The researcher Mohamed Hammam Fekri, the general supervisor of Hassan Bin Mohamed Center for Historical Studies, won the award of Dr. Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Naim, in its seventh session, for his research entitled "Qatar in the Writings of Western Travelers, Political Agents, and Missioners (1801-1959)".The award is granted with the approval of the Board of Directors of the Association of History and Archeology for The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
The winning research has been contributed during the 22nd forum of the Association of History and Archeology for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. It was organized by Ibn Khaldon for Humanities and Social Studies Center and hosted by Qatar University in May of Last year, under the title of "States of the Cooperation Council, their History and Antiquities through Ages", and with the participation of more than 170 scholar and historian of the Council's States and a number of academicians, researchers, and students, in order to raise awareness about the history of the region and paying attention to its Antiquities through ages.