4 Egyptians nominated for Sheikh Zayed Book Award

CAIRO – 26 December 2018: The Sheikh Zayed Book Award announced on Dec. 26 the nominated translated works in the Long Novel category.

The competing works amount to a total of 107, 12 of which were selected for the award. Four Egyptian translators were among the nominees for the award.

The winning writings were translated from several languages; English, French and German. Most of the participating translators are from Egypt, Morocco, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia.


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The novel “Mediterranean Coasts between Brilliance and the Abyss” by Philip Mansil is among the nominated works translated from English to Arabic by Egyptian translator Mustafa Qasim. The novel was published by the National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature.

The second novel nominated for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award is "Gene - an Intimate History" by Siddhartha Mukherjee. It was translated from English to Arabic by Ihab Abdel Hamid from Egypt. The novel was published by the House of Enlightenment for printing and publishing in 2018.

In addition, the philosophical vision of Vittorio Bovki “Violence” was translated from English to Arabic by Egyptian translator Yasser Qansouh. The book was published by the National Centre for Translation.

Furthermore, nominated works for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award translated from German to Arabic include “Arab Jews in Israel”, a visionary book by Omar Kamel and translated by Sherine al-Qabbani from Egypt. The book was published by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina publications in 2018.