Sheikh Zayed Book Award Longlist Announced for “Literature”

Abu Dhabi, October 19, 2014 – Following the conclusion of the Award’s Reading Panels’ work, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award announced its long-list of book titles for its “Literature” category comprising of ten titles. The “Literature” longlist includes the following: Book title Author Nationality Publisher Zawjat Al Milh (Wife of Salt)-Poetry Yousef AbuLoz Jordan Dar Al Sada (2013) Shafiyat, (The healers)-Novel Abbas Beydoun Lebanon Dar Al Saqi (2014) Imra’at A’mal, (A Businesswoman)-Novel Bensalem Himmish Morocco Dar Al Shurooq (2013) Majaneen Bait Lahem (The fools of Bethlehem)- Novel Osama Alaysa Palestine Nofal- Hachette Antoine (2013) Qastara (Catheterization)- Poetry Kareem Matouq UAE Dar Al Yasmeen (2014) Wujooh Sikandariyyah (Faces from Alexandria)-Memoir Ala’a Khaled Egypt Dar Al Shurooq (2012) Naseebi min Paris (My share of Paris)- Memoir Ahmed El Madini Morocco Al Dar Al Masriyyah Al Lubnaniyyah (2014) Hona Al Qahira (This is Cairo)- Novel Ibrahim Abdelmaguid Egypt Inhiraaf Haad (Sharp Curve)-Novel Ashraf El Khamaysi Egypt La shama tadoll ommi ‘alai (No Moles to Lead my Mother to Me)- Poetry Ghassan Zaqtan Palestine Dar Al Ahliyyah (2014) Last year, AbdulRasheed Mahmoudi from Egypt won the “Literature” title for his novel “Ba’d Al Qahwah” (After Coffee). The award comprises of nine categories where the total monetary prize stands at seven million UAE dirhams. Each prize consists of a gold medal bearing the SZBA logo, a certificate of merit and 750,000.00 Dirhams. The Cultural Personality of the Year winner receives a prize of one million dirhams.