'Development of Nations' and 'translation' longlists revealed

Abu Dhabi 30 Nov 2015–The Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) announced today its long list for its Young Author prize in the tenth cycle. The Longlist for the Translation category consists of 11 titles out of 109 nominations received. These nominations came from 14 Arabic countries, mostly from Egypt, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. The Longlist for translation includes; Title   Language Translator   Nationality Publishing “Does science need a global language?” Authored by Scott L. Montgomery. English to Arabic Fuad Abdul Mattalib Syrian The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters. Kuwait 2014 “Other renaissances, a new approach to World Literature” authored by Brenda Schildgen, Gang Zhou, Sander Gilman. English to Arabic Alaaeldine Mahmoud Egyptian The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters. Kuwait 2014 “The meaning of meaning”  authored by Ogden and Richards English to Arabic Kayan Yahya Iraqi Dar al Kitab Al Jadeed, Lebanon 2015 “The death of the critic” authored by Ronan McDonald. English to Arabic Fakhri Saleh Jordanian National Center for Translation, Egypt 2014 “Geek Nation” authored by Angela Saini   English to Arabic Tarek Olayyan Egyptian The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters. Kuwait 2015 "History of Egypt in the middle ages ” authored by Stanley Lane-Poole English to Arabic Ahmed Salem Salem Egyptian Al Dar Al Masriah Al Lubnaniah, Egypt 2014 “Sémaphores, Carnet II” by Gamal Ghitani   Arabic to French Emmanuel Varlet French Editions Du Seuil, Paris 2014 “La plus belle histoire de la philosophie” by Luc Ferry and Claude Capelier   French to Arabic Mahmoud Ben Jamaa Tunisian Dar Al-Tanweer, Tunisia 2015 “Le phénomène érotique” by Jean-luc Marion French to Arabic Youssef Tibesse Moroccan Arab Organization for Translation, 2015 “La Casa Della Sapienza” by Cristina D’Ancona Costa   Italian to Arabic Issa Marjani Moroccan/Italian Dar Toubkal, Morocco 2014 “Max Horkheimer: Traditional and critical theory”   German to Arabic Neji Elounelli Tunisian Al-Kamel Publishers Germany , 2015