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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 &…
MAMDOUHA EL-SAYED BOBST – LEBANON Lifetime Achievement – 2015 Mamdouha El-Sayed Bobst, born in 1925 in Tripoli, Lebanon, was a…
GHAZI ALGOSAIBI – KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA Lifetime Achievement – 2015 Dr. Ghazi Algosaibi was a prominent Saudi intellectual, diplomat,…
RIAD AL-SADIK – PALESTINE Lifetime Achievement – 2015 Riad Al-Sadik is Chairman of Al Habtoor Leighton Group and a member…
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…
ALIA EL SOLH – LEBANON Lifetime Achievement – 2013 Alia El Solh, known as “the Daughter of Independence,” was a…