Ahlam Mosteghanemi - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

Awarded The Shield of Beirut by the Governor of Beirut in a special ceremony held at Unesco Palace attended by 1500 people at the time her book “nessyane.com” was published in 2009.

Identified by Forbes Magazine as: The most successful Arabic writer, having exceeded sales of 2,300,000. One of the ten most influential women in the Arab world and the leading woman in literature.

Received the Shield of Al Jimar Foundation for Arabic Creativity in Tripoli – Libya, 2007.

Named the Algerian Cultural Personality of the year 2007 by Algerian News Magazine and the Algerian Press Club.

Selected for three years in a row (2006, 2007 and 2008) as one of the 100 most powerful public figures in the Arab World by Arabian Business Magazine, ranking at number 58 in 2008.

Named The Most Distinguished Arab Woman of 2006 (selected from 680 nominated women) by the Arab Women Studies Center Paris / Dubai.

Awarded a medal of honor from Abdelaziz Bouteflika the President of Algeria in 2006.

Received the Medal of Appreciation and Gratitude from Sheikh Abdelhamid Ben Badis Foundation, Constantine, 2006.

Received the Pioneers of Lebanon Committee Medal for her overall work 2004.

Received the George Tarabeh Prize for Culture and Creativity, Lebanon, 1999.

Received the Amman Loyalty Medal for Creativity, Amman, Jordan 1999.

Received the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for Memory of the Flesh in 1998.

Received the Nour Foundation Prize for Women's Creativity, Cairo, 1996.