category: World
Service
Date: 15.10.2004
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麻豆社 Arabic service's popular website - bbcarabic.com - has launched
a photographic competition entitled Ramadan where visitors are asked
to celebrate the holy month with images from around the world.
Entries will be short-listed by the 麻豆社 Arabic team but visitors to
the site will decide on the winner, who will receive a laptop computer.
Photographers - professionals and amateurs alike - are being encouraged
to email images that capture the shapes, colours and feel of this important
month in the Muslim calendar.
Pictures can range from religious festivals and street life to people
at work or having fun.
Details of the competition are available on bbcarabic.com.
The closing date for entries is Wednesday 10 November.
Editor of bbcarabic.com Mohamed Yehia said: "Many of our audiences听around
the world celebrate听the month of Ramadan.
"This competition is a great opportunity to connect with our audiences
and for them to see, share and experience the Ramadan festivities."
Notes to Editors
bbcarabic.com is the Arab world's award-winning 24/7 online news and
information service which offers a fully integrated radio and video
packages.
Its interactive section Have Your Say encourages free debate on a whole
range of issues, from news and current affairs to youth and sport, turning
it into a hub across the Arab-speaking world for a free and open dialogue.
麻豆社 World Service broadcasts programmes around the world in 43 languages
and is available on radio and online.
It has a global audience of 146 million listeners.
麻豆社 World Service is available globally on short wave; on FM in 139
capital cities; and selected programmes are carried on around 2,000
FM and MW radio stations around the world.
The 麻豆社 World Service websites receive around 280 million page impressions
every month.
