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The Jewellery Design Awards in its seventh year and also part of Dubai International Jewellery Week saw top designers in the UAE and beyond recognised for their achievements in jewellery design at an official glittering ceremony which was held in Dubai on 10 December. The “Queen of Jewellery in the Middle East”, Maha Al Sibai, who was also among the panel of judges. Amongst the other judges of the award were Nirupa Bhatt, who heads the operations for India and Middle East of Gemological Institute of America (GIA). Also on the panel Seyed Mohammad Mortazavi, leading Iranian jewellery designer, Nader Freiha, managing director and founder of UAE-based MPP-ME Media, the publishers of "Arabian Watches & Jewellery" Magazine and Rizwan Ali Mahmood, a jewellery specialist.