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'{{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=March 2017}} {{External links|date=December 2022}} }} {{Infobox person | name = Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Mohammad Alharthi.jpg|thumb|right|Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi]] -->| image = https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D9%81:%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%87%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%8A.jpg | nationality = [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = [[Editor-in-Chief]] and Media Expert, Chairman of the Saudi Media Forum, Chairman of the Saudi Media Award | years_active = | spouse = | children = }} '''Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi,''' is a Saudi writer, journalist and media expert, with more than 20 years of experience in the field of traditional and new media. Al-Harthi is the chairman of the first Saudi Media Forum and chairman of the Saudi Media Award, 2019 .<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.al-madina.com/article/642461|title=هيئة الصحفيين تطلق المنتدى الإعلامي وجائزة الإعلام السعودي|date=2019-07-28|website=Madina|language=Arabic|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/573372|title=First Saudi Media Forum on Nov. 19-20|date=2019-07-29|website=Saudigazette|language=English|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref> Also, he is a member of the board of directors at the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers ([[WAN-IFRA]]),<ref name=":0" /> and a member of the board of directors of the Saudi Journalists Association. Al-Harthi is the group [[editor-in-chief]] of big titles such as [[Arrajol]], [[Sayidaty]] and AboutHer, owned by the [[Saudi Research and Marketing Group]].<ref name=":1" /> Al-Harthi holds a [[master's degree]] in international journalism from [[City, University of London]] and a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[architecture]]. == Positions: == * Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Broadcasting Authority. * The President at Arab States Broadcasting Union == Work experience == Al-Harthi began his career with the London-based [[Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper|''Asharq al-Awsat'' newspaper]] before joining the English-language newspaper ''[[Arab News]]'' as a reporter, in addition to being a visiting journalist for the London-based ''[[Financial Times]]''. He was then transferred to the Saudi-published newspaper ''[[Al Eqtisadiah]]'', where he went from being a journalist to becoming a front-page official, climbing up the ranks until he became editor-in-chief of the publication. In 1997, Al-Harthi has been the editor-in-chief of ''[[Arrajol]]'' magazine, a [[London]]-based publication by the Saudi Research and Marketing Group. In 2002, Al-Harthi was presented with the Gulf Excellence Award in recognition of the magazine's success and wide circulation. In 2004, Al-Harthi was appointed as editor-in-chief of the London-based ''[[Sayidaty]]'' and ''[[Al Jamila|Al-Jamila]]'' magazines, both publications for the same Group. A year following his appointment as [[editor-in-chief]], he relocated the headquarters of both magazines to [[Dubai]], in [[Dubai Media City]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?issueno=9165&article=244389#.XVxmspP7R-V|title=الحارثي رئيسا مكلفا لتحرير مجلة "سيدتي"|website=archive.aawsat.com|access-date=2019-08-20}}</ref> Al-Harthi played a major role in transforming ''[[Sayidaty]]'' into a leading model in the world of Arab journalism and digital media, as the publication’s name today represents a wide range of specialized magazines, websites, and platforms in various fields such as: ''Sayidaty Décor''; ''Sayidaty Mother & Child''; ''Sayidaty Fashion''; ''Sayidaty Magazine'' in English;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.albawaba.com/news/first-issue-%E2%80%9Csayidaty%E2%80%9D-magazine-english-was-released-media-event-held-dubai|title=the first issue of "sayidaty" magazine in english was released in a media event held in dubai|website=Al Bawaba|language=en|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alwasatnews.com/news/270411.html|title=طرح العدد الأول من مجلة "سيّدتي" الإنجليزية|last=الفني|first=دبي-المحرر|website=صحيفة الوسط البحرينية|language=ar|access-date=2019-08-20}}</ref><ref>[http://www.arabnews.com/node/308661 Reception Marks Launch of ‘Sayidaty’s’ English Edition]</ref> ''[http://www.sayidaty.net Sayidaty.net]; [https://www.aljamila.com/ Al-Jamila.com]; [https://www.arrajol.com/ Arrajol’s website]; [https://www.sayidy.net/ Sayidy.net], [https://kitchen.sayidaty.net/ Sayidaty Kitchen]; [https://tv.sayidaty.net/ Sayidaty TV]''; ''[https://www.sayidaty.net/awards/ Sayidaty Award for Excellence]''; ''ALMALL'', which is the first digital shopping platform launched by an Arab publication; and ''[http://abouther.com AboutHer.com]'', an English-language site dedicated to highlighting the achievements of Saudi Arabian and [[Arab women]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.almowaten.net/2019/04/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%ab%d9%8a-%d9%85%d8%a4%d8%aa%d9%85%d8%b1-about-her-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b4%d9%86%d8%b7%d9%86-%d9%8a%d8%b9%d9%83%d8%b3-%d8%af%d9%88%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85/|title=الحارثي: مؤتمر about her في واشنطن يعكس دور المرأة السعودية في رؤية 2030|last=editor20|date=2019-04-16|website=صحيفة المواطن الإلكترونية|language=ar|access-date=2019-08-20}}</ref> From 2013 to 2016, Al-Harthi was also the editor-in-chief of ''[[Arab News]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAAUlJajoPk Arab News chief Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi announces paper's relaunch]</ref><ref>[http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/al-harthi-arab-news-take-voice-arabs-world Al-Harthi: Arab News to take voice of Arabs to the world]</ref>'', which is printed in Saudi Arabia in English for the Saudi Research and Marketing Group. Through the newspaper, he launched the ''Arab News Dialogue Forum'' project, which hosts seminars designed to facilitate the discussion of current issues by officials and diplomats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/969556/saudi-arabia|title=Saudi society 'has a wonderful quality of accepting foreigners'|date=2016-08-14|website=Arab News|language=en|access-date=2019-08-20}}</ref> He is Chairman of the Media Committee on the occasion of Saudi Founding Day (2022-2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=الموقع الرسمي ليوم التأسيس السعودي |url=https://www.foundingday.sa/en |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=الموقع الرسمي ليوم التأسيس السعودي |language=Arabic}}</ref> and Chairman of the Media Committee on the occasion of Flag day (2023).<ref>{{Citation |title=Saudi Flag Day |date=2023-03-21 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Saudi_Flag_Day&oldid=1145900782 |work=Wikipedia |access-date=2023-03-26 |language=en}}</ref> ==TV shows== In 2015, Al-Harthi launched his talk show “Bidoun Shak” (Without Doubt) on MBC,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aawsat.com/home/article/166791/%C2%AB%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B4%D9%83%C2%BB-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81-%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%87%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AD%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-|title="بدون شك" مع محمد فهد الحارثي يضع النقاط على الحروف ويسهم في حل المشاكل على "MBC1"|website=الشرق الأوسط|language=ar|access-date=2019-08-20}}</ref> taking on the role of presenter and [[editor-in-chief]] of one of the region’s most noticeable weekly programs that boldly addresses various social issues (in the style of reality television). The program had a significant impact, becoming a positive debate platform, in addition to being highly viewed. To this day, episodes and segments of the program still garner a high number of views on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/671806|title=AN editor in chief Al-Harthi gets global media award|date=2014-12-09|website=Arab News|language=en|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref> == Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives == Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi launched numerous [[corporate social responsibility]] initiatives that dealt with social and humanitarian issues, amongst which were: * '''La Lizawaj Al Kaserat (against child brides):''' A campaign against child and underage girls’ marriage in the [[Arab world|Arab World]]. The initiative gained region-wide buzz, with top public figures, politicians, ministers and celebrities voluntarily promoting the campaign. Signatures of more than ten thousand people were collected for petitions that helped stop five marriages of minors, in partnership with charity organizations in [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Egypt]] and [[Yemen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arabic.arabianbusiness.com/politics-economics/society/2010/mar/28/37991|title=حملة "لا لزواج القاصرات" تحبط 5 زيجات خلال 20 يوماً|last=Kass|first=Rimon Al|website=أريبيان بزنس|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> * '''Baader bel Khair (initiate goodness):''' A campaign recognizing other community and humanitarian initiatives, while creating awareness of volunteerism in society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arriyadiyah.com/519816|title="سيدتي" تحتفي بضيوفها في "بادر بالخير"|website=arriyadiyah.com|language=ar|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> *'''Khali Soutek Masmou Mish Makmou (let your voice be heard not taken away from you):''' A campaign against domestic violence encouraging abused women to speak up, under the slogan: Let Your Voice Be Heard, Not Suppressed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news/2019/03/12/1224728.html|title="سيدتي" ومواقعها تكتسح جوائز مؤتمر "وان إفرا"|website=دنيا الوطن|language=ar|access-date=2019-08-20}}</ref> ==Achievements== * In November 2016, Al Harthi was elected to the Board of Directors of the Saudi Journalists Association. * In June 2019, World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers ([[World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers|WAN-IFRA]]) in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] elected Al-Harthi as a member of the board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wan-ifra.org/press-releases/2019/06/04/fernando-de-yarza-elected-president-of-wan-ifra|title=Fernando de Yarza elected President of WAN-IFRA. – WAN-IFRA|website=www.wan-ifra.org|access-date=2019-08-20}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://sabq.org/Vc3WDt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704151947/https://sabq.org/Vc3WDt|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-07-04|title=انتخاب "الحارثي" عضوًا لمجلس إدارة الرابطة العالمية للصحف "وان اف|date=2019-07-04|access-date=2019-08-20}}</ref> * In July 2019, he was appointed as the Chairman of the first Saudi Media Forum, held in November 2019, under the slogan ‘Media Industry: Opportunities and Challenges.<ref>{{Citation|title=محمد فهد الحارثي|date=2019-08-20|url=https://ar.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%87%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%8A&oldid=37686900|work=ويكيبيديا، الموسوعة الحرة|language=ar|access-date=2019-08-20}}</ref> He is also the Chairman of the Saudi Media Awards, which includes categories: [[Journalism]], Visual Production, [[Sound recording and reproduction|Audio Production]], and Personality of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sayidaty.net/node/943261/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%8A-%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A5%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%C2%AB%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AF%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%C2%BB-%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%B9-%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D9%82%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8|title=الحارثي خلال إطلاق "منتدى الإعلام": سنصنع إعلاماً قوياً يواكب ما تشهده السعودية من تطورات هائلة|date=2019-08-28|website=مجلة سيدتي|language=ar|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> ==Awards== In 2002, Al-Harthi was awarded with the Gulf Excellence Award 2002 in recognition of his achievements and success in journalism and in the fields of online and print media. In 2014, Al-Harthi won the Media Innovation Award in [[Beirut]] for his achievements in the field of printed, visual, and digital media, achievements which have created success stories and innovative concepts for the media industry in the Arab region.<ref>[http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/671806 AN editor in chief Al-Harthi gets global media award]</ref> He is also a founding member of the Young Arab Leaders Forum in Davos Middle East, a member of the Gulf / 2000 project at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City|New York]], and a former member of the [[National Union of Journalists]] (UK & [[Ireland]]), in addition to being a key participant in several Arab and international media conferences and meetings.<ref>[https://events.wan-ifra.org/events/wan-ifra-middle-east-conference-2017/speakers WAN-IFRA Middle East Conference 2017 | Speakers]</ref><ref>[http://www.arabmediaforum.ae/en/speakers/2008/speaker/mohammed-fahad-al-harthi.aspx 7th Arab Media Forum 2008 speakers]</ref> He also regularly publishes political articles in ''[[Al-Sharq Al-Awsat]]'' and ''[[Al Bayan (newspaper)|Al-Bayan]]'' Newspapers, and he has a weekly column in ''[[Sayidaty]]'' magazine and a monthly in ''[[Arrajol]]'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.albayan.ae/1.2011328|title=محمد فهد الحارثي|website=البيان|language=ar|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref> ==External links== * [https://saudimf.com/en Saudi Media Forum] * [http://sju.org.sa/ Saudi Journalists Union] *[https://www.mbc.net/pages/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B4%D9%83/newsfeed Bidoun Shak TV Show (Without Doubt)] * [https://www.sayidaty.net/ Sayidaty Magazine] * [https://kitchen.sayidaty.net/ Kitchen Sayidaty] * [https://tv.sayidaty.net/ Sayidaty TV] * [https://www.arrajol.com/ Arrajol Magazine] * [https://www.aljamila.com/ Aljamila Magazine] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20190723230338/https://www.almall.com/ae/en Almall]    *[http://www.abouther.com About Her] *[https://www.sayidy.net/ Sayidy] *[https://www.halapress.com/ halapress] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harthi, Mohammed Fahad al-}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Saudi Arabian journalists]] [[Category:Saudi Arabian television presenters]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]'