Kuwait city: Minister of Information and Culture and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi announced the winners of the Kuwait Appreciation Award and the Creativity Award for 2025 in the fields of arts, literature, and social sciences.
According to Kuwait News Agency, Al-Mutairi stated that the awards reflect Kuwait's commitment to honoring pioneers and creatives for their contributions and their role as role models for future generations. The Appreciation Awards were granted to artist Thuraya Al-Baqsami for short story and novel, and artists Abdulrahman Al-Aqel and Abdullah Al-Hubail for theatre and other arts.
The Kuwait Creativity Award winners included Maitham Abdal for fine and applied arts in sculpture, Youssef Fathallah for short story, Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sharqawi for linguistic and literary studies, and Dr. Talal Al-Jassar for translation into Arabic from German.
In the field of social and human sciences, a joint work by Salah Al-Fadhil, Fahad Al-Shualah, Dr. Waleed Al-Munais, Dr Faisal Al-Wazzan, Fahad Al-Abduljalil, and Ahmad Al-Adwani won the historical and archaeological studies award, while Dr. Bdoor Al-Mutairi received the sociology award.
The results were approved by the Supreme Committee of the awards, an independent body operating under Ministerial Decision No. 37 of 2025.