$270,000 Arabic Kid’s Lit Prize Under New Management

In Arabic Publishing by Edward Nawotka

By Mark Garcia-Prats The Etisalat Prize for Arabic Children’s Literature is under new management. The annual award, created in 2009 will no longer be directed by the Arab Children’s Book Publishers Forum. The responsibility of organizing the hefty award, worth 1 million dirhams (about $270,000), has been handed over to the United Arab Emirates Board on Books for Young People …