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Shortlists Unveiled: Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2023

Shortlists for Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2023 Announced

Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s 17th edition has announced the shortlisted titles for Literature, Young Authors, and Literary & Art Criticism categories. The nine works come from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco.

The three works on the Literature shortlists are “Al-Qata’i: Thoulatheyat Ibn Tulun” (Al-Qata’i: Ibn Tulun’s Trilogy) by Reem Bassiouney from Egypt, issued by Nahdet Misr Publishing in 2022; “Ila Ayn Ayyathouha Al Kaseedah” (Whereto, O Poem? An Autobiography) by Ali Jaafar Alallaq from Iraq, issued by Alaan Publishing in 2022; and “Ifrah ya Qulbi” (Rejoice, My Heart) by Alawiya Sobh from Lebanon, issued by Dar Al Adab Publishing & Distribution in 2022.

Meanwhile, the list of the Young Author category included “Fawka Jisr Al Joumhoureyah” (Over the Republic Bridge) by Shahid Alrawi from Iraq, issued by Dar Alhikma Publishing & Distribution in 2020; “Al Wahl wa Al Noujoom” (Dirt and Stars) by Ahmad Lutfi from Egypt, issued by Aseer AlKotb in 2022; and “Nehayat Al Sahra’a” (The End of the Desert) by Said Khatibi from Algeria, issued by Hachette Antoine/Nofal in 2022.

The three works that made it to the shortlist in the Literary & Art Criticism category are “Mara’i an-Nisaa’: Dirasat fi Kitabat al-That an-Nisaa’iya al-Aarabiya” (Women Views: Studies on Arab Women Self Writings) by Dr. Jalila Al Tritar from Tunisia, published by La Maison Tunisienne Du Livre in 2021; “Suwar al-Wujood fi al-Cinema wa-al-Falsafa” (Images of Existence in Cinema and Philosophy) by Mohammed Nouraldin Affaya from Morocco, published by Le Centre Culturel du Livre in 2022; and “Al-Mu’allafat al-Musiqiya al-Aarabiya al-Rahina: Bayn al-Maqamiya wa-al-Tonaliya” (Contemporary Arab Music Compositions: Between Maqamat and Tonality), by Dr. Fakher Hakima from Tunisia, published by Centre for Arab and Mediterranean Music and Sotumedias Publishing and Distribution in 2021.

The Young Author category attracted the highest number of entries for the Award this year, with 954 submissions, accounting for 30% of all applications, while the Literature category came in second with 688 submissions, making up 22% of all submitted works. For its part, the Literary & Art Criticism category recorded 286 submissions this year, an increase of 5 percent from last year. The Sheikh Zayed Book Award will announce the shortlists of its other categories over the coming few weeks.

 

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