Jordanian State Minister of Information Visits EMPC

                H.E Faisal Al-Shaboul, Jordanian State Minister of Information and the official spokesman for the Jordanian government, praised EMPC amenities and its state-of-the-art technical centers which are comparable to those in advanced European countries. This came during his visit to EMPC today, accompanied by Mr. Muhammad Balkar, Director General of Jordanian Radio and Television.

During the visit, Al-Shaboul was received by Abdel Fattah Al-Gibali, EMPC Chairman of the Board and a number of its officials. Al-Shboul expressed his happiness at visiting this huge media edifice, expressing his hope for cooperation and exchange of experiences between the two sides in the various fields of media, especially in the field of training media and technical cadres, to benefit from the EMPC’s state-of-the-art technical capabilities and human expertise.

For his part, Abdel Fattah Al-Gibali, EMPC Chairman of the Board, welcomed the guest minister, stressing the depth of the historical relations between Egypt and Jordan at the popular and official levels in various fields. Al-Gibali confirmed that EMPC is ready to provide all facilities and amenities it has to our brothers in Jordan, especially in the field of training media cadres and exchanging media visits between the two countries.

Al-Gibali accompanied the Jordanian Minister on a tour to have a look at EMPC amenities and its studios, where they saw the outdoor shooting areas, and the current construction works of the various decorations that are taking place in full swing, in preparation for the shooting of Ramadan’s series. They also visited the Cinema Restoration Center, which is the first of its kind in the Middle East that preserves the documentary audio-visual heritage and protects it from damage and age. There, the guests listened to the center supervisors’ lecture about the stages of films restoration. Then, the minister inspected the Dolby Atmos studio, in which the latest sound technologies in the world are applied and approved by Dolby International Company.

Al-Shaboul also visited EMPC training and development center UP SKILL, where he inspected its various lecture rooms and got acquainted with the most important training programs offered by the center.

At the end of the visit, El-Gibali escorted the guest minister to take a tour inside DMC studios, which are the largest in the city, during which they were received by the journalist writer Mahmoud Musalam, head of the DMC channel network, who welcomed the minister and his companions and took them on a tour around the network's studios. They had a friendly dialogue about the distinguished Egyptian-Jordanian relations in many fields, especially the media.

It is noteworthy to mention that the Jordanian Minister’s visit to EMPC comes on the sidelines of his participation in the meetings of the Council of Arab Information Ministers hosted by Cairo from 20^th to 22^nd September 2022.