Saif bin Zayed honours Sheikh Zayed Book Award winners

The annual award is organised by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC), part of the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi).

SZBA is one of the most prominent literary awards in the Arab region and beyond, and celebrates leading authors, academics, publishers, literary figures and promising new talent whose writings and translations have had a notable impact on the intellectual, literary and social movements in the Arab world and beyond. This year, SZBA honoured literary figures, authors and thinkers across seven of its categories, as well as a prominent Egyptian publishing house.

The Cultural Personality of the Year Award went to Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghathami in recognition of his notable contributions to cultural movements in the region and the Arab world.

The recipient of the ‘Cultural Personality of the Year’ accolade will be awarded a gold medal marked with the SZBA logo, as well as a certificate of merit and AED 1 million prize. Winners of the other categories will each receive a gold medal, a certificate of merit and a prize of AED 750,000.

The ceremony was streamed live on the Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s social media platforms – Twitter, Facebook and YouTube