Opening the candidacy door of Sheikh Zayed Book Award

CAIRO –31 May 2017: Sheikh Zayed Book Award announced the opening of the candidacy door for the 12th session, starting from May until the first of October 2017.

This decision was made during the meeting of the Scientific Committee which was held on the sidelines of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. The announcement comes after the conclusion of the award annual ceremony to honor the winners in the 11th session.

The award provides great opportunity for the candidates by receiving self-nominations from them, in addition to the nomination of the publishing houses. The candidate has the right to submit one work for one of the award branches only in the same session.

The terms of the award must be written in Arabic, except the translation award branch and the Arab culture award for other languages branch, in these two branches only the prize may be awarded to works translated from Arabic into other languages or composed in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

The scientific body is headed by Ali bin Tamim, Secretary General. Members include: Mohamed Bennis from Morocco, Kazim Jihad from France, Khalil El-Sheikh from Jordan, Jürgen Boz from Germany, Mohamed Aboul-Fadel Badran from Egypt, Samer Abu Hawash from Palestine, Diaa Al-Kaabi from Bahrain, and Ali Al-Kaabi from the UAE.