Egypt competes for Sheikh Zayed’s Book Award for Translation

CAIRO – 28 November 2021: The Sheikh Zayed Book Award revealed the long list eligible for the 16th award in the translation branch.

The award chose 10 books out of 148 nominated for the 2021/2022 edition.

The list includes translated works from Arabic, English and French. These translated works belong to translators from six Arab countries, namely Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Morocco and Tunisia.

English works translated into Arabic captured the highest number of titles in the long list with six nominations.

In the coming period, the titles of the long lists of nominations for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in other branches will be announced.