Leading the recently announced Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Authority, Dr. Ali Bin Tamim wants to provide more incentives to translate Arabic literature.
Translation Rights: Sheikh Zayed Book Award Signs Three-Language Al Muhairi Deal
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award facilitated translation deals into Italian, French, and English for Hessa Al Muhairi’s children’s book, ‘The Dinoraf.’
Japan’s Kinokuniya Announces 33rd Overseas Bookstore in Abu Dhabi
The Tokyo-based bookstore chain is announcing a second venue in the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai store having opened in 2008.
Interview: Comments on Displacement from Hoda Barakat, 2019 Arabic Fiction Winner
Lebanese writer Hoda Barakat, winner of the 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, talks about displaced people and her book, The Night Mail.
Zayed Award Winner Hussain Al Mutawaa on Children and the Habit of Reading
The 2019 Sheikh Zayed Book Award winner in Children’s Literature counsels the publishing industry to stop ‘riding the wave’ of typical entertainment and promote issue-based reality in young people’s books.
2019 Sheikh Zayed Book Award Ceremony Emphasizes Tolerance
In the UAE’s ‘The Year of Tolerance,’ the Sheikh Zayed Book Award ceremony honors writers and intellectuals from many countries and diverse backgrounds.
Hoda Barakat Is Second Woman To Win International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Lebanon-born Hoda Barakat wins the 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for her ‘The Night Mail,’ which is to be published by Oneworld in 2010 in English.
The Zayed Book Award’s Cultural Personalities 2019: Bridging Classical and Modern Arabic
Two of the foremost scholars and researchers in Arabic literature are a couple. And Suzanne and Jaroslav Stetkevych’s designation as 2019 Sheikh Zayed Book Award ‘Cultural Personalities of the Year’ revives an Arabic tradition of honoring families’ accomplishments.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2019 Winners: ‘World-Class Thinkers and Authors’
This year’s recipients of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, as announced to date, come from Morocco, Kuwait, Algeria, Lebanon, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates.
At London Book Fair: Discussing Arabic Literature with Sheikh Zayed Book Award
A widening chorus of literary voices from the Arab world is being heard on the international stage, thanks in part to the leadership of the UAE’s Sheikh Zayed Book award, says Lebanon’s Nasser Jarrous.