Loading...

°C,

SZBA announces 2020 longlists for two categories

November 22, 2020 / 12:36 PM
Sharjah24 – WAM: The Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi has announced the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, SZBA, longlists in the ‘Contribution to the Development of Nations’ and ‘Literary and Art Criticism’ categories for the Award’s 15th edition (2020-2021), which collectively received 461 submissions from various Arab countries.
This year, the ‘Development of Nations’ category received 262 submissions, representing 11 percent of all submissions across the categories. Eight titles have been selected for the longlist from six Arab countries, namely the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and Tunisia.

The longlisted titles are: Diving: A Rich Source of Livelihoods by Emirati writer Ahmad Mohammed bin Thani; Transitioning to Democracy: What Can Arabs Learn from Others' Experiences? by Egyptian writer Dr. Ali Eldin Hillal; Daughter of the Bedouin's Chief by the Egyptian writer Miral Al-Tahawy; and The Image of Women as Viewed by Western Travellers in Central Arabia from the Early 19th Century to the Middle of the 20th Century by Saudi writer Dalal Bint Mukhlid Alharbi.

They also include: In Order to Reignite the Arab Historical Mind by Tunisian researcher Dr. Mokhtar Fejjari; Dubai's Archaeological Site of Saruq Al-Hadid, an Image from the Civilisation of the First Millennium BC by Jordanian researcher Dr. Rafi Mhimeed Harahsheh; The Quran and the Essence of Change (The Religious Script – The Human) by Moroccan researcher Dr. Idriss Hammadi; along with Legacy of Supremacy between Folklore and Religion by Egyptian researcher Saeed El-Masry.

The 15th Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s longlist in ‘Literary and Art Criticism’ category consists of 10 titles, selected from 199 submissions, representing 8 percent of all submissions across categories, by authors from Iraq, Tunisia, Jordan and Morocco.

The Sheikh Zayed Book Award will announce the longlists for its other categories over the coming weeks.
November 22, 2020 / 12:36 PM

Related Topics

Rotate For an optimal experience, please
rotate your device to portrait mode.