WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 1425H - 2005G

KING FAISAL INTERNATIONAL PRIZE

for

ARABIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Riyadh, 30 Dhu Al-Qa'dah - 11 January 2005, HRH Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Director of King Faisal Foundation, tonight announced the winners of the King Faisal International Prize.

The Prize for Arabic Language and Literature (Arabic Prose in the 4th and 5th Centuries A.H.: its genres, authors and books) is withheld this year due to the fact that the works presented were unqualified for the awarding of the Prize.

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