JEDDAH: Nominations have opened for the prestigious King Faisal Prize awards for 2023. The awarding body’s general secretariat announced that names could be put forward in five categories until the end of March next year.
The secretary-general of the King Faisal Prize, Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Sabeel, said that the prize committees decided on an annual basis the scientific subject to be awarded in each of four classes.
For the Islamic studies award the topic chosen was Islamic architecture, with classical Arabic narrative and modern theories the subject of the Arabic language and literature prize, pandemics and vaccine development the focus of the medicine gong, and chemistry being the science discipline.
Al-Sabeel noted that the service to Islam prize was awarded to those taking a leading role in serving Islam and Muslims intellectually, scientifically, and socially through various works, activities, programs, and projects that had benefitted communities.
He pointed out that nominations for awards could only be made by bodies such as institutions, scientific centers, and universities and could be submitted via the post, email, or through the website www.kingfaisalprize.org/nomination. Further details about the awards are available at www.kingfaisalprize.org
The awards were launched by the King Faisal Foundation and granted for the first time in 1979 with the aim of benefitting Muslims worldwide and inspiring them to help enrich human knowledge. Specialized selection committees will decide on the winners using a process that meets international standards.
Nominations open for King Faisal Prize awards 2023
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Nominations open for King Faisal Prize awards 2023
Saudi Arabia says recent STC military movements in Hadramout, Al-Mahra were unilateral, uncoordinated
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said Thursday that recent military movements in the Yemeni governorates of Hadramout and Al-Mahra carried out by the Southern Transitional Council were conducted unilaterally and without coordination with the Presidential Leadership Council or the coalition leadership.
“These movements resulted in an unjustified escalation that harmed the interests of all segments of Yemeni people, as well as the Southern cause and the coalition's efforts,” read a statement on the Saudi Press Agency.
The statement said Saudi Arabia has always prioritized preserving the unity of Yemen throughout these recent developments, and it spared no effort to reach peaceful solutions to resolve the situation in both governorates.
In this context, “the Kingdom worked with the brotherly United Arab Emirates, the president of the Presidential Leadership Council, and the brotherly Yemeni government to contain the situation.
“A joint military team was sent from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to put the necessary arrangements in place with the Southern Transitional Council in Aden. These arrangements were made to ensure the return of the Southern Transitional Council forces to their previous positions outside the two governorates and hand over the camps in those areas to the Nation Shield Forces and the local authorities, in accordance with organized procedures under the supervision of the Coalition forces.”
The statement said these efforts remain in progress to restore the situation to its previous state.
Saudi Arabia also said it hopes the public interest will prevail through ending the escalation by the Southern Transitional Council and the withdrawal of its forces from the two governorates in an urgent and orderly manner.
