The Sultan Qaboos Prize for Cultural Innovation (novel section) was shared between Moroccan novelist Mubarak Rabei and Lebanese novelist Alawiya A'subh. The announcement was made during ceremony organized on Saturday in a celebration marking "Muscat as Arab Culture Capital for 2006".
The prize comprised Literature and Arts categories. The Literature category contained poetry, novel, short-story writing and theatre text, while the Arts category consisted of: painting, photography, sculpture and light photography. The Omani Ministry of Heritage and Culture recently increased the prize amount to $130,000 (USD). Prizes handing out ceremony date will be announced later.
Born in 1940, Mubarak Rabei is the author of many novels, stories and essays, such as "Ayyam jabilia" (Mountain Days), the trilogy "Derb Sultan" (2000) and "Min Gharb li chark" (From West to East) issued in 2002.
The poetry prize was shared between Egyptian poet Hassan Ali Tulb and Oman’s poet Saif bin Nasser Al Rahbi. The Sultan Qaboos Prize for short-story was shared between Jordanian short-story writer Jumah Ajeel Al Lami and Egyptian writer Said Al Kafrawi.
In theatre text, the prize was shared between Iraqi writer Jawad Kadhim Al Assadi, and Egyptian writer Fikri Al Naqash.
In painting and photography, the prize went to Oman’s artist Saud bin Nasser Al Hanini for his artwork (peace) while the sculpture prize went to Osam Hamza Al Damrdash Zaghlool of Egypt for his artwork (Black and White).
Oman’s artist Abdul Rahman bin Ali Al Hinai won the Sultan Qaboos Prize for Cultural in light photography for his work (Man and Earth).
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