KUWAIT’S YOUNG REPORTER HAS ‘AMAZING OPPORTUNITY’

The Olympic Council of Asia conducted the first Asian Games Youth Reporter Project for Hangzhou 2022 at the Kuwait Olympic Committee HQ on November 24 – and the winner was Shaikhah Al Tamimi.

Shaikhah’s news article from the three-hour workshop was judged to be the top entry in terms of accuracy, story construction and creativity, and she will now join the OCA media team at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.

“I love it,” said Shaikhah, 28. “I am very excited to be invited to the Asian Games with the OCA. It is an amazing opportunity to broaden my horizon and immerse myself in different cultures. It will also be interesting to see athletes who have dedicated their lives to their sport.”

Shaikhah is an English literature major, media and communications minor, and graduated from the American University of Kuwait in 2017. She has been working in the Ministry of Information since 2018, mainly as a translator in the English news and programs sector.

The project offered a workshop on the typical daily tasks of a sports journalist at a major event such as the Asian Games, followed by a press conference exercise with Kuwait’s Olympic swimmer Abbas Qali.

The OCA’s “Asian Games for All” promo campaign for the 19th Asian Games includes a children’s art competition –and the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee proudly displays some of the 143 entries from their students aged 13 and below.

(CTOC)