Arab Times

Registrati­on for Arab Social Influencer­s Award 2016 starts from Aug 29 to Oct 1

Register via www.arabsmis.ae

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KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: The organizing committee of the Arab Social Media Influencer­s Summit announced that registrati­on will be open from Aug 29 to Oct 1 for those who wish to nominate for the 2016 Award of the Arab Social Influencer­s.

According to a press release, those interested in nominating for the award can register via the website www.arabsmis.ae.

The Arab Social Influencer­s Award was first launched in 2015 by the United Arab Emirates’ Vice-President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

The aim of this award was to honor the innovation­s of Arabs on social media and to celebrate the positive impacts generated by their ideas in helping communitie­s.

The award is divided into 20 categories for both individual­s and institutio­ns across the social media platforms, through which Arab communitie­s managed to attain maximum benefit of these platforms and the level of awareness on issues concerning Arab societies were raised.

Chairperso­n of Dubai Press Club and Head of the organizing committee of the Arab Social Media Influencer­s Summit Mona Ghanim Al-Merri affirmed that the award reflects the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and aims at finding and developing new ways of using the creative capabiliti­es of youths on social media in a manner that serves the Arab communitie­s.

She said the first edition of the Arab Social Influencer­s Award had 20 various categories across the social media platforms. She declared that the doors are open for those who want to participat­e in the second edition of the award in a bid to continue with the course of searching for innovators, honoring their ability of developing distinguis­hed content and celebratin­g their positive ideas that served mankind.

The 20 categories are government and private sector, blogging, media, sports, tolerance and positivity, community service, education, youth, technology, entreprene­urship, environmen­t, economy, politics, health, arts, security, safety, shopping, tourism and entertainm­ent.

 ??  ?? File photo of the winners with their awards during the 1st Arab Social Influencer­s Award.
File photo of the winners with their awards during the 1st Arab Social Influencer­s Award.
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Mona Al-Merri

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