In recognition of creativity, integrity and excellence, Maktoob.com, the most popular Arab online destination with more than 4 million users, walked away with the prestigious

'Directories & Info services' award from the Pan Arab Web Award held in Amman, Jordan on April 27th, 2006.
The awards ceremony, organized under the patronage of the League of Arab States and the Jordanian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, is held annually to recognize innovative and creative web and business developers in the pan Arab region
This award highlights the huge attention and admiration the portal receives from users as an unsurpassed source for cutting edge communication tools and the latest news and information.
Speaking on this occasion, Maktoob Group CEO Samih Toukan said:
'Winning this award confirms our position as the leading Arab online media and recognizes the huge popularity of our web portal among Internet users in the Arab world.'
Ahmed Nassef, Maktoob.com General Manager added, 'We constantly strive to understand and satisfy our users' needs by building compelling and world-class online community and information services. The award comes as the fruit of our ongoing commitment to high standards and will provide us with encouragement to introduce even more ground-breaking services for Arab Internet users.'
The Pan Arab Web Awards, an annual competition for web and business developers in the Arab world, promote the spirit of innovation and creativity, raise the standards of web design and websites, advocate growth and development of local talent and encourage intellectual property awareness.
The competition evaluates websites all over the Arab world and honors individuals or teams that have designed and developed the best among them. Organizations and individual designers from all Arab Countries are eligible to participate in the Awards.