The Zayed Prize for Human Fraternity announced the selection of the first Lebanese woman, Mrs. Neamat Aoun, as a member of the jury for the 2027 session. This is the first time that a Lebanese member has been selected on the jury, which includes former presidents, high-level humanitarian leaders, and prominent international figures in the cultural and religious fields. The honorees will be selected in the eighth session of the award, which is worth one million dollars. The committee includes Mrs. Aoun, the former President of the Republic of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the former President of the Republic of Iraq, Barham Salih, the former President of the Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Maulin Ashimbaev, and the Honorary President of the Pontifical Council for Culture in the Vatican, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi. The First Lady received the General Counsel of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity, Judge Mohammed Abdel Salam, who briefed her on the award’s decision to select her as a member of the jury, in the presence of Ministers: Ghassan Salama, Haneen Al-Sayed, and Noura Bayrkadrian, the Emirati Ambassador to Lebanon Fahd Al-Kaabi, the Archbishop of the Maronite Diocese of Beirut, Bishop Boulos Abdel Sater, the Mufti Sheikh Ahmed Talib, and the Deputy Special Coordinator of the United Nations in Lebanon, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator, Imran Riza. The Mufti of Zahle and Western Bekaa, Sheikh Ali Al-Ghazawi, the sectarian judge of the Druze Unitarian sect, Sheikh Gandhi Makarem, the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Zahle and Baalbek, Antonius of Sour, Mrs. Maysoon Shehab (UNESCO), Messrs. Marco Luigi Corsi (UNICEF), Marwan Sehnaoui and Fadi Mahmoud, Mrs. Mai Jaber Najjar, Mandy Bassil, Dounia Al-Sahili, and the lawyer Muhammad. Alem, Mrs. Youmna Alem, and Mr. Pierre Issa. It is worth noting that the “Zayed Award for Human Fraternity” celebrates individuals or institutions located anywhere in the world who represent role models for others in carrying out great deeds by tirelessly cooperating with others, overcoming division and divisions to achieve real progress based on firm conviction, and in order to achieve this they sacrifice dearly and preciously, as the honorees receive a cash prize amounting to one million US dollars. The award emerged from the “Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Coexistence,” which was signed by the Grand Imam, Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, Chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders, and His Holiness the late Pope Francis in Abu Dhabi on February 4, 2019, during the historic and first-of-its-kind papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula. It represented a joint declaration and a call to all peoples around the world to rediscover the values that help create a safer and more peaceful future for all and renew their lives. Commitment to these values. The declaration includes perceptions about the challenges of contemporary society and the role of religions in promoting world peace. The award is sponsored by the President of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The Zayed Prize for Human Fraternity jury is an independent committee consisting of a group of experts from around the world, individuals who have demonstrated a deep commitment to promoting human brotherhood.