Riyadh Mayor Prince Abdul Aziz bin Ayyaf was awarded the Arab City Mayor of the Year Award for 2009. The award was presented to the mayor by Naseba, a leading business information company that specializes in organizing high profile conferences and events, and the Arab Urban Development Institute at a glittering function held at the Faisaliah Hotel on Monday. The award ceremony marked the beginning of a three-day symposium — “Kingdom Expansion Congress.” Ayyaf was rewarded for bringing Riyadh into a new era of development that gave the city a new identity, according to a report published today by Arab News.