Winners of King Faisal International Prize (KFIP) for 2009 2 Riyadh

In the Science category, the prize was awarded jointly to Professor
Richard Henry Friend of the UK, chairman of the Council of the School
of Physical Sciences and Cavendish Professor of Physics, University
of Cambridge; and Professor Rashid Alievich Sunyaev of Russia, chief
scientist of the Space Research Institute at the Russian Academy of
Science and director of the Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics in
Germany.

In the category of Medicine, the prize was granted to Professor
Ronald Levy of the US, the head of the Division of Oncology at
Stanford University Medical School’s Department of Medicine.

In the category of Arabic Language and Literature, the prize went to
Professor Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al-Manie of Saudi Arabia. The emeritus
professor of Arabic Literature at King Saud University in Riyadh,
Al-Manie was commended for his distinguished efforts in editing,
verifying and elucidating several Arabic literary works of the third
and seventh century Hijrah.
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