The anger of the Bahraini people over Al-Khalifa’s waste for an unknown international match

According to the International Economy Group of Fars News Agency, the “Mirror of Bahrain” news site wrote in a report titled “Isa Award for Serving Humanity or Unscrupulous Corruption” that Bahrain has spent five million US dollars for an unknown award in recent years.

The note states: Five million dollars is only the sum of the sums that the Jesus Award for Service to Humanity has awarded to the five foreign winners of this competition in five periods since its inception. That is, none of the organizational costs such as the salary of the administrative staff and the judging of the award (22 judges) as well as other expenses that this award imposes on the government of Bahrain, including the annual celebration, guest accommodation, publications, medals, etc.

Marah Al-Bahrin stated that “who has really heard of the Jesus Award for Service to Humanity?”, adding: This award was created in 2009 with the aim of competing with the prominent awards of the Arab countries of the Gulf (Persia) such as the Booker Award for Arabic Fiction. Owais Cultural Award and Sheikh Zayed Book Award were established.

The author added: This award is named after Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the father of the current king, to ensure that its funding is provided by the royal court. The Jesus competition to serve humanity is held every two years, during which an amount of one million US dollars is awarded to the winner who, according to the judges, has served humanity and contributed to changing the world for the better.

It is further stated: During the five rounds of this competition, Bahrain awarded the top prize of each round to a Malaysian woman, an Indian businessman, an Egyptian pharmacist, a Pakistani businessman, and in 2023 to a Nepali doctor. In this way, five million dollars from the financial resources of this country have been spent on an unknown and invalid prize. Meanwhile, the value of the prize is the highest amount that is awarded to a winner among all competitions in the Arab countries of the Gulf (Persian).

For example, the Qatar Prize for Fiction, which is organized by Qatar, is worth $575,000, divided among five groups: $300,000 for the first group, $150,000 for the second group, and $75,000 for the third group. , $50,000 for the fourth group, and $60,000 for the fifth group; That is, its value is less than half of the value of the Bahrain award.

The cost of the Booker International Arabic Fiction Prize, which is organized by the UAE, is 110,000 dollars, of which 50,000 dollars is for the first winner and 10,000 dollars for the other six authors, and the total value is about 9 times less than the value of the Bahrain prize. But Bahrain gives one million dollars to a foreign winner without any valid reason, which is almost equivalent to the value of the prizes that the “Nobel Prize” gives to the winners in its various fields.

Marat Al-Bahrin wrote: No one has heard of this award of Jesus for serving humanity. You can search the name of this award, which was awarded 1 million dollars on Wednesday, January 16, 2023, to a Nepali doctor, Sanduk Roit, in Google search engine to see how much it has been paid, because apart from the local newspapers and the state news agency of Bahrain (Bana ) no media had covered it; Although this competition is held under the personal supervision of the King of Bahrain. Finally, be shocked that the budget of Bahrain is destroyed for such a trivial competition; Because it is something like a kind of “masochism”, that is, the happiness of humanity is at the cost of the suffering of the people of Bahrain.

In the end, it is stated: At a time when the country of Bahrain is drowning in accumulated public debt, which has reached the ceiling of 19 billion Bahraini dinars, the Jesus Award for serving humanity has become the most expensive Arab and regional award; While this contest is undoubtedly the most failed contest held in the region and the world.. Congratulations to the foreign million dollar winners and may God help the people of Bahrain who are drowning in high prices and taxes!

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