Youssef bin Ahmed Kanoo Award winners announced

Manama, Apr.20 (BNA): Winners of the 8th edition of Youssef bin Ahmed Kanoo Award have been this evening announced at a ceremony held at the Gulf Hotel Conference Centre under the patronage of Deputy Premier Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa. Saudi Umm Al-Qura University Literary Criticism and Rhetoric Assistant Professor Egyptian Dr. Mohammed Meshraf Youssef Khedr swooped the $50,000 Award for Islamic Studies. Algerian Setif University Commercial Sciences Assistant Professor Dr. Faisal Al-Taher Sheyad won the $50,000 Award in the category of Finance and Economy in acknowledgement of his academic research "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 Youssef bin Ahmed Kanoo Award in the category of medicine – in recognition of their research " "Orthopedics - the restoration of the joints". Deputy Premier Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa hailed the contribution of Bahraini families to promote charity world, disseminate scientific values and honour Arab scientists and thinkers. He paid tribute to the Youssef bin Ahmed Kanoo 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 long-standing trading family, hailing its philanthropic drive and landmark legacy of mosques, schools, health centres, convention centres. He stressed the initiative of the Kanoo family to allocate an endowment (Waqf) 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 Deputy Premier Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa for patronising the ceremony. Addressing the ceremony, he said that the Youssef bin Ahmed Kanoo Award has been granted, since its inception in 2001, to 21 laureates from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Algeria, Palestine and Sudan. He stressed Bahrain's strides in the era of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, paying tribute to His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Premier. Guest of Honour Shura Council President Ali bin Saleh Al-Saleh has also addressed the ceremony, highlighting the political and social challenges confronting pan-Arab culture.