Hamdi Badr Eddin
| Hamdi Badr Eddin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ahmed Badr Eddin January 1, 1935 Khartoum, Sudan |
| 🏡 Residence | Omdurman, Sudan |
| 🏫 Education | Neelain University Khartoum |
| 💼 Occupation | Radio and television host/director |
| 📆 Years active | 1958–2011 |
| 👶 Children | 1 |
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Hamdi Badr Eddin (ar:حمدي بدر الدين) (born 1935 in Khartoum)[1] is a former Sudanese TV broadcaster and a producer. He is one of the first pioneer in the field of TV broadcasting in the Sudan.[citation needed]
Career[edit]
Ins 1958, he joined the Sudanese Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). In 1960, He was sent to the United States to study journalism and informatics. He obtained Media Diploma from the University of Southern California. During that period he worked for the Voice of America radio for a year. In 1962, he was employed by the Sudan TV.
Sudan Television Corporation[edit]
During his career in Sudan TV (STC) Badr Eddin gained great fame through his weekly program "Knights in the field" (Arabic فرسان في الميدان) An informative and entertainment show addressing young educated public, which lasted for ten consecutive years. In 1970 he traveled to West Germany, in a training mission for a period of three years during which he worked as a translator and later a journalist for the Voice of Germany broadcast, Arabic section. He was also sent to the United Arab Emirates, UAE, to work as a television supervisor where he contributed to the development of television programs works.[2] In 1979, he was appointed director of TV programs in the STC. In 1984, a new Sudanese government decided to pensioned him off together with many of his colleague for public interest a term [2] likely to be interpreted in the Sudan as employment termination, often for political reason. He then set up his own center for Media Production in the Sudan. Soon the government quickly reversed its decision on the directives of Prime Minister. Sadiq al-Mahdi and issued a new decree appointing Badr Eddin first as deputy director general of the Sudan News Agency, SUNA, later as a director of the Sudan TV. [3] Again in 1991 was referred back to retirement also for the so-called public interest.
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