Bahrain radio and television producer and presenter and Bahrain University assistant media professor Dr Awad Hashem has passed away, aged 66.
Dr Hashem was teaching at the College of Arts at Bahrain University. He was buried in Riffa.
Dr Hashem was actively involved in the Bahraini and international media. He made significant contributions, preparing and presenting hundreds of radio programmes and TV shows at the Information Affairs Ministry. For years, he played a major role in radio and television news broadcasts.
As assistant professor at Bahrain University since 1999, he has contributed to the training of a large number of media students and professionals in Bahrain and abroad.
He won many local and Arab awards in radio and television production. Those who knew him praised his remarkable knowledge, his force of personality and his gracious manners.
Dr Hashem was widely applauded for the numerous studies and research in scientific journals as well as for his books and articles on media and communication. He regularly featured on panels of judges of television competitions and awards.
Dr Hashem held a doctorate in the difficulties of oral communication with top class honours from the Egyptian University of Zagazig. He is survived by four daughters and two sons.
His daughter Duaa is in charge of Bahrain TV International and the head of News in English at Bahrain Radio and Television.
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