Huda I Alhamis-Kanoo, Patron of the Arts
- Founder – Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation (ADMAF) – 1996
- Founder & Artistic Director : Abu Dhabi Festival (2004)
www.admaf.org / www.abudhabifestival.ae
Awards:
- The Abu Dhabi Award and Abu Dhabi Medal (conferred by H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi)
- The UN-affiliated Women Together Award
- The Aspen Institute Emerging Voice Award for Cultural Stewardship
- The Puccini Festival Foundation Award,
- The Middle East Institute’s Visionary Award,
- etc…
Orders Conferred:
- The Commander of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (Orden de Isabel la Católica), conferred upon her by HM Juan Carlos, former King of Spain, by order of HM Philip IV, King of Spain
- The Medal of Civil Merit of Spain
- The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz)
- Commendatore dell’Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà of Italy
- Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur of France
- Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France
- The Belgian Officer of the Order of the Crown, bestowed upon her by HM Albert II, King of Belgium
- The Gloria Artis Medal of Poland
- Order of the British Empire (OBE), bestowed upon her by HM Queen Elizabeth the Second
- etc…
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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)