Winners of third Arab Book Award honoured

Doha, Qatar: The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), HE Sheikh Thani bin Hamad Al Thani, honoured the winners...

Doha, Qatar: The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), HE Sheikh Thani bin Hamad Al-Thani, honoured the winners of the third Arab Book Award during an official ceremony held Tuesday evening at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

The ceremony was attended by a number of Their Excellencies, Sheikhs and Ministers, members of diplomatic missions accredited to the State of Qatar, and distinguished guests including scholars, academics, researchers, heads of cultural and scientific institutions and publishing houses, and a large number of Arab media representatives.

The Arab Book Award, launched by the State of Qatar in March 2023, focuses on books written in Arabic and aims to honor researchers, publishers, and institutions contributing to the Arab book industry.

This year, in the single-book category of Linguistic and Literary Studies, which focused on literary and critical studies of Arab heritage up to the end of the 10th century AH, Abdullah Al Rashid won first place, while Amer Abu Muharib came in second place. Khalid Abdul Raouf Al Jabr took third place.

In the field of Historical Studies, which this year focused on Arab and Islamic history from the end of the 6th century AH to the end of the 12th century AH, Nasser Al Rabat won second place. Ahmed Mahmoud Ibrahim also won second place (a tie).