Tunisia Live (Tunis)
Houda Mzioudet
28 December 2011
A young Tunisian Akram Mourad and a Syrian doctor Madine Safi have jointly won the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALECSO) Prize for Scientific Creativity and Technological Invention.
The award given to young Arab researchers who have achieved great accomplishments in their innovative fields, was dedicated this year to the field of energy and environment. Dr. Mohamed Aziz Ben Achour, General Director of ALECSO, honored the winners during the 95th Session of the ALECSO Executive Council meeting’s closing ceremony taking place on December 28th.
Akram Mourad won the prize thanks to his research in the field of electrical energy with his invention of a battery for electric cars. Safi won the prize for his research in the field of environment and new technologies with the production of hydroxyl, calcite and quartz from serine phosphate debris. The first runner up was awarded US $10,000 and the second runner-up received US $6,000.
Around 18 candidates from nine Arab countries: Tunisia, Jordan, Bahrain, Oman, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Egypt competed for the prize of Young Arab Researchers for the Year of 2011. Through this prize, ALECSO aims at spreading a culture of scientific research and innovation among young Arab researchers and inventors.
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