ANISSA HELOU Cultural Excellence – 2025 Anissa Helou, born in Beirut in 1952 to a Lebanese mother and Syrian father,…
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi Cultural Excellence – 2025 Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi is a columnist and researcher on social, political, and cultural…
JACK SHAHEEN – LEBANON Cultural Excellence – 2010 Dr. Jack Shaheen is a graduate in Mass Communications from the University…
SALMA KHADRA JAYYUSI – PALESTINE Cultural Excellence – 2010 Salma Khadra Jayyusi, a multifaceted luminary, born in East Jordan in…
MOHAMAD GHANI HIKMAT – IRAQ Cultural Excellence – 2011 Mohamad Ghani Hikmat (1929 – September 2011) is a renowned sculptor,…
SAMIA ZARU – JORDAN Cultural Excellence – 2012 Samia Taktak Zaru is a renowned Jordanian multimedia artist, designer, painter, and…
GEORGE TARABICHI – SYRIA Cultural Excellence – 2013 George Tarabichi, a Syrian philosopher, critic, translator, and writer, made substantial contributions…
THE EDWARD SAID NATIONAL CONSERVATORY FOR MUSIC – PALESTINE Cultural Excellence – 2014 The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music…
AL KAMANDJATI – PALESTINE Cultural Excellence – 2015 Al Kamandjâti Association (AK) is a non-profit organization founded in 2002 by…
FANNI RAGHMAN ANNI – TUNISIA Cultural Excellence – 2016 In 2011, Fanni Raghman Anni (Artist in spite of me) started…

