Al Majidi Ibn Dhaher Arab Literary Prize
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Email Address: info@bluemetropolis.org
Editor/Founder: Blue Metropolis Literary Festival
Country: Middle East/ Canada
Type: Writers' Prize
Description: Bestowed annually, since 2007 to an Arab writer working in any genre, in Arabic or another language, the Blue Metropolis Al Majidi Ibn Dhaher Arab Literary Prize has a value of $5,000. The prize is sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage to increase international recognition for Arab writers and literature. It is named after poet Al Majidi Ibn Dhaher, who lived in the late 17th and early 18th centuries and wrote what is known as Nabati poetry, which was composed in the Arabic dialect of the Arab Gulf region. Chaired by Blue Metropolis Founder and Artistic Director Linda Leith, the 2010 jury included Issa J. Boullata, writer, literary scholar, translator and contributing editor of Banipal magazine as well as Zaki Nusseibeh from the Presidential Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Read about the 2010 winner here.
(Directory entry)
Go to website
Email Address: info@bluemetropolis.org
Editor/Founder: Blue Metropolis Literary Festival
Country: Middle East/ Canada
Type: Writers' Prize
Description: Bestowed annually, since 2007 to an Arab writer working in any genre, in Arabic or another language, the Blue Metropolis Al Majidi Ibn Dhaher Arab Literary Prize has a value of $5,000. The prize is sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage to increase international recognition for Arab writers and literature. It is named after poet Al Majidi Ibn Dhaher, who lived in the late 17th and early 18th centuries and wrote what is known as Nabati poetry, which was composed in the Arabic dialect of the Arab Gulf region. Chaired by Blue Metropolis Founder and Artistic Director Linda Leith, the 2010 jury included Issa J. Boullata, writer, literary scholar, translator and contributing editor of Banipal magazine as well as Zaki Nusseibeh from the Presidential Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Read about the 2010 winner here.
(Directory entry)
