Abu Dhabi, Jumada I 24, 1436, March 15, 2015, SPA -- Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh Region, has been selected as the distinguished personality of Khalifa International Date Palm Award for this year to be honored during the distribution of the Award's prizes later today. The Prince has been selected for the Award this year in recognition of his distinguished roles in support of dates and palms when he was the Governor of Qassim Region, and launched several initiatives of prizes and festivals with regard to palms and dates, notably the Buraidah festival which becomes one of the largest date festivals in the world. --SPA 11:33 LOCAL TIME 08:33 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w