Iraqi pharmacist Tala Al-Khalil was awarded the Arab Hope Award in 2024 for his initiative in supporting children with Down syndrome and cancer.

According to Amac: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, also presented the three finalists, Mohammad Al-Najjar from Iraq, Amin Imran from Morocco, and Fathiya Al-Mahmoud from Egypt, with the title of Hope Makers. Arab gave awards.
Fourteen people will receive an award of one million dirhams for their humanitarian efforts.
Tala Al-Khalil, who won the most votes in the ceremony, began his journey in 2015 by supporting young cancer patients at Basra Children's Hospital, giving them hope and education.
  In 2018, he founded Warrior Academy to care for 200 children with Down syndrome and cancer.
Dr. Mohammad Al-Najjar, who lost his leg in 2014, turned this tragedy into a catalyst for change and hope.
A football fan himself, he first excelled as part of the Portsmouth Amputee Football Team and later helped build the Iraq Veterans Amputee Football Team.
With his constant determination, he helped the Iraqi team to rank 19th among the 70 amputee football teams in the world.
Meanwhile, YouTuber Amin Omran uses his channel to improve the living conditions of underprivileged Moroccans.
As the president of AFTAS Development and Solidarity Association, Amin has supported a number of humanitarian initiatives in his country.
  More than 1,000 solar panels, more than 4,500 food packages for poor families, financing 217 surgeries in 2023 and planting 2,800 fruit trees are his achievements.
Fathiya Al Mahmoud, known as "Mother of the Orphans" or "Mama Fathiya", launched the "A Touch of Hope" association in 2005 to begin caring for 34 orphaned girls.
  He and his wife also founded a charity hospital that provides free medical care to orphans and the needy.
This is the fourth season of the largest initiative of its kind in the Arab region, which celebrates philanthropists.