Great Arab Minds

Specialist Committee

Higher Committee

His Excellency Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi

Higher Committee Chairman

Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Great Arab Minds Higher Committee Chairman, and Secretary-General of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI)

His Excellency Saeed Al Nazari

Secretary General of Great Arab Minds

Chief Executive Officer of The Development Office at The Executive Office of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Natural Science Specialist Committee Members

Professor Sehamuddin Galadari

Professor of Biology and Managing Director of New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Research Institute.

Doctor Noureddine Melikechi

Dean of the Kennedy College of Sciences and Professor of Physics at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Professor Jehane Ragai

Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the American University in Cairo.

Doctor Latifa Elouadrhiri

Research and Development Project Manager at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, on assignment to the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Physics, and Acting Director of the Femtosecond Nuclear Imaging Center.

Professor Nader Masmoudi

Professor of Mathematics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University Abu Dhabi.

Medicine Specialist Committee Members

Doctor Amer Ahmad Sharif

Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Health and President of Mohammed bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU).

Professor Elias Zerhouni

Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

His Excellency Doctor Alawi Alsheikh Ali

Director General of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA).

Professor Huda Akil

Gardner C. Quarton Distinguished Professor of Neurosciences in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School.

Engineering & Technology Specialist Committee Members

Her Excellency Sarah Al Amiri

Minister of Education, United Arab Emirates.

Doctor Arif AlHammadi

Senior Advisor at Khalifa University and Acting Director General of the Strategic and Digital Affairs Sector at the Community Development Authority.

Doctor Mohamed Qasem

Dean of Dubai Future Academy.

Professor Ismail Al Hindi

President of Al Hussein Technical University.

Mr. Adel Darwish

Regional Director for the Arab States at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Economics Specialist Committee Members

His Excellency Abdulla bin Touq

Minister of Economy and Tourism of the United Arab Emirates.

His Excellency Essa Kazim

Governor of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Chairman of Dubai Financial Market, and Chairman of DP World.

Jihad Azour

Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Farid Belhaj

Senior Fellow Policy Center for the New South.

Professor Rabah Arezki

Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region at the World Bank and Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.

Doctor Mohamed Hadi

Dean of the College of Business and Economics at the United Arab Emirates University.

Architecture & Design Specialist Committee Members

Professor Hashim Sarkis

Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Doctor Adrian Lahoud

Dean of the School of Architecture at the Royal College of Art.

Professor Ali Malkawi

Founding Director of the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities and Professor of Architectural Technology.

Professor Salma Damluji

Professor of Architecture in the Islamic World at the American University of Beirut.

Literature & Arts Specialist Committee Members

His Excellency Mohammed Al Murr

Chairman of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Library Foundation.

Sultan Saood Al Qassemi

Founder of the Barjeel Art Foundation.

Doctor Ahmed Zayed

Director of Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Professor Salwa Mikdadi

Professor of the Practice of Art History and Director of Al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art at New York University Abu Dhabi.

Nomination Committee Members

Her Excellency Huda Al Hashemi

Her Excellency Huda Al Hashemi

Deputy Minister of Cabinet Affairs for Strategic Affairs.

His Excellency Abdulsalam Haykal

Minister of Communications and Information Technology of Syria.

Ali Matar

Head of LinkedIn Middle East and Africa, EMEA and LATAM Growth Markets Leader.

Chucrallah Haddad

Partner and Head of Consulting at KPMG Middle East.