Bonjour to all.
Here's a piece of information I'd like to circulate to the attention of those
who know Efim Rezvan
and might want to "share" his success ([log in to unmask]).
Regards,
Sara Yontan
PRESIDENT OF IRAN HANDED TO PROF. EFIM REZVAN,
FAMOUS RUSSIAN SPECIALIST IN ISLAMIC STUDIES,
THE WORLD PRIZE FOR THE BOOK OF THE YEAR
OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
TEHRAN, February 4 /Nikolai Terehov, RIA-Novosti correspondent/.
Seyyed Mohammad Khatami, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, presented
this Tuesday the World Prize for the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of
Iran to Prof. Efim Rezvan, famous Russian specialist in Islamic studies.
RIA-Novosti correspondent reports that the deputy director of the St. Petersburg
Branch of the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences was
dignified by this important award for his book ?The Qur?an and its World?.
The work has already received the UNESCO award /?for the important contribution
to the culture of non-violence and dialogue among the civilizations?/ and the
title of the best book published in Russia in 2001 /by the Russian Publishers
Association/.
The World Prize for the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran /the
analog of the Russian State Award/ embodies the special medal and 50 highest
purity gold coins with the squeezes of Imam Khomeini portrait and refined mosque
cupola and minarets at the backspace.
The stay of the Russian specialist in Islamic studies is treated here as the
event of the prime importance. Meetings with prominent political figures,
representatives of the Iranian cultural and scientific elite are going to be
organized during the visit of Prof. Rezvan to the Iranian capital.
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