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Youssef bin Ahmed Kanoo Awards presented in Bahrain

MANAMA, April 21, 2015

The eighth Youssef bin Ahmed Kanoo Awards were presented to the winners last night at a ceremony at the Gulf Hotel Conference Centre in Bahrain held under the patronage of Deputy Premier Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa.

Egyptian citizen and Saudi Umm Al Qura University literary criticism and rhetoric assistant professor Dr Mohammed Meshraf Youssef Khedr won the $50,000 Award for Islamic Studies, said a report in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication.

Algerian Setif University commercial sciences assistant professor Dr Faisal Al Taher Sheyad was presented with the $50,000 award in the category of Finance and Economy for his research paper 'Reality of Arab Bourses: Challenges and Competition'.

Egyptian diagnostic radiologist Dr Baha'a Mohammed Al Sayyed Mahsoub and rheumatology physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist Dr Amira Mohammed Bandari Ali are the co-winners of the $50,000 award in the medical category for their research 'Orthopaedics - the restoration of the joints'.

Shaikh Khalid hailed the contribution of Bahraini families in promoting charity, disseminating scientific values and honouring Arab scientists and thinkers.

He paid tribute to the Youssef bin Ahmed Kanoo group for its pioneering role over the past 125 years in promoting the cultural of community partnership and corporate social responsibility.

He paid tribute to the trading family, hailing its philanthropic drive and landmark legacy of mosques, schools, health centres and convention centres.

He praised the initiative of the Kanoo family to allocate an endowment worth $6 million whose investment proceeds would go towards supporting the Youssef bin Ahmed Kanoo Awards in Islamic Studies, Finance and Economy and a third scientific field.

Youssef bin Ahmed Kanoo Award board of trustees chairman Khalid bin Mohammed Kanoo thanked the Deputy Premier for patronising the ceremony.

He said that the award has been granted, since its inception in 2001, to 21 laureates from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Algeria, Palestine and Sudan. - TradeArabia News Service




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