King Faisal Prize in final preparations to announce names of 2021 Laureates

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Updated 04 February 2021
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King Faisal Prize in final preparations to announce names of 2021 Laureates

JEDDAH: The selection of the recipients of the King Faisal Prize 2021 has entered its final stages, with specialized selection committees set to meet in the coming days.

According to the General Secretariat of the King Faisal Prize, the selection committees for all five categories of the award — Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Medicine, and Science — will meet Feb. 6, and the winner will be announced by Prince Khalid Al-Faisal on Feb. 10.

The topics of the 43rd session of the King Faisal Prize are “Endowment in Islam” for the Islamic Studies prize; “The New Rhetoric” for the Arabic Language and Literature prize; “Regenerative Medicine in Neurological Conditions” for the Medicine prize; and “Physics” for the Science prize.

The selection committees include scholars and scientists from all over the world who examine the nominated works to select laureates in an objective and transparent manner, in accordance with the rules and regulations developed by the secretariat.
 


Prince Faisal: joining Board of Peace shows Saudi Arabia’s commitment to ending Gaza conflict

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Prince Faisal: joining Board of Peace shows Saudi Arabia’s commitment to ending Gaza conflict

DAVOS: Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan signed the founding charter of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace on Thursday, saying the document represented Saudi Arabia’s support for a lasting peace in Gaza.

Saudi Arabia, along with seven other Arabic and Islamic nations, announced on Wednesday that the Kingdom would join the initiative aimed at stabilizing and rebuilding the Palestinian territory.

Prince Faisal signed the document at a ceremony at the World Economic Forum in Davos as Trump launched the charter at an event attended by a number of number of other founding nations, including Turkiye and Qatar.

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry said Prince Faisal’s signing of the document showed the Kingdom’s “commitment to supporting the peace council as a transitional body to end the Gaza conflict, as adopted by United Nations Security Council Resolution No. (2803).”

The move also showed Saudi Arabia’s support for the reconstruction of Gaza and a push toward lasting peace, the ministry said, adding that it welcomed Trump's peace efforts.

Trump helped broker a peace deal in September which largely ended Israel’s two-year war on Gaza that devastated the territory and killed more than 70,000 Palestinians.