1.5 million dirhams total value

"The Treasure of the Generation"...a qualitative award that celebrates the wisdom of Zayed and "Al-Nabati"

During the launch of the award in the «Abu Dhabi Book».

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Yesterday, the Abu Dhabi Center for the Arabic Language officially launched the "Treasure of the Generation" award, which aims to honor Nabati poetic works, folkloric studies and research granted to scholars and creators who submitted works that dealt with the heritage related to Nabati poetry and its authentic values.

Members of the Supreme Committee of the award, whose total value of its six branches will reach one million and 500 thousand dirhams, stressed the uniqueness of the “Generation Treasure” among other awards in the cultural scene in the Emirates and the region, noting during a press conference held yesterday within the activities of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, at the Center Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company, which will run until the 29th of this month, indicates that the award seeks to bring Nabati poetry to the world, and to get it out of the spoken framework to broader horizons.

Values

Issa Al Mazrouei, Vice Chairman of the Cultural and Heritage Programs and Festivals Management Committee in Abu Dhabi, Chairman of the Higher Committee for Treasure of the Generation, Issa Al Mazrouei, said, “The award carries an exceptional value, as it derives its name from the phrase that resonates aesthetically in one of the poems of the founding leader, the late Sheikh. Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the poet who wrote the finest and most beautiful poems.

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Al Mazrouei explained that the award is a promising platform for preserving and protecting folklore, preserving its capabilities and passing it on to generations, pointing out that the registration for the competition will continue until the end of next June.

born strong

For his part, Saeed Hamdan Al Tunaiji, a member of the Supreme Committee of the Award, Acting Executive Director of the Abu Dhabi Center for the Arabic Language, and Director of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, Saeed Hamdan Al Tunaiji, said that “The Treasure of the Generation” was born strong and important, whether in its subject matter or choosing its unconventional name that bears an aesthetic sculpture of poems. The late Sheikh Zayed, pointing out that popular poetry needs such an award to develop and diversify and not stop at the case of spoken poetry.

While the member of the Supreme Committee of the Award, Acting Director General of the National Archives and Library, Abdullah Majid Al Ali, stressed the uniqueness of the award through several axes, most notably the celebration of Sheikh Zayed’s poetry, and its quest to find different and new formulas to honor the creators, unlike what other awards offer on the scene.

For her part, Dr. Diaa Al-Kaabi, a member of the Supreme Committee of the Prize, Professor of Narratives and Modern Literary Criticism, Associate at the College of Arts at the University of Bahrain, pointed out what the poetic experience of Sheikh Zayed, may God have mercy on him, is characterized by, of human wisdom emanating from the values ​​of goodness, truth and beauty, which is reflected in the award through Her ambition is to reach global and cosmic, adding that she does not only work on poetic systems and matching, but focuses on stimulating the academic side, and encouraging researchers to work on this branch of culture and creativity.

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The award includes different branches, foremost of which are: “Poetic Compatibility” for the poem “Yal Nou Banat Mazoona” by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may his soul rest in peace, and “Creative Personality,” which is awarded to one of the personalities who made outstanding and effective contributions to Nabati poetry. and his studies.

• Issa Al Mazrouei:

"The award bears exceptional value, as it derives its name from a phrase that resonates aesthetically in one of the poems of the founding father."

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