(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Winners of Qatar Global Award for Dialogue among Civilizations —second session 2019 were announced in Doha yesterday by Qatar Committee for the Alliance of Civilization at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the ISESCO Chair in Alliance of Civilizations at the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Qatar University.
Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Abdelsalam from Egypt won the first place in this edition entitled 'Migration in the Context of Cultural Dialogue for his research entitled 'The Impact of Muslim Migration on the Culture and Arts of the Far East. Dr. Bachir Khalafi from Algeria came in second place for his research 'Muslim immigrants in the West between identity requirements and the requirements of citizenship.
In his speech during the ceremony announcing the winners, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs H E Dr. Ahmad bin Hassan Al Hamadi said that the first place winner confirmed the depth of the impact of Muslim immigrants on the culture and arts of the Near East countries, which reflected the advancement of Islamic civilization and its positive impact on Chinese, Japanese, Korean and other Asian civilizations.
His Excellency pointed out that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will work through the diplomatic missions of the State in Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul to organize cultural events to publicize the winner book of the Qatar Global Award for Dialogue among Civilizations this year and distributed to various universities, research centers and institutions, as well as cultural centers dealing with the theme of civilizational dialogue and acquaintance among civilizations to familiarize the peoples of Asia with the role played by Muslim immigrants in the civilizational, cultural and artistic construction in the countries of the Far East.
Dr. Al Hammadi pointed out that this award, which is the fruit of cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Qatar University, is part of the executive program of the Alliance of Civilizations Plan 2018-2022 which third objective emphasized on the provision of recognition awards for outstanding research work and printing of sound research.
H E added that the cooperation between Qatar Committee for the Alliance of Civilization and Qatar University was not limited to the Award, but has also expanded to launch many projects, including the Encyclopedia of Occidentalism and the inclusion of the Alliance of Civilizations curriculum in the general courses required by the University's students, as well as the exchange of teachers and experts in the implementation of many programs and workshops in various fields and others.
For his part, President of Qatar University Dr. Hassan bin Rashid Al Derham said that the annual award, which is sponsored by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of Qatar Committee for the Alliance of Civilization H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, achieved within a short time a significant in international participation, depth in the curriculum and scientific content, and an important influence in the field of civilizational dialogue in terms of creating a deep intellectual movement and a wide discussion in various topics of civilized dialogue, which is in line with the mission of Qatar University in its directions and strategy based on its qualitative excellence in Education.
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