Dubai: Agencies
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, affirmed that the Arab region has given the world centuries of science, inventions and tools that formed the foundations of modern medicine and advanced surgeries, and today it is capable of continuing this path again, and that the distinguished Arab minds that It believes in working for the future of mankind and humanity is numbered in the millions and its support continues with initiatives that support innovation and creativity, as it leads the resumption of the region’s contribution to the global knowledge community and human civilization.
This came, according to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), during Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid’s announcement, via a blog post on the “X” website, of the name of Dr. Hani Najm from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the winner in the medicine category in the first session of the “Nawabag Al Arab” initiative, the largest initiative. It is one of its kind in the Arab world, which has become the “Arab Nobel”, which celebrates and honors the achievements of distinguished Arab minds, and highlights what its owners have achieved and their role in advancing the paths of development and human progress in the Arab region and the world. According to what was reported by the Youm7 website in Cairo from the Middle East News Agency
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid said, “The distinguished Arab minds who believe in working for the future of man and humanity number in the millions, and their support continues with initiatives that support innovation and creativity, because they lead the resumption of the region’s contribution to the global knowledge community and human civilization.”
Saudi Dr. Hani Najm won the title of the “Geniuses of the Arabs” initiative, the largest initiative of its kind in the Arab world, in its first session of 2023 in the medicine category, in recognition of his outstanding contributions in the field of cardiac surgery for children and adults and his surgical innovations in the treatment of congenital heart diseases.
Dr. Hani Negm also performed more than 10,000 heart surgeries on children and adults and introduced innovative and exceptional surgical practices in the specialty of cardiac surgery.