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International womens Day has actually been celebrated with an honouring of role models Middle East by His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Advancement.

The WOW Film Fair Middle East Charity Gala Supper and Honors event occurred on Tuesday night, where H.E. Sheikh Nahayan presented the main movie festival awards along with others, recognising high achieving women and men in the Middle East throughout various fields.

Award winners were gifted with necklaces or cufflinks for the following classifications Good samaritan of the Year, Magnate of the Year, Personality of the Year, Sports Leader of the Year, Man Champions of Change and Increasing Talent Leader of the Year.

Charity Founder, 27 years of age, Sarah Brook was granted with Humanitarian of the Year Middle East for her social venture The Shimmer Structure which assists produce brighter futures for children all over the world. The Brit splits her time in between Public Relations and CSR consultancy work in Dubai to produce an income, and routine journeys to Africa to handle the structure, along with offering inspirational speak to women, corporates and pupils throughout the UAE on exactly how every individual could make a distinction.

" I am truly honoured to have been identified for my job however none of it would have been possible without all the incredible support I have actually obtained throughout the Middle East. Time is one of the most beneficial asset people could offer and I am so lucky to be residing in a place which has a national method centred around repaying to others," Creek claimed.

" Every person is able to contribute in their own special way and for me if I am able to inspire individuals to repay, any way they can, I could then match their capability and sources with the Sparkle demand and make an actual lasting long-term influence on the lives of others.

She wishes the award will help increase the account of the foundation and encourage the assistance of among the authorized UAE charities, so she could legally raise funds in the Dubai to proceed operating her African project and ideally eventually duplicate the model Middle East.

" Having faced death various times, a wrongful apprehension in Malawi and a variety of personal and monetary obstacles along the road, there have actually been sometimes it would have been much easier for me to quit but I recognized I needed to stand and defend exactly what I count on and the civil liberties children all over the world deserve," Brook added. "If we could urge more people, especially women, to have a voice and be heard, the world will at some point come to be a brighter place."

All earnings of the occasion were contributed to the Al Jalila Foundation, a global kind organisation, which was established by H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to position Dubai at the forefront of clinical innovation.

The six-day fair was showcasing 31 movies produced predominantly by women filmmakers, producers and screenwriters from 24 countries throughout five continents. The WOW Film Fair Middle East is produced by Dubai-based Straight Road Media whose Chief Executive Officer Hermoine Macura is the event's Founder and Director.

Supported by the Australian governments Council for Australian Arab Relations (CAAR), the festival is kept in organization with VOX Cinemas, Shopping mall of the Emirates, with movies also revealing at numerous places. To discover the latest program information, go to wowmiddleeast.com or adhere to the event on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Award winners included.

Rising Talent Leader of the Year (Film Maker award).
Sarah Al Hashmi, Director of the documentary film, Lemonade.
Maitha Al Awahdi, Director of the film, "X".

Business Leader of the Year
Jelena Bin Drai.

Personality of the Year:.
Lina Malas, Managing Partner and Head of Corporate and Leadership Development at Aventura, Dubai - the largest nature theme park of its kind in the GCC region.

Sports Leader of the Year.
Dolores Al Shelleh, the very first Jordanian to summit Mount Kilimanjaro and is presently on a trip to complete the world's 7 summits.

Humanitarian of the Year.
Sarah Brook, CEO and Founder of The Sparkle Foundation a social enterprise, established to create brighter lasting futures for prone people around the globe.

Male Champions of Change.
Samer Al Hallaq, Area Vice President-Astra Zeneca, Middle East.
Mansoor Al Dhaheri, award winning visionary and director of Little Sparta, the 2016 movie commemorating the fighting expertise, training and courage of the UAE Army.

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