They confirmed that it occupies a high place in the cultural scene
The winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award: The coronation is a turning point in our career
The winners reviewed highlights of their career and winning publications.
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The winners of the 16th Sheikh Zayed Book Award affirmed their pride in winning the prestigious award.
Because it holds a high position in the Arab and international cultural scene, noting that this victory represents a turning point in their path.
The winner of the Cultural Personality of the Year award, the Saudi critic, Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghadami, said that his relationship with Abu Dhabi had caused a qualitative change in his career and cultural life, adding during the session that was held the day before yesterday for the award winners within the activities of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair: “In 1987, a symposium was held under the supervision of The Union of Arab Writers in Abu Dhabi, and it was devoted to the literature of the Arabian Peninsula, and asked me to talk about contemporary poetry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. to respond to this study.
During the seminar, which was moderated by a member of the scientific committee of the award, Dr. Khalil Al-Sheikh, Al-Ghadami continued: “I asked a critic other than me to read the critical battle that I called writing against writing, and the most dangerous thing is that in order to establish the idea of women in culture I found nicknames about women in culture, and I found nine nicknames that are so massive and dangerous that they It frightened me, which opened up a wide project on women and issued books (Women and Language), (Culture of Illusion), (Femininization of the Poem and the Different Reader), and (Systemic Gender). The Arab cultural, not only the phenomenon, but the one that hides under the apparent patterns, and how it was able to transform the woman herself into a promoter of women's image in a joke or a riddle.
Hence, I consider that this event that started from Abu Dhabi led me to all of that, so thank you to Abu Dhabi.”
Feathers Cafe
from her side;
Poet and novelist Maysoon Saqr, winner of the Literatures section for her book “feathers café.. Eye on Egypt”, indicated that the work stems from the famous feathers café, which is located in the downtown area of Cairo, and was famous for being a meeting center for creators of writers and artists from Egypt and the various Arab world, to link Between him and the political, social and cultural events that the Egyptian capital witnessed, reviewing the concept of modernity and the features of Egypt’s renaissance from the period of Khedive Ismail’s rule until the year 2020, through the eyes of a bird hovering around Cairo, and whenever he soars to the top, he sees more features of the urban renaissance in it, and when he descends he monitors The café was affected by what happens outside its walls, as well as what happens, as it witnessed many political, cultural and artistic situations and events, based on this monitoring on many documents that I reviewed and researched.
Library of Alexandria
While the Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Dr. Mostafa El-Feki, highlighted the status of the library, which won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in the Publishing and Cultural Techniques branch, as the oldest in the world.
It was established more than 20 centuries ago, and was rebuilt nearly 20 years ago, and its projects depend on two main axes: heritage preservation, renewal and development of thought, and the expansion of digitization services.
Al-Fiqi added that the library has taken important steps in the field of combating extremism and intellectual exclusion in society, so it was keen to receive students from Al-Azhar schools and institutes to spend a whole day in it, and to see its various cultural projects. Culturally in that region where extremist ideology is spread, the activities offered by the historic Sennari House have also been intensified to keep pace with the interests of the residents and visitors to the region, with the library keen to open a global heritage preservation center in the Smart Village in Cairo to link science, thought and culture.
Creators and authors
from their side;
The winners in the rest of the branches reviewed their publications that received the award. The winner of the category “Children’s and Young People’s Literature” Maria Daadoush spoke about her book “The Glass Ball Puzzle”, explaining that it calls for acceptance of the other.
While the Tunisian writer Dr. Muhammad Al-Maztouri, winner of the “Young Author” section, dealt with his book “Bedouin in Old Arabic Poetry”.
The Egyptian translator, Dr. Ahmed El-Adawy, who won the award for the “Translation Branch,” touched on his translation of “The Rise of Humanities in Muslims and in the Christian West,” from English to Arabic by George Makdisi.
The Moroccan writer Mohamed El Dahi, winner of the "Arts and Critical Studies" section, also spoke about his book "The Narrator and the Twin of the Soul: From Representation to Syntax."
Dr. Mohsen Jassim Al-Moussawi from Iraq/USA, winner of the “Arab Culture in Other Languages” section, reviewed his book “One Thousand and One Nights in the Cultures of the Contemporary World: Global Commodity, Translation and Cultural Industrialization.”
big project
The Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Dr. Mostafa El-Feki, expressed the aspiration of the library, which won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award this year in the branch of publishing and cultural technologies, to expand its circle of cooperation with cultural and intellectual institutions and bodies worldwide in the coming period, in addition to preparing for a huge project in the field of translation.
Abdullah Al-Ghadami:
"My relationship with Abu Dhabi has changed my type in my cultural life, a long time ago."
Mason Saqr:
“My winning book stems from the famous Riche Café, which is famous for being a meeting place for creatives.”
The honorees' session in the 16th session was organized within the activities of the Abu Dhabi Book Fair.
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