Virtual Seminar with Dr. Moncef Ouhaibi, Winner of the 2020 Literature Award
Date April, 18 2020
Location Live Digital Seminar on WebEx
Sheikh Zayed Book Award organized an online literary discussion in collaboration with Al Multaqa Literary Salon via Webex platform with Dr. Moncef Ouhaibi, SZBA 2020 recipient of the Literature Award. The virtual session allowed the winner to discuss his winning poetic book Belkas ma Qabl Al Akheera (The Penultimate Cup) published by Meskeliani Publishing and Distribution (Tunisia) in 2019.
The session was attended by Dr. Ali bin Tamim, the Award's Secretary General and Abdulla Majed Al Ali, Executive Director of National Library at Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi, and hosted by Asma Siddiq Al Mutawaa, Founder and Chair of Abu Dhabi's Al Multaqa Literary Salon and moderated by Bahraini media personality and poet Dr. Brewin Habib.
Speakers
Dr. Parween Habib
Bahraini Poet, Academic and Media Personality
Dr. Moncef Ouhaibi
Moncef Ouhaibi, born in 1949 in Tunisia, is Professor of Arabic Literature at the Universities of Kairouan and Sousse and a permanent member of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts. He has published numerous poetry books in both Arabic and French, as well as writing short films and documentaries, notably En attendant Averroès (Waiting for Averroès), Paul Klee à Hammamet (Paul Klee in Hammamet), Devant les portes de Kairouan (Before the gates of Kairouan) et Pays qui me ressemble (Country that looks like me), which has been translated into several languages. He has been nominated for several prizes including the Comar d’Or literary prize, the Okaz Poet award for Arab poetry, and the Nikos Gatsos literary prize.
Asma Seddiq AlMutawaa
Founder and President of Al Multaqa Literary Salon.
Dr. Ali bin Tamim
Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Center, Sheikh Zayed Book Award Secretary General.
Abdulla Majed Al Ali
Executive Director of the National Library Sector at the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi and Member of the Board of Trustees of Sheikh Zayed Book Award