Longlist Announced for Zayed Award in Children’s Literature category

Abu Dhabi November 11,2015 –The Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) announced today its long list for the Children’s Literature category in its tenth cycle. The Longlist consists of 8 children’s books and 4 adolescent’s, as follows: Title Author Nationality Publishing “waraqat al qaiqab al hamraa” (The red maple leaf) Fatima Sharafeddine Lebanese Turning Point, Lebanon 2015 “Ta’er al warwar” (The bee-eater) Hassan Abdallah Lebanese Academia International, Lebanon 2015 “al haqiba al ‘ajiba” (The wondrous school bag) Omima Ezzedine Egyptian Dar al Saqi, Lebanon 2015 “Ahlam” (Dreams) Jaleel Khazaal Iraqi Dar Al Banan, Lebanon 2015 “Qissa awwalha wa Akherha Kahayal” (A story with an imaginary beginning and ending) Sonia Nimr Palestinian Tamer Institute for community Development, Palestine 2015 “Ayna zahabat Noura” (where did Noura go?) Mona Otaibi Saudi Dar Al Saqi, Lebanon 2015 “Akhdar… asfar” (Green..yellow) Bayan Safadi Syrian Dar Al Banan, Lebanon 2015 “eed fi ibreeq” (fest in a jug) Nouf Alosaimi Saudi Kadi and Ramadi, saudi Arabia 2014 Adolescents’ Titles “mamlakat al qurood” (kingdom of apes) Badar Al Hamdani Omani Arab Diffusion Co., Lebanon 2015 “al bahth ‘an al saqr ghannam”( Looking for Ghannam, the falcon) Lina Al Hassan Hawyan Syrian Dar Al Adab, Lebanon 2015 “hikawati ma’ al kalimat” (my story with the  words) Munir Fashah Jordanian/Palestinian Palestine Writing Workshop, 2015 “Massasoo al hibr” (Ink vampires) Ibrahim Farghali Egyptian Dar Shagara, Egypt 2015 Last week, the award announced 12 titles selected under the Arts and Literary Criticism Award Longlist. The announcements will continue on a weekly basis for the remaining awards.