WAM (Emirates News Agency)

WAM
Wakalat Anba'a al Emarat
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Government of the United Arab Emirates
Headquarters Abu Dhabi
Parent agency National Media Council
Website WAM

WAM (Wakalat Anba'a al Emarat) or also known as Emirates News Agency is the official news agency of the United Arab Emirates.[1][2]

History and profile

The WAM was launched in November 1976.[3][4] It started Arabic broadcast on 18 June 1977 and English broadcast in December 1978.[3] The agency which is headquartered in Abu Dhabi[5] is part of National Media Council.[6]

The agency has Arabic and English news services and has a website in both languages.[6] In addition to its national offices, it has offices in Cairo, Beirut, Washington, Sanaa, Brussels and Islamabad.[6] It is a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council news agencies, the Federation of Arab News Agencies,[7] the International Islamic News Agency, the Pool of Non-Aligned News agencies[6] and of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA).[8]

The agency has cooperation and news exchange agreements with various news agencies, including the Sudan News Agency, the Malaysian National News Agency, the Russian News Agency, the Chinese News Agency, Xinhua, the Kuwait News Agency, the Jordanian News Agency, the Indonesian News Agency, and the Yemeni News Agency.[9] Since 2012 the agency has also been in cooperation with the official Turkish news agency, Anadolu Agency.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "United Arab Emirates profile". BBC. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "UAE Media Sustainability Index" (PDF). IREX. 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 "About Us". WAM. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Barrie Gunter; Roger Dickinson (6 June 2013). News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries. A&C Black. p. 34. ISBN 1-4411-0239-6. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Itamar Rabinovich; Haim Shaked (1 December 1987). Middle East Contemporary Survey, 1984-1985. The Moshe Dayan Center. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-8133-7445-1. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Ibrahim Al Abed; Peter Hellyer; Paula Vine (1 December 2004). The United Arab Emirates Yearbook 2005. Trident Press Ltd. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-900724-89-0. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  7. ↑ Federation of Arab News Agencies KUNA. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  8. ↑ K. M. Shrivastava (2007). News Agencies from Pigeon to Internet. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-932705-67-6. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  9. ↑ Emirates News Agency (WAM) (Wakalat Anbaa al-Emarat) in Dubai Directory Data Dubai. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  10. ↑ International Cooperation Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
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