Sheikh Zayed Book Award – A Recurring Dream Every Year
Date May, 27 2021
Location Live Zoom Webinar
Sheikh Zayed Book Award at the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre collaborated with Sea of Culture to host SZBA 2021 Children's Literature winner Mizouni Bannani in a webinar, hosted by Dr. Sarah Salem Al Suwaidi, Division Manager at the Department of Education and Knowledge.
The webinar entitled ‘Sheikh Zayed Book Award – A Recurring Dream Every Year’ was part of the virtual events organised by SZBA during the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair and will uncover the creative process behind the Tunisian author’s winning book (An Artist’s Journey).
To watch the full session, visit http://bit.ly/SZBA2021SeaofCulture. Highlights from the session are available for viewing on http://bit.ly/SZBA2021SoCHighlights.
Speakers
Dr. Sarah Salem Al Suwaidi
Division Manager at the Department of Education and Knowledge.
Mizouni Bannani
Professor of Education Sciences at the Higher Institute for Applied Studies in Humanities in Sbeitla, Tunisia. Bannani won the Regional Creativity Prize for Child Literature in Kasserine in 1999. He published two collections of short stories entitled Humma Al Ardh (The Fever of the Earth) in 1989, and Mawawil Aaed men Dhefat Al Nar (Mawawil of the One who Returned from the Shore of Fire) in 1996, in addition to a novel entitled Doroob Al Hawan (Paths of Humiliation). He also published a group of literary works for children and teens, including Sorah Laysat Kalswar (A Picture Like No Other), and Turab Al Watab (The soil of the homeland), Rehlat Fannan (An Artist's Journey) and others. Bennani works as a literary and artistic consultant at Al Moanasah Publishing House, and has participated in establishing the branch of the Union of Tunisian Writers in Kasserine in 1997 and chaired it until 2017.