Top honour for ICC head

Napoli : Isa Culture Centre (ICC) Board of Trustees Chairman, King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Co-existence Chairman Dr Shaikh Khalid bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa has received the Mediterranean Award of Culture and Peace 2018, in recognition of his efforts to bolster the concept of cultural diplomacy. 

Dr Khalid was presented with the award during a ceremony hosted by the Mediterranean Foundation in Napoli and attended by diplomats, thinkers as well as cultural and political personalities from different countries.

Addressing the event, Dr Khalid paid tribute to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa who launched the Isa Cultural Centre in 2008 to stand as a beacon of culture and civilization. 

He dedicated the award to HM the King, to the people of Bahrain, the ambassadors of peace in the world. 

The foundation issued a statement hailing Dr Shaikh Khalid as one of the prominent personalities who believe firmly in the cause of peace, the necessity of building bridges between people and the renunciation of bigotry.

The prestigious award has been conferred to prominent personalities, including former French President Nicholas Sarkozy, late Jordanian monarch King Al-Hussein bin Talal, late King Hassan II of Morocco, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.