The Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) recently announced the 2024 longlists in several categories, including literature, young author, and children’s literature categories.
The following is the longlist for the children’s literature category, which includes books by authors from Syria, Egypt, Kuwait, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, UAE, and Tunisia:
1. My Family is my World (Aa’ilati hiya al-Dunya/عائلتي هي الدنيا) by Rama Kanawati from Syria, published by Kalimat Group in 2023
2. A Private World (Aalam Khass/عالم خاص) by Marianna Barsoum from Egypt, published by Kitaby for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution in 2023
3. The Story of the Award (Qissat al-Ja’iza/قصة الجائزة) by Ahmad Almotawaa from Kuwait, published by Hzaya Library in 2023
4. The Boy Who Looks Like Sinbad (Al-Fata alladhi Yushbih al-Sindibad/ الفتى الذي يشبه السندباد) by Ahmed Korani from Egypt, published by Bayt El-Hekma for Creative Industries in 2023
5. Bright (Satea/ساطع) by Estabraq Ahmed from Kuwait, published by Takween Publishing in 2023
6. The Light (Al-Daw’/الضوء) by Israa Kalash from Palestine, published by Al-Ahlia Publishing and Distribution in 2023
7. Pictures and Tales from my Grandfather’s Memory (Suwar wa-Hikayat min Dhakirat Jaddi/صور وحكايات من ذاكرة جدي) by Fatima Sharafeddine from Lebanon, published by Dar Al-Saqi in 2023
8. My Dad: Prisoner 118 (Abi Al-Sajeen 118/ابي السجين 118) by Taghreed Najjar from Jordan, issued by Al Salwa Books in 2022
9. Shadin and the Butterfly Magic (Shaden wa Sihr Al-Farasha/شادن وسحر الفراشة) by Dr. Dalal Saleh Albaroud from Kuwait, published by Kalimat Publishing and Distribution in 2023
10. The Girl Who Carried her Home (Al Bint allati Hamalat Baytaha/البنت التي حملت بيتها) by Rawaa Sunbol from Syria, published by Damaa Publishing and Distribution in 2022
11. The Amazing Boy of the Tower and the Seven Planets (Fata al-Burj al-Ajeeb wal-Kawakib al-Saba’/فتى البرج العجيب والكواكب السبع) by Shakir Noori from Iraq, published by Dar Al-Moualef Publishing, Printing, and Distribution in 2022
12. The Tree Boy (Fata al-Shajara/فتى الشجرة) by Dheyaa Gubili from Iraq, published by Al-Hajan Publishing and Distribution in 2021
13. The Black Threaded Words (Al-Kalimat dhat al-Khuyoot al-Sawda’/الكلمات ذات الخيوط السوداء) by Fatima Alameri from the UAE, published by Al-Saif Publishing in 2021
14. The Tree of Dreams (Shajarat al-Ahlam/شجرة الاحلام), by Mounira El-Daraoui from Tunisia, published by El-Amina Edition in 2023
15. The Music Boy (Tefl al-Musiqa/طفل الموسيقى) by Naser Chbana from Jordan, issued by the Ministry of Culture – Jordan in 2021
16. I Can Do It (Ana Astatee’/أنا استطيع) by Najem Aldeen Haj Bakri from Syria, published by Kotobna Books in 2023
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award will announce the longlists for the remaining categories in the coming weeks. The annual awards ceremony is held each year during the Abu Dhabi Book Fair.
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