Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Arabic Language

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The Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Arabic Language is a prize established by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to support the Arabic language.

Objectives[edit]

The objectives of the award include:^[1]

• Entrench the status of the UAE as a center of excellence in the level of the Arabic language.
• Advance the Arabic language and encourage initiatives that contribute to its development in learning, teaching, planning, thought and use.
• Highlight successful initiatives and honor them in the various categories of the award to enable workers in the field of the Arabic language to benefit from them.
• Spread awareness of the importance of personal and institutional initiatives seeking to develop the Arabic language.
• Encourage youth and motivate them to be creative in developing various uses of the Arabic language.
• Expand the translation of works from various fields of knowledge to benefit from the experiences of global cultures.
• Rekindle awareness of the Arabic language being the language of the future, and work to crystallize this role.

Previous Winners[edit]

2014[edit]

• Arab Bureau of Education for Gulf States for the best Arabicization or translation project category of the Linguistic Policies axis.
• United Arab Emirates University for the best initiative in teaching Arabic in higher education category of the Education axis.
• Abdullah Mustafa Dunan.
• Ali Abdel-Qader Al-Hammadi.
• Ayyoub Yousef.
• Google.
• King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Center for Arabic Language Service.
• National Geographic Arabic TV Channel and magazine.

2015[edit]

• Dar Al Farah.
• UAE National Center for Measurement and Evaluation.
• Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khaled Al Nahyan Cultural Center.
• Beit Al Lugha Center
• Taha Zarouki
• Nasruddin Idris Gouhar
• Sharjah Radio
• King Abdulaziz International Center for the Arabic Language
• King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

2016[edit]

• Reem Al Kardy.
• Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naqbi.
• Hassan Al-Shammari.
• Al-Quds Open University.
• Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO).
• Fares Bukhamseen Foundation.
• Abu Dhabi Media.

2017[edit]

• Dar Al Makassed.
• Queen Rania Teacher Academy.
• Arab Bureau of Education for Gulf States.
• Nabtech.
• Beghadi Media Company.
• Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khaled Al Nahyan Cultural Center.
• World Organization of Alumni of Al-Azhar.
• Culture Has No Borders initiative.

2018[edit]

- Lughati - Learning Arabic through smart means initiative within the Education axis. - UAE Ministry of Education within the Education axis. - Adel Bouraoui within the Education axis. - Birzeit University within the Technology (Technology) axis. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia within the Technology (Technology) axis. - Khaled Salem Al Naqbi (Khair Jalas) within the Media and Communication axis.

2019[edit]

- Electronic ink technology - Arabization and terminology unification project - "Ahb Al-Arabiah" series: an integrated curriculum for teaching Arabic to Arabic speakers - Protection of the Arabic Language Law No. 35 of 2015 - "Culture Has No Borders" initiative - "Nour and the History Gate" TV series - "Iftah Ya Simsim" educational TV program - "Tifouli Kenny" initiative - "Arabic Language Network" program - "Lughati" initiative - UAE Standard Test in Arabic (EmSAT Arabic) - "Khair Jalas" initiative - Business Terminology Reference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Arabic Impact Factor - Dictionary search engine - UNESCO's Worldwide Program for Arabic Language Teaching and Skill Development for Non-Native Speakers - "Abjad" digital library platform - "Reading Network" - Morocco - "A book for us, a school day for you" initiative - Interpretive Dictionary of Medicine and Health Sciences Volume L - "Al-Mufassir Fassi h" TV program - Digital transformation initiative for school dropout students and illiteracy eradication - Teaching Arabic as a second language using Metaverse - "Natiq" text-to-speech application - UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority and Digital Government initiative's support for digital Arabic content - Future Terminology Glossary - "Mansour's Adventures" animated series - Reading Club - Morocco

2020[edit]

- Electronic ink technology - Arabization and terminology unification project - "Ahlab Al-Arabiah" education series - Protection of the Arabic Language Law No. 35 of 2015

2021[edit]

- Arab Thought Foundation in Lebanon wins the early education category for its "Arabi21" initiative. - How Many Words Foundation in Lebanon wins the school education category for its "How Many Words" initiative. - Saudi Electronic University wins the teaching Arabic to non-native speakers category for its "Arabic Online" program.

- Kareezah Children's Channel from the United States wins the electronic and social media category for best work in Arabic.

- Abu Dhabi Talents Department at Abu Dhabi Media wins the media category for its "BalArabi" program.

- Saudi Electronic University wins both categories under the Technology axis for a dictionary search engine project.

- Reading Network - Morocco wins the knowledge society category.

So in summary, the 2021 winners were from Lebanon, KSA, USA and Morocco across the different axes and categories.

2023[edit]

Sixth edition winners The first subcategory in the Education segment of the awards recognises efforts to figure out the best way to teach and learn Arabic in early education, the winner being the Arab Thought Foundation from Lebanon for its initiative ‘Contributing to the Development of Learning and Teaching the Arabic Language (Arabic 21)’.

The second subcategory seeks to honour the best initiative for teaching Arabic in schools (grades 1 to 12), with the Kamkalima Foundation from Lebanon adjudged the winner for its ‘Kamkalima’ initiative.

The third subcategory in the Education segment recognises the best initiative to teach Arabic to non-Arabic speakers. The winner in this category was the Saudi Electronic University from Saudi Arabia for its ‘Arabic Online Program’.

In the Media and Communication segment, the first subcategory applauded outstanding work in Arabic in electronic media and social media channels. Karaza Children’s Channel from the United States was named the winner in this category.

The second subcategory in the Media and Communication segment recognised the best initiative to serve the cause of Arabic language in the media. The talent management team from Abu Dhabi Media Company in the UAE came away winners for their initiative, ‘Bil Arabi Program’.

In the Technology category, the first subcategory recognised the best initiative to use social networking or intelligent technical application for learning and publishing Arabic. Mahmoud Salah Abdelaziz Al-Sayed Suleiman from Egypt was named the winner for his initiative ‘Easy Arabic’.

The second subcategory in the Technology category honoured top efforts to develop and publish Arabic digital content or Arabic language processors. The winner in this category was the Kalemon Curriculum initiative for teaching Arabic to non-native speakers presented by the Kalemon Foundation for Educational Services affiliated with Almotahida Education Group.

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