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The 2nd Arab Free Press Forum, which carries the title "Fighting Back - Challenges and Opportunities for the Arab Press", will provide an overview of the latest press developments in the Arab world, from obstructive government policies to case studies of newspapers that combine editorial independence with commercial success.

Leading publishers and editors from across the Middle East and North Africa will meet to discuss these issues at the joint initiative of the World Association of Newspapers and the Lebanese An-Nahar daily.

The opening session will pay particular tribute to Gebran Tueni, a long-standing WAN Board Member and press freedom advocate who was murdered in December 2005, with the presentation of the second Gebran Tueni Award to an Arab newspaper executive who embodies the qualities that he represented.

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