Sheikh Mohammed praises Sarah Al Amiri for TIME Magazine honour

Sarah Al Amiri, UAE Minister of State for Advanced Technology, has been named in the Time100 Impact Awards list, and received a special word of praise from His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Friday.

Sheikh Mohammed who tweeted about the achievement, said: “Sara Al Amiri has been named among the 100 most influential figures in 2022, according to the Time International Magazine.”

“The daughter of the Emirates.. and my daughter.. Sarah Al-Amiri.. Among the 100 most influential figures in 2022, according to Time International magazine.. We are proud of our young men and women who have distinguished themselves nationally and globally,” the tweet read (translated from Arabic)

Al Amiri, the chairwoman of the UAE Space Agency has been named among the 100 most influential global figures in 2022 The newly instituted awards is “a recognition of leaders who, through sustained effort, have done extraordinary work to shape the future of their industries and the world at large,” according to a tweet by the magazine.

Introducing the award, Time International tweeted: “Across every industry, TIME100 leaders— scientists and CEOs, artists and activists, pop stars and politicians—are moving our world forward. Just as TIME’s annual list recognises achievement in one year, we also know influence endures. So today, TIME introduces the TIME100 Impact Awards: a recognition of leaders who, through sustained effort, have done extraordinary work to shape the future of their industries and the world at large.

Our first honorees range from an innovator forging a new path to space, to an actor who changed the narrative around mental health to an architect who is quite literally building a better tomorrow.

Other famous names who have made it to the list include Tony Elumelu, who is the champion of entrepreneurship in Africa, Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone; Huda Kattan, an Iraqi-American makeup artist, beauty blogger, and entrepreneur, and David Adjaye, the famous Ghanaian-British architect, among others.