*Al-Bashir Khareef Prize for Novel recorded the largest share of nominations, with 37 entries this year, compared to 34 last year and 22 before that.
“Al-Sabah News” met with Samir Al-Suhaimi, member of the organizing committee in charge of the awards, at the “Dar Al-Sabah and Snip Lapras” pavilion, following the activities of the awards ceremony for the Tunis International Book Fair in its fortieth session, where he provided a comprehensive reading of the most prominent features of this session and its results.
Al-Suhaimi stressed that this session was distinguished by the distribution of eight awards that included various literary and intellectual genres, from novels, stories, and poetry to studies, philosophy, translation, children’s literature, and publishing, in an image that reflects the richness of the Tunisian cultural scene and the diversity of its experiences. The results came to consolidate this diversity, as Amina Zreik was crowned with the Al-Bashir Khareef Prize for Novel for “Under the Amsterdam Bridge,” while the Ali Al-Dawaji Prize for Short Stories returned to the ire of Qara Biban for “I, the Killer, and Our Shadows,” while the Fatima Al-Haddad Prize for Philosophy was withheld.
In the studies category, the Al-Taher Al-Haddad Prize was awarded equally to Al-Adel Khadr for “On Love and Freedom” and to Muhammad Al-Haddad for “The Secularization of Religious Reform,” while Muhammad Al-Nasser Al-Mawlahi won the Mustafa Khareef Prize for Poetry for “No Home for the Grandson’s Window.” As for the Sadiq Mazigh Award for Translation, it went to Ahmed Al-Haizam for “From One Oasis to Another,” while Zainab Bin Othman was crowned with the Abdul Qadir Bin Al-Sheikh Award for Children’s Literature, and the Nour Al-Din Bin Khadhar Publishing Award went to “Pop Libris” House, managed by Sami Al-Muqaddim.
This ceremony was an occasion to recognize the efforts made in serving culture, and to reiterate the importance of supporting the book industry in Tunisia, in a way that enhances its radiance and establishes its presence in the Arab and international spaces.
In his reading of the participation numbers, Al-Suhaimi pointed out that there is a convergence between this session and previous sessions, highlighting that the number of nominations reached 107 nominations in the 39th and 40th sessions, compared to 84 nominations in the 38th session. The Bashir Khareef Prize for Novel also recorded the largest share of nominations with 37 entries this year, compared to 34 last year and 22 before that, which reflects the growing interest in this award and the growing desire to nominate for it.
Walid Abdel Lawi
.jpg)
*Al-Bashir Khareef Prize for Novel recorded the largest share of nominations, with 37 entries this year, compared to 34 last year and 22 before that.
“Al-Sabah News” met with Samir Al-Suhaimi, member of the organizing committee in charge of the awards, at the “Dar Al-Sabah and Snip Lapras” pavilion, following the activities of the awards ceremony for the Tunis International Book Fair in its fortieth session, where he provided a comprehensive reading of the most prominent features of this session and its results.
Al-Suhaimi stressed that this session was distinguished by the distribution of eight awards that included various literary and intellectual genres, from novels, stories, and poetry to studies, philosophy, translation, children’s literature, and publishing, in an image that reflects the richness of the Tunisian cultural scene and the diversity of its experiences. The results came to consolidate this diversity, as Amina Zreik was crowned with the Al-Bashir Khareef Prize for Novel for “Under the Amsterdam Bridge,” while the Ali Al-Dawaji Prize for Short Stories returned to the ire of Qara Biban for “I, the Killer, and Our Shadows,” while the Fatima Al-Haddad Prize for Philosophy was withheld.
In the studies category, the Al-Taher Al-Haddad Prize was awarded equally to Al-Adel Khadr for “On Love and Freedom” and to Muhammad Al-Haddad for “The Secularization of Religious Reform,” while Muhammad Al-Nasser Al-Mawlahi won the Mustafa Khareef Prize for Poetry for “No Home for the Grandson’s Window.” As for the Sadiq Mazigh Award for Translation, it went to Ahmed Al-Haizam for “From One Oasis to Another,” while Zainab Bin Othman was crowned with the Abdul Qadir Bin Al-Sheikh Award for Children’s Literature, and the Nour Al-Din Bin Khadhar Publishing Award went to “Pop Libris” House, managed by Sami Al-Muqaddim.
This ceremony was an occasion to recognize the efforts made in serving culture, and to reiterate the importance of supporting the book industry in Tunisia, in a way that enhances its radiance and establishes its presence in the Arab and international spaces.
In his reading of the participation numbers, Al-Suhaimi pointed out that there is a convergence between this session and previous sessions, highlighting that the number of nominations reached 107 nominations in the 39th and 40th sessions, compared to 84 nominations in the 38th session. The Bashir Khareef Prize for Novel also recorded the largest share of nominations with 37 entries this year, compared to 34 last year and 22 before that, which reflects the growing interest in this award and the growing desire to nominate for it.
Walid Abdel Lawi
Tags/article tags:
