Poet Prince Khalid Al Faisal named cultural personality of the year

Prince Khalid Al Faisal, Adviser to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, and Governor of Makkah Province, has been named the Cultural Personality of the Year by the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF).

Known as the Poet Prince, the SIBF has bestowed the title on Prince Khalid Al Faisal in recognition of his cultural, humanitarian and charitable contributions.

The 34th edition of the SIBF, which is a subsidiary of the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), will be held from November 4-14 at the Expo Center and will host a ceremony to honour the Prince for his constant pursuit in consolidating the values of tolerance and moderation by encouraging intercultural dialogue and interaction.

The Cultural Personality of the Year ceremony will be held as part of the opening ceremony in the presence of many of the high ranking intellectuals, writers, dignitaries and celebrities from across the world.

As a graduate with a degree in Economic and Political Science from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, Prince Khalid Al Faisal is an avid fan of culture, literature and art. He wrote several poems, some of which he himself read in poetry events in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and beyond.

Prince Khalid chairs a number of intellectual, educational and charitable foundations. He is the Director General of the King Faisal Foundation and the Chairman of the Jury of the King Faisal International Award. He also chairs Lebanon-based Arab Thought Organisation and is the Honorary Chairman of the (Fas Sys) Society for Economic, Cultural and Social Development in Morocco, in addition to being a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science, in Frankfurt University, Germany.