Overview
- At a February 15 event at Dubai’s Coca-Cola Arena, Sheikh Hamdan named Abdul Rahman Al-Rais, Hind Al Hajri and Fawzia Mahmoudi as the 2026 honorees.
- Each winner received Dh1 million under the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives to expand their work.
- Morocco’s Fawzia Mahmoudi, associated with Operation Smile, says she has enabled care for nearly 19,000 children with cleft conditions and will invest the prize in medical training and capacity building in Morocco.
- Kuwaiti humanitarian Hind Al Hajri runs Fatima House in Zanzibar, which currently provides a home and support for 47 orphaned children.
- Moroccan content creator Abdul Rahman Al-Rais raises donations to clear widows’ debts and support families in remote villages, with reports citing more than 7,000 beneficiaries; this cycle drew 15,802 nominations, with more than 335,000 since 2017.