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Children's Literature and Young Author
Abu Dhabi, 15 December 2016: The Sheikh Zayed Book Award announced today its longlist for two categories; ‘Children's Literature' and ‘Young Author'.
The titles in the ‘Children's Literature' longlist were selected from more than 95 nominations mostly received from five countries; Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi, Kuwait and Syria.
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Book title |
Author |
Nationality |
Publisher |
| 1 |
‘al betaqa al ajeeba' (The Amazing Card) |
Samar Barraj |
Lebanon |
Al Salwa – Jordan 2014 |
| 2 |
‘haflat shai fi qasr Cinderella' (A Tea Party at Cinderella's Palace) |
Arwa Khamayyis |
Saudi Arabia |
Arwa Al-Arabeia- Saudi 2015 |
| 3 |
‘ al manzel al azraq' (the Blue House) |
Samah Ezzat |
Egypt |
Dar al Banan – Lebanon 2016 |
| 4 |
‘bila qubba'a' (Hatless) |
Lateefa Buti |
Kuwait |
Seedan Media – Kuwait 2015 |
| 5 |
‘sadeeq al nujoom' (Friend of Stars) |
Hassan Abdallah |
Lebanon |
Academia International- Lebanon 2017 |
| 6 |
‘al zi'ba Um kaseb' (Umm Kaseb, the She-Wolf) |
Lina al Hasan |
Syria |
Hakaya- Lebanon 2016 |
| 7 |
Nuwayyer (nuwayyer) |
Taleb Al Alrefai |
Kuwait |
Kalimat, UAE 2015 |
| 8 |
Princess Buhruj Palace |
Ahlam Bsharat |
Palestine |
Palestine Workshop 2016 |
For the ‘Young Author' category, eight books have made it to the longlist out of 367 titles, most of which come from UAE, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco. The titles are:
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Book title |
Type |
Author |
Country |
Publisher |
| 1 |
‘al darak al a'la' (A Higher Abyss) |
A novel |
Khaled Alnasrallah |
Kuwait |
Nova Plus, Kuwait 2016 |
| 2 |
‘fi'ran ummi Hissa' (My mom Hissa's mice) |
A novel |
Saud Al-Sanusi |
Kuwait |
Arab Scientific Publishers - Difaf, Lebanon 2015 |
| 3 |
‘risalat al nur' (Message of Light) |
A novel |
Mohammed Tarazi |
Lebanon |
Arab Scientific Publishers, Lebanon 2016 |
| 4 |
‘qitar Paris' (Paris Train) |
A novel |
Bahaa Al Gharaibeh |
Jordan |
Arab institute for Research and Publishing , Lebanon 2016 |
| 5 |
‘Shaqraa' kal dahab' (Blonde as Gold) |
A novel |
Abdulla Al- Mannaei |
Bahrain |
Arab Scientific Publishers, Lebanon 2016 |
| 6 |
‘al balagha wal sard' (The rhetoric and narrative) |
A study |
Hecham Mechbal |
Morocco |
Dar Konoz, 2015 |
| 7 |
‘al harb, muqaraba falsafiyya' (a philosophical approach to war) |
A study |
Zuhair el-Yagoubi |
Morocco |
Difaf Publising , 2016 |
| 8 |
‘lughat al takhatub al hijaji' (a study of Ibn Hazm's argumentative discourse) |
A study |
Mustafa Al-Attar |
Morocco |
Dar Konoz, Jordan 2017 |
In the past few weeks, the award announced longlist in three categories; ‘Best Contribution to Development of Nations', ‘Arts and Literary Criticism' and ‘Translation'. The rest of categories will be revealed in the next few weeks.
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