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IREF ME 2009 Awards

The IREF ME Awards, the event of the year for the Islamic real estate industry, is set to take place at the gala dinner awards ceremony. These much respected and valued industry accolades were established to help raise the standards in the Islamic real estate sector and to set the highest benchmarks for the industry globally.

The IREF ME Awards panel of judges are made up of respected industry experts from across the GCC, Europe and the South East Asia are responsible for nominating those institutions and individuals that they deem to have attained outstanding achievement(s), success and excellence over the past 12 months.

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    Representatives of Alargan Real Estate of Oman receiving the award for the Best Real Estate developer in Oman

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    Ali Al-Ghannam, Head of International Real Estate, KFH, receiving the award for the Best Islamic Financial Institution in Kuwait

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    Mohammed Asaria, Managing Director Rasameel Structured Finance KSC receiving the award of for the Best Islamic Finance Company in Kuwait

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    Youssef Ahmed Al Hammadi, CEO of Barwa Al Khor receiving the award for the Best Real Estate Development Project in Qatar

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    Representative of National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia receiving the award for the Best Financial Institution in Saudi Arabia

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    Dr. Abdulgader Amir, Vice Mayor for Planning & Urban Development, Municipality of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Government receiving the award on behalf of Saudi Electricity Company for the Best Islamic Financial Transaction in Saudi Arabia

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    Representative of Ra-Yek Real Estate receiving the award for the Best Commercial Developer in Saudi Arabia

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    Dr. Abdulgader Amir, Vice Mayor for Planning & Urban Development, Municipality of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Government receiving the award on behalf o Dar Al-Arkan Real Estate Development Company (Saudi Arabia) for the Best Residential Developer in Saudi Arabia

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    Representative of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi receiving the award for the Best Financial Institution in the UAE

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    R. Lakshmanan, CEO, Sakana Holistic Housing Solutions BSC of Bahrain receiving the award for the Best Islamic Mortgage Provider in the Middle East

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    Neil Miller, Partner, Norton Rose receiving the award for the Best Law Firm in the Middle East

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    Stella Cox, Managing Director, DDCAP receiving the award for Outstanding Contribution to Islamic Finance in the UK

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In order to make the process as transparent as possible institutions and the general public are also entitled to submit nominations for those entities and individuals that they feel deserve recognition.

All of the factors above are taken into consideration during the selection of winners in the various categories and we encourage all interested parties to participate in the nomination process and if you are a contender for one of this year's premier IREF ME Awards we wish you the best of luck.

Submission deadline: 23rd October 2009

Please click here to submit your nominations for the IREF ME 2009 Awards.

Below are the categories for this year's IREF ME 2009 Award nominees:

Saudi Arabia

  1. Award of Excellence for Best Financial Institution in Saudi Arabia
  2. Award for Excellence for Best Islamic Financial Institution in Saudi Arabia
  3. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Financial Transaction in Saudi Arabia
  4. Award of Excellence for Best Commercial Developer in Saudi Arabia
  5. Award of Excellence for Best Residential Developer in Saudi Arabia
  6. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Finance Company in Saudi Arabia
  7. Award of Excellence for Best Investment Bank in Saudi Arabia
  8. Award of Excellence for Best Real Estate Development Project in Saudi Arabia
  9. Award of Excellence for Best Foreign Financial Institution in Saudi Arabia
  10. Award of Excellence for Best Sukuk Structuring House in Saudi Arabia

Kuwait

  1. Award of for Excellence for Best Financial Institution in Kuwait
  2. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Financial Institution in Kuwait
  3. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Bank in Kuwait
  4. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Financial Transaction in Kuwait
  5. Award of Excellence for Best Commercial Developer in Kuwait
  6. Award of Excellence for Best Residential Developer in Kuwait
  7. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Finance Company in Kuwait
  8. Award of Excellence for Best Investment Bank in Kuwait
  9. Award of Excellence for Best Real Estate Development Project in Kuwait
  10. Award of Excellence for Best Foreign Financial Institution in Kuwait
  11. Award of Excellence for Best Sukuk Structuring House in Kuwait

Bahrain

  1. Award of Excellence for Best Financial Institution in Bahrain
  2. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Financial Institution in Bahrain
  3. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Financial Transaction in Bahrain
  4. Award of Excellence for Best Commercial Development in Bahrain
  5. Award of Excellence for Best Residential Development in Bahrain
  6. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Finance Company in Bahrain
  7. Award of Excellence for Best Investment Bank in Bahrain
  8. Award of Excellence for Best Real Estate Development Project in Bahrain
  9. Award of Excellence for Best Foreign Financial Institution in Bahrain
  10. Award of Excellence for Best Sukuk Structuring House in Bahrain

Qatar

  1. Award of Excellence for Best Financial Institution in Qatar
  2. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Financial Institution in Qatar
  3. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Financial Transaction in Qatar
  4. Award of Excellence for Best Commercial Development in Qatar
  5. Awards of Excellence for Best Residential Development in Qatar
  6. Awards of Excellence for Best Islamic Finance Company in Qatar
  7. Award of Excellence for Best Investment Bank in Qatar
  8. Award of Excellence for Best Real Estate Development Project in Qatar
  9. Award of Excellence for Best Foreign Financial Institution in Qatar
  10. Award of Excellence for Best Sukuk Structuring House in Qatar

UAE

  1. Award of Excellence for Best Financial Institution in the UAE
  2. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Financial Institution in the UAE
  3. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Financial Transaction in the UAE
  4. Award of Excellence for Best Commercial Developer in the UAE
  5. Award of Excellence for Best Residential Development in the UAE
  6. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Finance Company in the UAE
  7. Award of Excellence for Best Investment Bank in the UAE
  8. Award of Excellence for Best Real Estate Development Project in UAE
  9. Award of Excellence for Best Foreign Financial Institution in the UAE
  10. Award of Excellence for Best Sukuk Structuring House in the UAE

Oman

  1. Award of Excellence for Best Financial Institution in Oman
  2. Awards for Excellence for Best Islamic Financial Intitution in Oman
  3. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Financial Transaction in Oman
  4. Award of Excellence for Best Commercial Developer in the Oman
  5. Award of Excellence for Best Residential Development in the Oman
  6. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Finance Company in Oman
  7. Award of Excellence for Best Investment Bank in the Oman
  8. Award of Excellence for Best Real Estate Development Project in Oman
  9. Award of Excellence for Best Foreign Financial Institution in Oman
  10. Award of Excellence for Best Sukuk Structuring House in Oman

General Awards

  1. Award of Excellence for Best Advisory Firm in the Middle East
  2. Award of Excellence for Best Legal Firm in the Middle East
  3. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Mortgage Provider in the Middle East
  4. Award of Excellence for Best Islamic Real Estate Fund in the Middle East
  5. Award of Excellence for Best Real Estate Fund Management in Middle East
  6. Award of Excellence for Best Real Estate Takaful Provider in the Middle East

Special Awards

  1. Award of Excellence for Outstanding Achievement in Islamic Finance
  2. Award of Excellence for Outstanding Achievement in Real Estate Finance
  3. Award of Excellence for Outstanding Achievement in Islamic Real Estate Product Innovation
  4. Zaki Badawi Award of Excellence in Shariah Advisory