HELEN THOMAS – LEBANON Lifetime Achievement – 2011 Helen Thomas was a trailblazing journalist, known for her fearless questioning of…
HASIB SABBAGH – PALESTINE Lifetime Achievement – 2011 Hasib Sabbagh was a transformative figure in Middle Eastern business and philanthropy….
JIMMY CARTER – UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Lifetime Achievement – 2012 Jimmy Carter, born in 1924 in Plains, Georgia, was…
ALIA EL SOLH – LEBANON Lifetime Achievement – 2013 Alia El Solh, known as “the Daughter of Independence,” was a…
GHASSAN TUENI – LEBANON Lifetime Achievement – 2014 Ghassan Tueni, a prominent Lebanese journalist, politician, and diplomat, shaped Lebanese media…
GILBERT CHAGOURI – LEBANON Lifetime Achievement – 2014 Gilbert Chagoury, born in Nigeria to Lebanese immigrant parents, is an influential…
MAMDOUHA EL-SAYED BOBST – LEBANON Lifetime Achievement – 2015 Mamdouha El-Sayed Bobst, born in 1925 in Tripoli, Lebanon, was a…
FATEN HAMAMA – EGYPT Lifetime Achievement – 2016 Faten Hamama, known as the “Lady of the Arabic Screen,” transformed the…
ZAHA HADID – IRAQ Lifetime Achievement – 2016 Dame Zaha Hadid, awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004, is…
BILL GATES – UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Lifetime Achievement – 2016 Bill Gates is the co-chair of the Bill &…