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H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation, on Wednesday honoured the winners of the Global Prompt Engineering Championship 2025 during Dubai AI Week. The winners were recognised across four creative categories including Art, Video, Gaming, and Coding.
H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed said: “Artificial intelligence is giving rise to entirely new disciplines and professions, one of the most prominent being prompt engineering, which has quickly become a widely sought-after skill. During the Global Prompt Engineering Championship, we witnessed how AI will shape the future of creative and technological sectors.”
H.H. added: “Shaping the future of AI begins with empowering talent and providing them with the tools and skills to innovate, create, and expand its real-world applications for the benefit of humanity. Dubai was among the first cities to invest in AI capabilities and enablers, and today, it continues to accelerate adoption and strengthen its position as a global hub for AI talent. We remain committed to fostering a dynamic and integrated ecosystem that supports AI-driven innovation, advances development, and benefits humanity.”
“The intersection of art, reasoning, and AI in this competition represents the kind of culture-forward innovation Dubai is proud to champion,” H.H. noted.
The awarding ceremony was attended by H.H. Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority; H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; and Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Applications, and Deputy Managing Director of the Dubai Future Foundation.
Abdulrahman Al Marzooqi from the UAE, a master’s student in Machine Learning at the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), won first place in the Coding category. The Video category award went to Syrian filmmaker Ibrahim Hajjo, Senior Filmmaker at Hajjo Media. In the Gaming category, the winner was Ibrahim Helmy from Canada, Senior Cloud Solutions Architect (Data & AI) at Microsoft. The Art category was won by Yahya Kaddoura from Palestine, an Architectural Designer and Associate Principal at Atkins.
The championship finals were held over two days at AREA 2071 in Emirates Towers. The winners received a share of the AED1 million prize pool, along with international recognition and exposure to industry leaders.
Organised by the Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence, an initiative of the Dubai Future Foundation, and supported by the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, this year’s championship attracted more than 3,800 entries from 125 countries, with 24 finalists from 16 countries selected to compete live in Dubai.