200 citizens honored with the King Abdulaziz Medal for organ donation
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - may God protect him - has graciously approved the awarding of the King Abdulaziz Medal of the Third Class to 200 male and female citizens, in recognition of their noble humanitarian work represented by each of them donating one of their major organs, whether the donation was from a living person or from a brain-dead person.
King Abdulaziz Medal: History and Recognition
The King Abdulaziz Medal is one of the highest civilian decorations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, named after the founding King Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (may God have mercy on him). Established under the Saudi Decorations System issued by Royal Decree No. M/39 dated 24/6/1434 AH, it is awarded in recognition of those who render distinguished service to the state or one of its institutions, perform acts of significant moral value, or make great sacrifices. The awarding of this medal to organ donors underscores the great value that the Saudi leadership places on humanitarian work that contributes to saving lives and alleviating the suffering of patients.
The importance of organ donation and its role in saving lives
This prestigious royal recognition reflects the Kingdom's profound commitment to promoting organ donation, a noble act of social and humanitarian solidarity. Organ donation plays a vital role in giving a new lease on life to patients suffering from end-stage organ failure, for whom organ transplantation is their only hope of recovery. These national efforts are managed by a comprehensive system led by the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, which organizes and coordinates organ transplant operations throughout the Kingdom according to the highest medical and ethical standards. This recognition not only honors the donors but also serves as a powerful message of encouragement to the entire community to contribute to this charitable endeavor, which aligns with the principles of Islamic law that urge the preservation of life.
Positive impact on society and the health sector
This recognition is expected to have a wide-ranging positive impact, contributing to raising public awareness of the importance of organ donation and encouraging more individuals to register in the donation program. From a health perspective, increasing the number of donors directly contributes to reducing waiting lists for patients in need of transplants and strengthening the Kingdom's healthcare sector, in line with the goals of Saudi Vision 2030, which aims to build a vibrant society and an effective and sustainable healthcare system. The state's appreciation of these sacrifices reinforces the values of good citizenship and unconditional giving, and highlights the bright humanitarian face of Saudi society.
List of citizens honored with the medal:
The following are the names of the male and female donors who received royal recognition:
Ahmad bin Ali bin Hassan Al Hassan Al Faqih, Ahmad bin Hamad bin Muhammad Shajri, Ahmad bin Saad bin Yusuf Al Nafi, Ahmad bin Saeed bin Ahmad Bakhshwin, Ahmad bin Ayad bin Ubaid Aba Al Mikh Al Shammari, Ahmad bin Mubarak bin Ahmad Al Jaf’i Al Hamami, Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Hamoud Al Bayali, Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Fahmi Rajab, Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Wasl Allah Al Habishi Al Juhani, Ahmad bin Muhayya Binawisi Al Ruwaithi, Ahmad bin Mutairan bin Hayt Al Shamlani Al Anzi, Ahmad Yahya bin Ahmad bin Ali Fahm Mubarak, Osama bin Saud bin Hamoud Al Jamil, Al Hassan bin Abdul Ilah bin Ahmad Al Khairat, Al Hassan bin Muhammad bin Abu Bakr Sharif, Ayman bin Falih bin Nayel Al Suhaimi Al Balawi, Ibrahim bin Ahmad bin Aliyan Al Wubayri Al Shammari, Basil bin Khalid bin Ayed Al Abdi Al Shammari, Badr bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad Al Fayyad, Badr bin Zaid bin Talq Al Hunaini Al Salimi. Bilal bin Ahmed bin Ali Al-Suwaidi Al-Zahrani, Bandar bin Hawi bin Dhaif Al Ghanima Al-Issa, Turki bin Salama bin Manahi Al-Alimi Al-Ruwaili, Jumaan bin Matar bin Jumaan Al-Makatla Al-Amri, Hamed bin Dakhil bin Saleh Al Ali Al-Arbani, Hussam bin Abdullah bin Aoun Al-Noum, Hussein bin Faraj bin Mohammed Al-Kubra Al-Dossari, Hussein bin Yahya bin Issa Salawi, Hamad bin Ibrahim bin Salama Al-Muhammadi Al-Huwaifi, Hamad bin Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al-Shawi, Hamza bin Hussein bin Jaber Al-Sarhani Al-Muqadi, Hamoud bin Mufreh bin Hamoud Al-Buqaawi, Khalid bin Ibrahim bin Jaber Attafi, Khalid bin Ayed bin Ghazi Al-Awni Al-Mutairi, Khalid bin Abdulhamid bin Abdullah Al-Shehri, Khalid bin Abdullah bin Saleh Al-Mutlaq, Khalid bin Mohammed bin Ali Al-Maghtari Asiri, Khalid bin Abdullah bin Ali bin Amer, Khalaf bin Sultan bin Jaber Al-Jaafari Al-Shammari. Rashad bin Nour Al-Din bin Muhammad Rashad Al-Nahhas, Salem bin Faris bin Hadi bin Mahdi Al-Khamsan, Sami bin Hamdan bin Muhammad Al-Mufadli Al-Shammari, Saad bin Saleh bin Awda Al-Mutrafi, Saad bin Musaed bin Ibrahim Al-Musaed, Saad bin Abdullah bin Muhammad Al-Abdulkarim, Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Saud Al-Munif Al-Hajri, Saeed bin Ibrahim bin Saeed Al-Shahrani, Saeed bin Hamad bin Ali Al-Mardaf, Saeed bin Dhafer bin Saleh Al-Aba Al-Tahhin, Sultan bin Muflih bin Samir Al-Halabi Al-Sharari, Salman bin Hamoud bin Hamed Al-Azizi Al-Mutairi, Suleiman bin Abdullah bin Suleiman Al-Dakhil, Shafiq bin Baqaan bin Awami Masrahi, Saleh bin Muhammad bin Yahya Habloul, Tarad bin Turki bin Muhammad Abu Humaidi Al-Hazmi, Adel bin Matar bin Muhammad Al-Maimouni Al-Mutairi, Amer bin Abdullah bin Abdul Latif Al-Abdul Latif, Amer bin Ghazi bin Saif Al-Nufai’i Al-Otaibi, Ayedh bin Muhammad bin Hazer Al-Ayedh Al-Harthi. Abdulmajid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Manoum, Abdulrazzaq bin Obaidullah bin Abdulrazzaq Al-Omar Al-Qurashi, Abdulrahman bin Ibrahim bin Nasser Al-Khamis, Abdulrahman bin Ibrahim bin Abdulrahman Al-Sindi, Abdulrahman bin Dubayan bin Fallah Al-Dhuwi Al-Anzi, Abdulrahman bin Saud bin Mutlaq Al-Muhalfi Al-Sahli, Abdulrahman bin Essam bin Mohammed Sindi, Abdulrahman bin Musfir bin Nasser Al-Kitab Al-Ulayani, Abdulaziz bin Dhafer bin Mohammed Al-Salouli Al-Bishi, Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Saad Al-Muqbil Al-Maimouni, Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Ahmed Al-Hiba Asiri, Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Matar Al-Jubairi Al-Mutairi, Abdulaziz bin Murishid bin Hawal Al-Adhila Al-Mutairi, Abdulaziz bin Mufreh bin Ali Al-Yatimi, Abdullah bin Saad bin Abdullah Al-Qahtani, Abdullah bin Saeed bin Saleh Al-Kaaban Al-Wadaei. Abdullah bin Ghanem bin Tleian Al-Sinani Al-Juhani, Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Eid Al-Bannai, Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdulwahab Al-Saeed, Abdullah Mohammed bin Fahid bin Al-Humaidi Al-Fara’neh Al-Subaie, Abdulmalik bin Abdullah bin Mounis Al-Fulaihani Al-Sharari, Abdulmajid bin Qalil bin Ibrahim Al-Shamlah Al-Ghamdi, Abdulhadi bin Faihan bin Bani Al-Wahidani Al-Rashidi, Ubaid bin Salem bin Mohammed Al-Sharif, Adnan bin Ali bin Musa Sharahili, Uday bin Hatem bin Abdulaziz Al-Mutlaq, Ali bin Nasser bin Ahmed Al-Abu Madrah, Ali bin Ibrahim bin Hassan Al-Khuwait Al-Zubaidi, Ali bin Abdullah bin Saeed Samoudah Al-Mahri, Ali bin Musa bin Ali Al-Maliki, Anad bin Nawar bin Tanf Al-Adhyani Al-Otaibi, Awda bin Khader bin Awda Al-Atwi, Awda bin Awad bin Hamdan Al-Jumaili. Awn bin Khudair bin Musfir Al Khairi Al Yami, Eid bin Muslim bin Ayadah Abu Khubaythah Al Atwi, Eidan bin Ahmed bin Saleh Al Kinani Al Zahrani, Falih bin Jad'an bin Nazal Al Qasimi Al Dhafiri, Fallah bin Mubarak bin Abdullah Al Jarwi Al Qahtani, Fahd bin Khamis bin Abdulrahman Al Zamil, Fahd bin Surur bin Muhammad Al Ruqi Al Otaibi, Fahd bin Ali bin Mubti Al Marwani, Fahd bin Muhammad bin Saleh Al Hajri Al Qarni, Fawaz bin Khalif bin Qasim Al Muhaymizi Al Rashidi, Fawaz bin Qaid bin Khalifa Al Armani, Faisal bin Ahmed bin Hassan Maghribi, Faisal bin Hamad bin Hadi Junan Balharith, Faisal bin Abdullah bin Saad bin Juwayr, Faisal bin Nafil bin Subaih Al Dhabaani, Majid bin Hassan bin Qasim Muhammadi Abdali, Mazen bin Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al Farih. Mubarak bin Hajjaj bin Labad Al-Arjani Al-Dhafeeri, Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Mahwash Al-Jumaid, Muhammad bin Baqir bin Hashim Al-Hassan, Muhammad bin Jabir bin Musa Khabrani, Muhammad bin Haidar bin Abdullah Harbi Al-Abdali, Muhammad bin Dahim bin Saeed Al-Duqai Al-Bishi, Muhammad bin Shujaa bin Saeed Al-Dhiyabi Al-Otaibi, Muhammad bin Saleh bin Hassan Al-Malihi, Muhammad bin Ayedh bin Saeed Al-Askar Al-Harthi, Muhammad bin Ubaid bin Abdullah Abu Qasmain, Muhammad bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al-Adili, Muhammad bin Muflih bin Abdullah Al-Ramthi Al-Shahrani, Mahmoud bin Muhammad bin Muhsin Bani Amr Al-Maliki, Murad bin Hussein bin Musleh Al-Muqadhli, Mishari bin Salem bin Saleh Al-Muqatil Al-Issa, Mishal bin Ali bin Ahmed Atif, Muadh bin Abdulaziz bin Nayidh Al-Sura’, Mansour bin Muhammad bin Raja’ Al-Ajarsha Al-Qahtani, Mansour bin Musfir bin Abdullah bin Ubaid Al-Saloum, Muhannad bin Eid bin Saadallah Al-Thubaiti, Nasser bin Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Khatib. Nasser Hajij Kharman Al-Suwailmi Al-Anzi, Nayef bin Yahya bin Masoud Al-Qibli Al-Fifi, Nawaf bin Khalid bin Muhammad Al-Rabee’iyah Al-Shammari, Nawaf bin Abdulrahman bin Abdullah Al-Saidan, Nawaf bin Abdulrahman bin Muhammad Al-Tarad Al-Qahtani, Nawaf bin Mazid bin Awad Al-Arafa Al-Anzi, Hisham bin Muhammad bin Fadil Al-Suwailih Al-Ghamdi, Haitham bin Samir bin Ali Al-Adani, Wissam Faisal bin Saqr bin Hadween Al-Jumai’i, Yahya bin Ali bin Ali Al-Foud Mubarak, Yahya bin Muhammad bin Mu’jam Majrashi, Yahya bin Muhammad bin Hayaz’ Al-Bariqi, Yahya bin Musa bin Yahya Karshi Hakami, Yahya bin Abdulrahman bin Ali Al-Salem, Yazan bin Muhammad bin Ali Al-Shalwa Al-Qahtani, Yusuf bin Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Issa, Yusuf Fawaz bin Yahya bin Othman Saran. Aram bint Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Wasabi, Arwa bint Musa bin Ali Al-Azani Al-Asiri, Aryam bint Yahya bin Ahmed Ma'naqi, Aseel bint Yahya bin Mohammed Siraj, Etemad bint Abdullah bin Salim Suleiman Qunaita, Al-Anoud bint Hassan bin Mohammed Al-Assaf, Amani bint Atta Allah bin Sanhat Al-Dughailbi Al-Otaibi, Anhar bint Aqeel bin Abdullah Al-Aqeel, Badriya bint Mohammed bin Mashal Al-Shaibani, Bashayer bint Omar bin Mohammed Baqazi, Thanwa bint Thani bin Buniya Al-Musbihi Al-Atwi, Thuraya bint Ali Gharama Al-Sufi, Rawan bint Waqyan bin Hamad Al-Dossari, Reem bint Khalid bin Ali Al-Subaie Al-Anzi, Reem bint Ali bin Ayda Al-Thubaiti, Sarah bint Abdulmohsen bin Ali Al-Dafas, Sarah bint Mansour bin Saleh Al-Amri Al-Subaie, Sayra bint Ali bin Issa Al-Bishi. Sahar bint Muhammad bin Bakhit Al-Luqmani, Saeeda bint Sayyaf bin Mishal Al-Saadi Al-Aklabi, Shatha bint Muhammad bin Yahya Khurmi, Sharifa bint Abdullah bin Awn Al-Fadhili Al-Harthi, Shafa bint Atiya bin Afnan Al-Fahimi Al-Huwaiti, Shahd bint Khalid Ahmed Bakhshwin, Shaikha bint Ahmed bin Fayez Al-Shahri, Aisha bint Al-Hassan bin Ibrahim Al-Siniya Asiri, Abeer bint Abdulghani bin Saad Al-Amri, Abeer bint Abdullah bin Muhammad Al-Qubaishi, Aqila bint Muhammad bin Ahmed Zarimi Jaafari, Ghada bint Saleh bin Muhammad Al-Shaa, Ghaliya bint Salman bin Muhammad Al-Qurani, Fatima bint Ahmed bin Ibrahim Haidar, Fadwa bint Muhammad bin Rashid Al-Qaoud, Layan bint Muhammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Turki, Lina Hazem bin Ali Al-Muntashiri, Mona bint Muhammad bin Saleh Bajaeifer, Mona bint Makimi bin Mays Al-Arifi Al-Dhafeeri. Munira bint Falih bin Muhammad Al Masoud Al Qahtani, Mayada bint Saad bin Mubarak Al Gharib, Nadia bint Talib bin Jaber Al Subhi, Nada bint Muhammad bin Shaye Jahah, Nazwa bint Muhammad bin Aqil Al Subaih Al Khalidi, Nasila bint Hassan bin Mahdi Al Aji Al Saabi, Noura bint Khalid bin Bakhit Al Dahisi Al Maliki, Nouf Omar bin Hamid bin Humaidi Al Jabri Al Khalidi, Hadeel bint Hamoud bin Salim Shaman, Haifa bint Marzouq bin Rizq Allah Al Lahibi Al Otaibi, Wijdan bint Manahi bin Saleh Al Maimouni Al Mutairi, Sumaya bint Hussein bin Mahdi Al Shayeh, Wadha bint Madwah bin Suwai’ Al Hababi Al Qahtani, Waad bint Musfir bin Saad Al Salamin, Wafaa bint Hussein bin Muhammad Jaafari, Wafaa bint Abdullah bin Musa Al Qarni Al Buhairi.
