The Middle East Stevie & North Africa Awards is a business awards competition open to all organizations in 18 nations: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates & Yemen. The Stevie Awards, now in their 20th year, celebrate innovation in the workplace. All individuals and organizations —public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small— may submit any number of nominations to any number of the categories, free of charge. Complete nomination details are available at http://MENA.StevieAwards.com. Judging for the competition is conducted by more than 100 professionals around the world. Those interested in participating on a jury may apply at http://MENA.StevieAwards.com. Stevie Awards competitions are esteemed for the rigor of their judging process and the experience and diversity of the jurors. More than 1,000 professionals around the world participate on Stevie Awards juries each year. Nominations will be accepted and judged in Arabic and English, in more than 100 categories across the following category groups: