Three Moroccans won prizes at the 9th edition of the Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture.
The Sharjah Prize - which includes a monetary award of USD 25,000 for each laureate - was created by the Executive Board of UNESCO in 1998 thanks to funds provided by the government of Sharjah.
Moroccan Youssef Rayhani won the second prize in the drama category for his play "Al Faratit la taltafit khalfaha" (butterflies do not look back). The 1st prize went to Egyptian Abdel Mounim Mohamed El Akbi and Imad Daoud Nakhnoukh.
The second Moroccan, Abdellatif Ait Nila was awarded the 3rd prize in the short story category for his work "Kabd Errih" (clasp of the wind). The two first prizes were grabbed by Jordanian Sana Ahmed Kamil Shaalan and Syrian Abir Younes.
The novel "Badwoun ala l'hafa" (Bedouins on the Brink of the Cliff) by Abdelaziz Rachdi (Morocco) got the 3rd prize in this literary genre also shared in ex-aequo with Emirati Fatima Souidi. The 1st and 2nd honours went to Egyptian Taher Mohamed Ali El Barbari and Syrian Ismail Rifai.
Other literary awards were handed out at this edition which was contributed to by 361 artists from several Arab countries, including poetry won by Jordanian Abdallah Amine Abou Chmis, youth literature by Syrian Mohamed Nouri Khourchid and literary criticism by Egyptien Mehdi Salah Ali Hassan).
Initially awarded every two years, the prize is now given out annually to honor individuals, groups or institutions that have contributed in a significant way to the development, dissemination and promotion of Arab culture in the world, as well as to the preservation and revitalization of intangible Arab cultural heritage.
In 2001, the first prize was awarded to Professors Abdulaziz El Makaleh (Yemen) and Na Zhong (China). In 2003, the prize was given to Moroccan writer Bin Salem Himmich and Bosnian professor Esad Durakovi?. The 2004 laureates were Tunisian researcher Abdelwahab Bouhdiba and Spanish historian Juan Vernet Giné.
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