The Bahrain Internet Society (BIS) has established e-Content awards in memory of Layla Fakhro, one of the pioneers in information and communication technology (ICT) in Bahrain.
Mrs Fakhro died in September last year, and her husband and Al Nadeem Information Technology director Ubaydli Al Ubaydli presented the first three awards yesterday.
The ceremony was held as part of the Bahrain e-Content Award 2007 ceremony held at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre.
"The family of Mrs Fakhro selected three most distinguished ones from the 30," said BIS chairman Ahmed Al Hujairy.
"The family has established the Layla Fakhro e-Content Fund by putting a seed money of BD3,000, half of which will be used for the three cash awards of BD500 every year.
"The balance amount will be managed by our society to support individuals who carry out e-Content researches."
The first three winners were the e-Government website, Women Gateway and Jihat Al Shi'r (Qassim Haddad).
"We thank Mrs Fakhro's family which has encouraged us to institute such an award in memory of a person who pioneered the ICT movement in Bahrain," said Mr Al Hujairy.
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