I - Hamdan Award for Best Medical College/Institution or Centre in the Arab World Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt Alexandria Faculty of Medicine is justifiably proud of its unique and historical association with the development of allopathic medicine and is clearly responding proactively to the challenge posed in the present century of the need for training of doctors for the future. In 1938, the nucleus of the Alexandria University had its beginning in the form of two satellite faculties of Fouad the First University. These were the faculties of Arts and Law. The faculty of Engineering was then established in 1941. In the light of the need for developing more disciplines for higher learning and with a view towards meeting the need of the people of Alexandria, Alexandria University, formerly known as Farouk University, became a separate entity in August 1942 with four additional faculties: Science, Commerce, Medicine and Agriculture. The Faculty of Medicine (FM) was established by RoyaL Degree No. 32 pronounced in August 1942 by King Farouk The First. Teaching started in the academic year of 1942-1943. Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, St. George Medical Center, Lebanon Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, St. George Medical Center, Lebanon pioneers in mental health research in Lebanon and the Arab World by promoting research in mental health, increasing public awareness and participating in the improvement of training and educational programs in mental health. In fact, the range of expertise and experience they have amassed among them and over the years is wide and comprehensive enough to place them among the leaders in their field in a national, regional and international level.

II - Hamdan Award for distinguished personalities from the Arab World Dr. Hussein Al Gezairy was born in Makkah in 1934, and graduated in Medicine in 1957 from the Kasr El Aini Faculty of Medicine in Cairo, Egypt, where he also obtained his diploma in general surgery in 1960. He then joined the staff of the University of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, following which he undertook postgraduate studies in surgery in London, obtaining the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1965. He was Founding Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Riyadh in 1969. In October 1975, Dr Gezairy became Minister of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a post which he held until his appointment as WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. Dr. Kamel Ajlouni is President of the Jordanian National Center for Diabetes Endocrinology & Genetics, a position he has held since 1996, and a Fellow of both the American College of Physicians and the American College of Endocrinology.Since 1974 he actively participated in the establishment of both Faculties of Medicine, at Jordan University in Amman and the Jordan University for science and Technology in Irbid. These two medical faculties are considered as being among the best faculties in the region.

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