'Young Author' contenders revealed

Abu Dhabi 18 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 category consists of 11 titles out of 335 nominations received in the same category. These nominations came from 18 Arabic countries, mostly from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Jordan. The Longlist includes; Title Author Nationality Publishing “Fusool min seerat sahib al karama” Chapters from the life of Abi Saber) Hossam Saffan Syrian Dar Fadaat, Jordan 2015 “Lil `ard rooh wahida” (The land has one soul) Ali Al Shaali Emirati Dar Hudhud, Dubai 2013 “Ta’seel al nazariyat al lisaniyya” (Originating modern linguistic theories to the linguistic heritage of Arabs) Huda Salah Rashid Iraqi Difaf Publishing, Beirut 2015 “Al bunyat al dalaliya fil lugha al ‘arabiya” (The semantic structure of Time in Arabic Language) Abdel Kebir Elhassani Morocco Dar Konoz, Jordan 2015 “al balagha wa al ideolojia” (The rhetoric and the ideology) Mustapha El Gharrafi Morocco Dar Konoz, Jordan 2015 “falsafet al ‘unf wal sulta lada Herbert Marcuse” (Philosophy of violence and power; the Herbert Marcuse case) Abdelghani Boussekek Algerian Aafaq publishing, Kuwait 2013 “jamaliyat al zaman fil riwaya” (Aesthetics of Time in Emirati Novel) Bushra Abdulla Emirati Difaf Publishing, Beirut 2015 “sufoor, al muqawama fil fann al nisa’I” (Resistance in women’s contemporary art) Khalid Abida Tunisian Edition Med Ali, Tunisia 2014 “hafriyat fil jasad al maqmoo’” (Excavations in the oppressed body) Mazin Marsool Mohammed Iraqi Difaf Publishing, Beirut 2015 “limathat takhallaf al ‘arab” (Why have the Arabs failed and other didn’t – The roots of tyranny and seeds of renaissance) Abdelhak Azzouzi Morocco Afrique orient, Morocco 2014 The Implicit in Arab Women’s Epistolary Writing Boutheina Khaldi Tunisian Arab Institute for Research and Publishing, Beirut 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.