26/02/2025
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Judges Approved for the 12th Edition of the Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo Award
(Manama, 26th FEB 2025) The Board of Trustees of the Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo Award held the 12th edition’s second meeting, chaired by the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Khalid Mohamed Kanoo, at Kanoo Tower in the Diplomatic Area. During the meeting, the Chairman and members of the Board of Trustees were briefed on the progress of the General Secretariat in promoting the award and the developments regarding participation in the fields of the current edition. The agenda items were also discussed, including the approval of the names of the judges and the approval of allocating a budget to promote the fields of the award during the current year.


After the meeting, Mr. Khalid Kanoo said that to ensure the efficiency of the judging process, the judges for this session were carefully selected after deliberations by all members of the Board of Trustees, during which they reviewed a long list of nominated names, and nine of them were selected to participate in the judging process for the three fields of the award. He added that a budget has been allocated to promote the fields of the award during the current year to encourage the largest possible number of people to participate in it, whether from the Gulf or Arab countries. He also welcomed all those who have registered their desire to participate so far, whose number has exceeded 250 participants. 

The Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Award, which has a total prize money of $74,000 and is considered one of the most prestigious scientific and cultural awards locally and in the Gulf, will continue to accept participation for the three areas of the award until next June. The twelfth edition includes a competition in the field of economic research entitled (Emerging Technologies and Their Applications in Finance and Economics in Arab Countries), a competition dedicated to local university students that requires innovations in the technologies of the financial sector, and an arts competition revolving around the cultural identity of urbanism in the Kingdom of Bahrain. 

It is worth noting that the Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Award is a member of the Arab Awards Forum, which includes the most prominent Arab awards, including the Isa Award for Service to Humanity, the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud International Award for Translation, the King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein Award for Creativity, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award, and the Sultan Qaboos Award for Culture, Arts and Literature.