Shaikh Zayed Medal

Simon Cumbers (posthumously) and Frank Gardner were awarded the Shaikh Zayed Medal by the United Arab Emirates in October, 2007.

H.M. Ambassador Edward Oakden receiving the presentation to Simon of the Zayed Medal from Crown Prince HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on Monday 8th October 2007.

H.M. Ambassador Edward Oakden receiving the presentation to Simon of the Zayed Medal
from Crown Prince HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on Monday 8th
October, 2007. The Irish Ambassador Tom Russell was also in attendance .

Gardner keeps faith in Islam after traumatic experience, Report and photographs of the award ceremony, The Nation, October 9, 2007
Journalist victims, of Mideast violence, honoured in UAE Khaleej Times, October 9, 2007
Mediapersons honoured with Zayed Medals Khaleej Times, October 10, 2007

In 2005, a little over a year after Simon’s tragic death, Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Conor Lenihan TD, in close consultation with Simon’s wife and family, decided to establish the Simon Cumbers Media Challenge Fund in his memory.