The Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUQ) announced recently, in Muscat, the launch of the Fifth Annual Design Competition at which senior high school from Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Turkey and Pakistan are allowed to compete in making a design with the most imaginative idea for improving our living environment. Two entrants will win full four-year Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned (wife of  the Sheikh of Qatar) Scholarships for Creativity at VCUQ and the top three high school students from each of the 12 countries will receive cash prizes of $1,400 for first place, $800 for second place and $600 for third place. The deadline for submitting the designs is the 15th of January 2007.

The competition press release mentions that Siham Abduallah Al Zadjali from Oman won the previous competition, interested Omani students and other qualifying countries need to check the following link for more details.