US embassy cable - 02AMMAN4331

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 AMMAN 004331 
 
SIPDIS 
 
PA/PR/FPC (ASILAS); NEA/PPD (JBAROODY, CBOURGEOIS); NEA/ARN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: JO SCUL OEXC 
SUBJECT: FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC 
REPORTING TOUR 
 
 
1.  THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES TWO PRINCIPAL 
NOMINEES FOR SUBJECT TOUR:  MS. HALA AL HADIDI, ECONOMIC 
REPORTER, JORDAN NEWS AGENCY (PETRA) AND MS. LUBNA ABDEL- 
HAQ, ECONOMIC REPORTER, AL ARAB AL YAWM NEWSPAPER.  FULL 
BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: 
 
EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB 
VERSION: 3.0.0 
POST-EMAIL: BAMAWI@PD.STATE.GOV 
TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS AMMAN 
TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2887 
EXPORT-TYPE: BIO DATA 
START NOMINATION: 
USIA-OFFICE: PA/PR/FPC 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 118 
USIA-PROJ-NO: 
PROJ-NAME: FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC 
REPORTING TOUR 
START MEMO PROJ-DESC: 
 
END MEMO PROJ-DESC: 
PROJ-TYPE: REGIONAL 
PROG-TYPE: IV GRANT VISITOR 
FY: 2002 
DEPART-POST: 09/14/2002 
SESSION-DATE: 09/15/2002 
RETURN-POST: 09/29/2002 
NO-OF-PART: 2 
RANK-ORDER: 1 
START MEMO POST-OBJ: 
 
END MEMO POST-OBJ: 
START MEMO POST-RCMD: 
 
END MEMO POST-RCMD: 
USIA-OFFICE-ID: 1039 
PROG-AGENCY-ID: 
PROJ-TYPE-ID: RP 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 2887 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 2887 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: P 
SUBJ-DISC: BROADCAST JOURNALISM 
START BIO: 
PREFIX: MS. 
F-NAME: LUBNA 
M-NAME: SALAH 
L-NAME: ABDEL-HAQ 
SUFFIX: 
PRINCIPAL?: YES 
M-ADDR1: P.O. BOX 1035 
M-ADDR2: 
M-ADDR3: 
M-CITY: AMMAN 11821 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: JORDAN 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: (962-77) 485248 
M-FAX: (962-6) 562-0562 
M-EMAIL: LUBNA_26@YAHOO.COM 
M-CNTRY-ID: JO 
M-ADDRTYPE: B 
GENDER: F 
DOB: 11/27/1977 
MAR-STAT: 
BIRTH-CITY: IRBID 
BIRTH-CNTRY: JORDAN 
CITIZ-CNTRY: JORDAN 
RES-CNTRY: JORDAN 
START MEMO POSITION: 
ECONOMIC REPORTER, AL ARAB AL YAWM NEWSPAPER 
END MEMO POSITION: 
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
ORGANIZER, MALAYSIAN EMBASSY, AMMAN, JORDAN, 2000; 
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
NONE 
END MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
TURKEY, SYRIA, EGYPT, U.A.E. 
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO EDUCATION: 
B.A., ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN, 
2000 
END MEMO EDUCATION: 
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
NONE 
END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
NONE 
END MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
NONE 
END MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
FIRST-LANG: ARABIC 
ENGL-READ: 3 
ENGL-SPEAK: 3 
ENGL-COMP: 3 
START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
MS. LUBNA ABDEL-HAQ IS A YOUNG JOURNALIST WHO STARTED OUT 
WITH THE INDEPENDENT, MASS-APPEAL ARABIC DAILY AL ARAB AL 
YAWM NEWSPAPER AS AN ECONOMIC REPORTER.  SHE WAS AN ACTIVE 
PARTICIPANT IN THE ECONOMIC MEDIA WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY THE 
PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION OF THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN MAY 2001. 
MS. ABDEL-HAQ IS ALSO AN AVID REPORTER ON JORDANIAN-AMERICAN 
ECONOMIC AND TRADE RELATIONS, INCLUDING BILATERAL AGREEMENT 
SIGNINGS OF U.S. ASSISTANCE TO JORDAN. HAVING HAD NO PRIOR 
EXPOSURE TO THE U.S.  SOCIETY AND POLITICAL SYSTEM, HER 
PARTICIPATION IN THIS THEMATIC TOUR IS ESSENTIAL TO U.S. 
MISSION OBJECTIVES.  HER NOMINATION SUPPORTS MPP OBJECTIVE 
ON "DEMOCRACY AND FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION." 
END MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
 
END MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
START MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
 
END MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
START MEMO VIS-REC: 
 
END MEMO VIS-REC: 
NOMINATING-OFFICER: IO 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
 
END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
NOM-OFF: PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION 
SPEAKER?: NO 
NOTIFY-EMB: YES 
MEDIA?: NO 
HOME-STAY: NO 
HOME-HOSP?: YES 
E-I-TYPE: INTERPRETER 
NOMINEE-ID: 215 
PERSON-ID: 214 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: JO 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: JO 
RES-CNTRY-ID: JO 
FIRST-LANG-ID: AR 
E-I-TYPE-ID: I 
NOM-POST-ID: 2887 
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 2887 
NOM-STATUS: N 
END BIO: 
START BIO: 
PREFIX: MS. 
F-NAME: HALA 
M-NAME: AHMAD 
L-NAME: AL HADIDI 
SUFFIX: 
PRINCIPAL?: YES 
M-ADDR1: P.O. BOX 3845 
M-ADDR2: 
M-ADDR3: 
M-CITY: AMMAN 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: JORDAN 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: (962-6) 4644455 
M-FAX: 
M-EMAIL: 
M-CNTRY-ID: JO 
M-ADDRTYPE: B 
GENDER: F 
DOB: 04/19/1966 
MAR-STAT: 
BIRTH-CITY: SALT 
BIRTH-CNTRY: JORDAN 
CITIZ-CNTRY: JORDAN 
RES-CNTRY: JORDAN 
START MEMO POSITION: 
ECONOMIC REPORTER, JORDAN NEWS AGENCY (PETRA) 
END MEMO POSITION: 
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
EDITOR, JORDAN NEWS AGENCY (PETRA) 1991-96 
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
YES, 1998 ATTENDED A ONE-WEEK WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY THE 
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 
END MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
EGYPT, HOLLAND 
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO EDUCATION: 
B.A., POLITICAL SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN, 
1989 
END MEMO EDUCATION: 
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
MEMBER OF THE JORDAN PRESS ASSOCIATION 
END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
 
END MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
NONE 
END MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
FIRST-LANG: ARABIC 
ENGL-READ: 3 
ENGL-SPEAK: 3 
ENGL-COMP: 3 
START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
MS. AL HADIDI IS AN ECONOMIC REPORTER AT THE JORDAN NEWS 
AGENCY (PETRA) SINCE 1996.  SHE WAS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN 
THE MEDIA WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION 
OF THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN JUNE 2002.  MS. AL HADIDI COVERS 
ALL THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE REPORTING WHICH INCLUDES 
ECONOMIC AND TRADE AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF 
JORDAN AND DONOR COUNTRIES. HER PARTICIPATION SUPPORTS MPP 
OBJECTIVE ON "DEMOCRACY AND FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION." 
END MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
 
END MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
START MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
 
END MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
START MEMO VIS-REC: 
 
END MEMO VIS-REC: 
NOMINATING-OFFICER: IO 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
 
END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
NOM-OFF: PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION 
SPEAKER?: NO 
NOTIFY-EMB: YES 
MEDIA?: NO 
HOME-STAY: NO 
HOME-HOSP?: YES 
E-I-TYPE: INTERPRETER 
NOMINEE-ID: 216 
PERSON-ID: 215 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: JO 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: JO 
RES-CNTRY-ID: JO 
FIRST-LANG-ID: AR 
E-I-TYPE-ID: I 
NOM-POST-ID: 2887 
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 2887 
NOM-STATUS: N 
END BIO: 
END NOMINATION: 
 
2.  PLEASE ADVISE ACCEPTANCE. 
GNEHM