LAUREATES OF THE RENOWNED KING FAISAL INTERNATIONAL PRIZE IN THE FIELDS OF SERVICE TO ISLAM, ISLAMIC STUDIES, ARABIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, MEDICINE AND SCIENCE WERE ANNOUNCED HERE TONIGHT. PRINCE KHALID AL-FAISAL, GOVERNOR OF ASSIR REGION, WHO IS ALSO DIRECTOR GENERAL OF KING FAISAL CHARITY FOUNDATION AND CHAIRMAN OF KING FAISAL INTERNATIONAL PRIZE, ANNOUNCED THE NAMES OF WINNERS AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY IN RIYADH. PRESIDENT MENTIMER SHAIMIIV OF TATARSTAN, RUSSIA, WON THE PRIZE IN THE FIELD OF SERVICE TO ISLAM; DR. RUSHDI HIFNI, EGYPTIAN/FRENCH, WON THE PRIZE IN THE FIELD OF ISLAMIC STUDIES; DR. MOHAMMED ABDULLAH AL-OMERI, MOROCCAN, AND DR. MUSTAFA ABDOU NASIF, EGYPTIAN, CO-SHARED THE PRIZE IN THE FIELD OF ARABIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE; DR. FERNAND LABRIE, CANADIAN, AND DR. PATRICK CRAIG WALSH, U.S., CO-SHARED THE PRIZE IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE AND DR. JAMES FRASER STODDART, UNITED KINGDOM, WON THE PRIZE IN THE FILED OF SCIENCE.
