The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, SZBA, announced yesterday its long list for the Translation category, consisting of 8 titles out of 86 nominations received. These nominations came mostly from Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and France.
The award has announced its long list in two categories so far;' Arts and Literary Criticism' and ‘Best Contribution to the Development of Nations'.
The announcementsRead more
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, SZBA, today announced the first longlist of its 11th cycle for 2016/2017, in the ‘Contribution to the Development of Nations’ and ‘Literary and Arts Criticism’ categories.
The longlist for Development of Nations consists of six titles out of 145 nominations received from Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Algeria and Syria. The works named in the category are:Read more
Culture has been and will remain the key benchmark for the development and progress of nations, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, affirmed while receiving winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) 2016 at Al Bahr Palace today.
''We, in the UAE, considerRead more
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award announced today the decision of its board of trustees and scientific committee naming Lebanese-born French novelist Amin Maalouf winner of this year’s Cultural Personality of the Year Award in recognition of his achievement as a novelist who has conveyed in French some key moments in the history of Arab and other Eastern peoples to theRead more
Today the Sheikh Zayed Book Award announced the names of the winners of its tenth cycle (2015-2016) following the Board of Trustees’ meeting last week, which marked the last step in the selection process. The awards and winning titles are as follows: Contribution to the Development of Nations Award went to Al-Sarab (The Mirage) by Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi from UAE,Read more