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Winners of the MBRKA

Launched ten years ago, numerous individuals, including inventors, creators, scientists, and
intellectual figures, as well as a range of educational and research institutions, have been

nominated to date. The MBRKA has been granted to a group of knowledge leaders whose
innovations, ideas, and concepts have significantly improved humanity as a whole.
Winners of MBRKA in 2014

In 2014, two luminaries in the digital world – Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide

Web, and Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia – were honored with this prestigious award.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee was recognized for inventing the World Wide Web in 1989 while working
as a software engineer at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The

majority of people across the globe now benefit from his revolutionary invention, earning him
the first-ever Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award. Jimmy Wales, an

American internet entrepreneur, was honored with the MBRKA for being the man behind
Wikipedia, a collaborative global online encyclopedia that is one of the most significant and

widely popular, free knowledge sources on the internet.
Winners of MBRKA in 2015

Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, a scientist and developer of sensing devices and interactive
robots, Ahmed Al Shugairi, a prominent media
personality and motivator for Arab youth, as well as the National Geographic Society, the

renowned research and exploration organization, were given the Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum Knowledge Award in 2015.

Professor Ishiguro earned the MBRKA for his outstanding contributions as a seasoned
scientific researcher, having published more than 300 research articles. His research focuses

on distributed sensing systems, verification tools, interactive robotics, and android science.
His discoveries have significantly contributed to the field of humanoid robots.

The insightful and motivational content presented by Ahmed AlShugairi throughout the
episodes of his famous television program ‘Khawater’ that aired for over 11 years earned him

the MBRKA in 2015, owing to its significant positive impact on the Arab youth audience. In
addition, he has authored several books, including the book ‘Khawater from Japan’. According

to a study published by Arabian Business, he was listed among the top 500 most prominent
and influential personalities in the Arab world.
For more than 130 years, the National Geographic Society has funded the best and brightest

individuals dedicated to scientific discovery and understanding of our world.
The Society’s historic commitment to dauntless exploration dates back to its founding in 1888,

when 33 prominent scholars and scientists established an organization dedicated to the
“increase and diffusion of knowledge.” This led to being chosen as one of the winners of the

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