First Jew to win "Arab Nobel Prize"

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Isaac Ladelsky

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First Jew to win "Arab Nobel  Prize"
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By Natasha  Mozgovaya
Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz  Service

An American professor has become the first Jew to win  the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine, popularly  known as the "Arab Nobel Prize."
Stanford professor Ronald Levy,  who heads of the university's Oncology department, told Haaretz that as  an American Jew married to an Israeli it never crossed his mind  that he might win the Saudi-financed competition.
After he was  informed of his victory, Levy rushed to check the contest Web site,  where he found his picture and biography already on the homepage. The  prize committee had posted Levy's biography exactly as he submitted it,  with one glaring exception: the line showing his post-doctoral work at  the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot had been deleted.
The  prize, which included $200,000, a medal, and a certificate in English  and Arabic, also came with a dinner with Saudi King  Abdullah.
Levy told Haaretz he was certain his wife and daughters  would not be able to attend the ceremony, as their passports are full of  visas from Israel and his wife and one of his daughters were  born in Israel. To his surprise, when he went to the Saudi consulate in  Los Angeles, the attendants stamped their passports, and no one asked  any questions.
In spite of their fears before the trip, Levy said  his family was treated to royal hospitality during their entire stay  in Saudi Arabia. He said that even when people were aware of his  religion and his family's
background, he was treated no different  than anyone else. Also, Levy said Saudis were fascinated with hearing  what he and other visitors think of their country, and if their  expectations were proved wrong or not.
Levy's victory is the  first time in the award's 30 years that a Jew has won, which Levy says  he took as a sign that Saudi Arabia is becoming more open.
Levy  won the prize for his part in the development of a drug used in the  treatment of many types of cancer that is being widely viewed  as revolutionary.For over 30 years, Levy has researched methods  of using the body's immune system to fight cancer. His  research led to the development of the concept that a drug made from  antibody could be used to fight cancer.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




Ana Ladelsky

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