ARIJ Fact-Checking diploma under Dalil project in 2023

The Arab fact-checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ concluded on Wednesday, September 14, the fact-checking Diploma programme that launched in March 2023. The diplome  targeted 38 fact-checkers from 7 Arab countries under Dalil project; in order to improve the Arab network community members and develop their capabilities in fact-checking for 6 months intensively..

From March 15 to October 13, 2023, the trainees participated in more than 20 sessions, each session was for three hours through Zoom and ARIJ academy, and it covered: basics of fact-checking and the most important terms, pre- and post-publication fact-checking, political statements,scientific and health information fact-checking, research and investigation of open sources such as Internet archives and Geolocation, advanced research skills, writing skills and storytelling, environmental and climate change fact-checking, data fact-checking and the effective use of social media to reach a wider audience.

These topics were trained by 10 trainers from different Arab countries. They were: Saja Mortada, Joyce Hanna, Hussein Al-Sharif, Fatima Bani Ahmad, Haneen Haddad, Samya Ayish, Abdullah Maksour, Ahmad Ashour, Rahma Diaa and Ethar Azem. During the diploma, trainees underwent a midterm exam, all passed it, in addition to submission of 4 main assignments.

29 trainees out of 38, from 6 Arab countries and 19 fact-checking organisations/initiatives, have reached the end of the program  (Jordan, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine and Morocco). Participants are currently working on the final projects in which they must apply the basic skills they learned during the diploma. Projects that will be specialised in fact-checking information related to environment and climate change, will be published in October and November 2023 on AFCN’ website and the sites of the fact-checkers’ organisations/initiatives. The fact checkers trainees were: 

The organisation	Country	Name
Misbar	Jordan	Abdelmoumen Slikh
Sahheh Khabarak	Jordan	Baraa Maany
Sahheh Khabarak	Jordan	Ossayed Rababah
Akeed	Jordan	Ohoud Mohsen
Akeed	Jordan	Liqaa Hamales
Cheyyek	Jordan	Mousa AbuQaood
No Filter	Jordan	Rawan Radwan
No Filter	Jordan	Ruba Shoushi
The Checker	Iraq	Asia Anwar
The Checker	Iraq	Aso Ahmad
The Checker	Iraq	Haider Mossawy
The Checker	Iraq	Mohammed Ali
Akhbar Meter – Iraq	Iraq	Tamara Mohsen
Tahaqqaq – Morocco	Morocco	Soukaina Esdar
SaheehYemen	Yemen	Adnan Mnsory
Saheeh Yemen	Yemen	Mohammad Saleh
Etreek24	Yemen	Bassam Naji
Tadqiq	Yemen	Ismail Aghbary
Fact – Yemen	Yemen	Sakena Mohammed
Fact – Yemen	Yemen	Mohammad Mahrous
VAR	Yemen	Majd Juneid
Almushahid Net	Yemen	Shihab Atef
Sidq	Yemen	Sara Kbat
Sidq	Yemen	Mohammed Mathhaji
Tahaqqaq – Palestine	Palestine	Fatima Hammad
Kashif	Palestine	Raneen Abahra
Tayaqan	Palestine	Watan Nuirat
Tahaqqaq 360	Lebanon	Iman Bark
Tahaqqaq 360	Lebanon	Zainab Mohsen

This Diploma is conducted by AFCN under ‘Dalil’ project. It’s worth mentioning that “Dalil” is one of AFCN projects supported by the EU, in partnership with “Siren” and “Josa”, and aims to enhance  fact-checking  and access to accurate information in seven countries in the MENA region (Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine, Morocco, Tunisia & Yemen).