Under the patronage and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, the second annual edition of the “Arab Geniuses Award” is being launched, the largest of its kind in the Arab world, which has emerged as the “Arab Nobel” for its pioneering role in highlighting and honoring Arabs with exceptional achievements concerned with improving the lives of humanity within its six categories, with the aim of restoring the Arab world’s position in the scientific forefront, and resuming the region’s vital contribution to the march of human civilization.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, confirmed that the award is a huge project to celebrate the Arab person, appreciate him in his society and among his family, and enhance his confidence in his capabilities and abilities.
His Highness said, in a post on the “X” platform yesterday: “Brothers and sisters… a year ago we launched the Arab Geniuses Award… a huge project to celebrate the Arab person, appreciate him in his society and among his family, and enhance his confidence in his capabilities and abilities… The Arab Geniuses Award is A seed that we plant today for the future… As proud as we are of the achievements of the Arabs historically, we need to strengthen the confidence of the Arab person in his role in creating the future… Today we begin receiving nominations for the second round of this award https://greatarabminds.ae.”
In its second session, the “Arab Geniuses” Award celebrates the unique Arab minds who have achieved distinguished achievements in six pivotal categories for accelerating growth and enriching knowledge at the Arab and international levels, which are: medicine, engineering and technology, economics, natural sciences, architecture and design, and literature and arts.
The second edition of the “Geniuses of the Arabs” initiative continues to receive individual and institutional nominations from all over the Arab world and the world until October 31, 2024 for the various award categories.
The initiative aims to honor the pioneers, distinguished people, innovators, creators and those with exceptional achievements who open new horizons for their countries and the Arab and international communities in science, technology, medicine, engineering, economics, urbanism, design, art and literature. It also sheds light on Arab minds that constitute role models for younger generations, and on their creative ideas that enhance the position of the Arab world cognitively, scientifically and culturally on the global stage.
The Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Geniuses, Mohammed Abdullah Al Gergawi, confirmed that the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, since His Highness launched the Arab Geniuses initiative, the first of its kind, is to It will be an integrated and continuous project that stimulates Arab minds, highlights their role models, honors their distinguished ones, and becomes the nucleus of a more influential Arab scientific movement in the future.
Al-Gergawi said: “The Geniuses of the Arabs is a strategic project to highlight the capabilities and capabilities of the Arab human being, restore his historical role in building the future of the world around him, and raise the edifices of human knowledge, based on the values of partnership, cooperation, and readiness for the future. Our role today is to celebrate Arab minds contributing to the march of human civilization.” He added: “The initiative focuses on creating Arab role models to be a beacon for generations in priority sectors, and we look forward during the second cycle to achieving a broader positive impact.” Our goal in the “Geniuses of the Arabs” initiative is to restore the Arab civilizational movement that extends over centuries of achievements in the service of humanity.
Al-Gergawi called on various Arab academic, cultural and knowledge institutions and individuals to nominate outstanding Arab minds with qualitative achievements in the Arab world and the world in order to honor them, celebrate their important and inspiring role, and shed light on their development and civilizational contributions, pointing out that “the geniuses of the Arabs” and all the institutional and societal movement that accompanies With it, since its inception, it began to constitute a starting point for a reverse migration movement of Arab minds who wish to return to the region, and contribute to enhancing the paths of development, innovation and creativity in it. The second edition of “The Geniuses of the Arabs,” after completing all stages of nomination, qualifiers, and judging, will crown six winners for the initiative’s categories.
The “Geniuses of the Arabs” awards prizes worth six million dirhams, with one million dirhams to the winner in each category.
It is expected that this new version of the “Geniuses of the Arabs” initiative will receive thousands of nominations from the Arab region and the world. The second session of “Geniuses of the Arabs” continues the approach of assigning specialized arbitration committees for each category, which is the model established by the founding session of the initiative last year, to ensure a comprehensive and scientific evaluation of the nominations for each category according to its requirements.
The “Arab Geniuses” jury includes a number of ministers, officials, experts and specialists, from the United Arab Emirates, the Arab world and the world, in the categories of economy, technology, science, health, culture, arts and literature.
Nominations go through several comprehensive and detailed evaluation stages, which include receiving, classifying and filtering nomination requests, all the way to selecting the final competing nominations that precede the crowning of the winners.
The celebration of the first edition of the “Geniuses of the Arabs” initiative in January 2024 witnessed the honoring of the surgeon Dr. Hani Negm, Chairman of the Department of Pediatric and Adult Cardiac Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, winner of the award in the medicine category, and the inventor Professor Fadel Adeeb from Lebanon, Professor Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), winner in the engineering and technology category, economist Dr. Muhammad Al-Erian, who won the “Geniuses of the Arabs” award in the economics category, Professor Nevin Khashab, from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, winner of the award in the natural sciences category, and architect Lina Al-Ghatma, winner. With the award in the Architecture and Design category, the writer, writer and researcher Professor Wassini Al-Araj won from Algeria the “Geniuses of the Arabs” award in the Literature and Arts category.
Dr. Hani Negm from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia won the title of the “Geniuses of the Arabs” initiative for the year 2023 in the medicine category, for his innovations in cardiac surgery for children and adults and congenital heart surgeries and treatments.
While the expert in the uses of wireless technologies, Professor Fadel Adeeb from Lebanon, won the title of the “Geniuses of the Arabs” initiative for the year 2023 in the engineering and technology category, in exchange for his distinguished achievements in expanding the boundaries of scientific knowledge, as a pioneer in the field of wireless technology, as his work had far-reaching effects in various industries and applications.
Economist Dr. Muhammad Al-Erian won the “Geniuses of the Arabs 2023” award in the economics category, due to his valuable contributions, studies and research in the field of economics and his global trends.
Professor Nevin Muhammad Ali Khashab received the title of “Geniuses of the Arabs” in the natural sciences category for her achievements in chemistry, bioengineering, and biological sciences, and her scientific research on applications of nanomaterials.
Architect Lina Al-Ghatma won the title of “Geniuses of the Arabs” award, in the architecture and design category, in recognition of her role in establishing new standards for integrative architecture, which blends the built environment and sustainable nature.
Writer, writer, researcher and academic Professor Wasini Al-Araj won the “Geniuses of the Arabs” award in the Literature and Arts category, in recognition of decades of creativity and excellence in the Arabic novel and academic and intellectual research.
Arab Nobel
The “Arab Geniuses” initiative, which has become the “Arab Nobel,” celebrates the creativity of distinguished Arab minds, their achievements, and their positive and influential role. It honors distinguished people in the Arab world, highlights their achievements locally, Arably and globally, and highlights their pioneering roles in making a positive impact, exploring promising future opportunities, and resuming the Arab region’s contribution to the paths of international development and the landscape of human civilization.
Standards
Creative Arab minds with advanced knowledge, ingenuity and proactiveness, who constitute a role model and role model in shaping future features in their specializations, can submit nomination applications to compete for the title of “Arab Geniuses” in the six categories.
Accepting nominations
The second edition of the “Geniuses of the Arabs” initiative continues to receive individual and institutional nominations from all parts of the Arab world and the world until October 31, 2024 by filling out the nomination application available on the website of the “Geniuses of the Arabs” initiative: https://greatarabminds.ae/ar/nomination- process/
Vice President of the State:
. The Arab Geniuses Award…a huge project to celebrate the Arab person, appreciate him in his society and among his family, and enhance his confidence in his capabilities and abilities.
. As much as we are proud of the achievements of Arabs historically, we need to strengthen Arab people’s confidence in their role in shaping the future.
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