Sheikh Zayed Book Award

Celebrating this year its twentieth iteration, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award was established to commemorate the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918-2004), founding President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Abu Dhabi. The sheikh was married seven times and had thirty children. Last November Publishing Perspectives told us: “The Sheikh Zayed Book Award has truly established itself as a mainstay in the international cultural and literary calendar, diffusing Arabic language and literature on a broader scale than ever before,” said Dr. Ali Bin Tamim, chair of the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Center and secretary general of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in an interview with Publishing Perspectivesearlier this summer. “Over the past two decades since its inception, the award has become one of the most dynamic forces driving global recognition of Arabic literature, thought, and scholarship.” The Sheikh Zayed Book Award at the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Center is an independent…