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His Efforts in Various Fields.
He established and fully financed:-
1- The Foundation of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain's Prize for Poetic Creativity.
The Foundation is concerned with Arabic poetry and Arab poets for which this edition is exclusively dedicated.
2- The Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Prize for Imam AlBukhari Grandchildren: An annual prize of U.S. $100,000 to restore the genuine cultural bridges between the Arab Nation and the recently independent Asian Islamic states.
3- Saud Al Babtain's Kuwaiti Commission for Post Graduate Studies:
This commission grants scholarships for people of the Islamic Republics of Central Asia (100 scholarships annually) to study at Al Azhar University in Cairo, in addition to 50 scholarships for Africa, 100 annual scholarships for Iraqi students and 68 scholarships for Palestinian students. The Foundation covers the expenses of the accommodation, education, travel by plane, residence, food, clothing, books and other related expenses, as well as medical treatment of the students during their stay in Cairo. The Number of students reached until now 1500 students including those who have graduated.
4. Al Babtain's Central Library for Arabic Poetry in Kuwait.
5. Al Babtain Translation Center
It was established in 2004 with the objective of supporting the translation movement from foreign languages to Arabic language and vice versa, in addition to the translation project which is implemented in cooperation with UNESCO in Paris to translate works from Arabic to foreign languages. It is run by Dr Elias El-Barrage.
6. Courses in Prosody, Poetry Appreciattion and Arabic Language Skills :
These are free four-month courses organized with the objective of raising awareness and knowledge in the field of poetry, prosody and language. By the end of 2005 about 77 courses were held in different Arab Islamic capitals and cities in which 5088 participants graduated.
7. Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Center For dialogue between Civilizations.
This centre was established in 2005. Prof. Abdulla Al- Mohanna was selected to be its Director General. The centre is concerned with cooperation with Arabic and foreign universities to organize scientific training courses in the fields of philology as well as cultural and historical touristic guidance. The centre is responsible for organizing courses for foreign tour conductors in their own countries as well as reactivating cooperation with Arab and foreign universities, such as that between Al Babtain Foundation and Cordoba University in following up "Al Babatin Professorship for Arabic Language.”
An agreement was reached with the Spanish University of Cordoba to allocate an award in the name of "Abdulaziz Saud Al- Babtain Andalisian Prize" as an intermational prize, initially specialized in the role played by the Andalusian villages which contributed to the creation of the Andalusian civilization but was not studied or researched in the manner other Andalusian cities like Cordoba, Seville and Granada were.
* The Center started to arrange for similar academic cooperation with the University of Granada.
* Abdulaziz Saud Al-Al Babtain was granted a number of Honorary PhD certificates in appreciation of his efforts in the field of culture including:
1. An Honorary PhD certificate from the University of Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1995 in appreciation of his role in enriching the Islamic Culture.
2. An Honorary PhD certificate from the University of Baku, Azerbaijan in appreciation of his role in serving the Arab and Islamic Culture and Literature.
3. An Honorary PhD certificate from the Yarmouk University, Jordan in 2001 in appreciation of his distinctive contributions in the fields of literature, culture and poetic creativity.
4. An Honorary PhD certificate in the field of Human Sciences from the Kuwaiti Kyrgyzi University in 2002.
5. An Honorary PhD certificate in Human Sciences from the University of Goy, Kyrgyzstan in 2002.
6. An Honorary PhD certificate from the University of Algiers on May, 11, 2005.
Awards and Decorations:
Abddulaziz Saud Al-Babtain received the following medals in appreciation of his efforts in the field of Arabic Culture:
1. He was decorated by the president of Tunisia with the Meritorious Medal of the First Order on 18/6/1996.
2. Istiqlal Order of the first class from his Majesty King Abdulla of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on 6/2/2001.
3. The State Appreciation Prize of the National Council for culture, Arts and litters in the State of Kuwait in 2002.
4. The Cedar Badge of honor with the rank of Officer from the President of the Republic of Lebanon in 2004.
5. The Excellent Golden Medal from the Arab Organization for Education, Culture and Science during the final session of the fourteenth conference of the Arab Ministers of Culture held in Sana'a on December 2, 2004.
6. Kuwait First Degree Sashed Medal on 14/6/2005 from his Highness The Emir of The State of Kuwait.
7. The Appreciation Award of his Excellency the President of the Republic of Sudan for Science, Literature and Arts where he was decorated the golden medal for science, literature and arts at the Republic Presidency Premises in Khartoum on December 31, 2005.
A number of celebrations were held to honour him in many cultural societies, forums, institutions and international book exhibitions in Kuwait and the Arab world.
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