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Winners Of The King Faisal International Prize Were Congratulated By King Salman Himself Yesterday
Several Princes, government officials, scientists and academics attended a ceremony at Prince Sultan’s Gran Hall of Al-Faisaliah Center yesterday.
Marking the 40th year of the award, King Salman and Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, the emir of Makkah and chairman of the King Faisal Foundation, both attended the ceremony.
King Salman and Prince Khalid at the King Faisal Prize ????????❤️ pic.twitter.com/AYUh8KTVf9
— Noor Osama Nugali (@NoorNugali) March 26, 2018
Part of the Ceremony
Everyone who attended to take part in the prestigious ceremony watched a documentary film on the history of the 40-year-old prize, which was filled with the achievements of all the winners over the years.
Afterwards, King Salman handed the awards to the winners.
About the winners
The award was given to five scientists and researchers from the following countries: Jordan, Indonesia, Tunisia, USA and the UK.
Categories of the winners ranged from science to literature, the winning categories were: service to Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Medicine, and Science.
Professer Irwandi Jaswir winner of the King Faisal prize for service to Islam said during his speech: “I believe in giving back to the Muslim community by publishing all my works in halal methods. I know the importance of embracing the halal science.” pic.twitter.com/GNDjUe0xji
— Noor Osama Nugali (@NoorNugali) March 26, 2018
Prof. James P. Allison, the winner of 2018 King Faisal Prize in Medicine for his contribution to the developement of the feild of Immunotherapy for cancer, visited Alfaisal and gave a lecture entitled ” Bench to Bench: Cancer Immunotherapy Research” as part of CoM Lecture Series pic.twitter.com/t3WOt6mAxS
— Alfaisal University (@Alfaisaluniv) March 26, 2018
What they won
The lucky winners were gifted a certificate of their work written in calligraphy, a 24 carat, 200 grams of gold medal and a prize money of 750,000 Saudi Riyals.
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