ABU DHABI, May 29 / WAM / His Excellence Dr. Hassan Nazim, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities of Iraq, during his tour of the 31st edition of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair appreciated the great and crucial role of Sheikh Zayed. Book Award, considered one of the most prominent Arab literary awards, to establish the pillars of Arab culture and promote creativity at the regional and global levels.
At the head of the future guest and his accompanying delegation were Her Excellency Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Youth, His Excellency Mubarak Al Nakhi, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Youth, His Excellency Dr. Ali bin Tamim, President. from the Abu Dhabi Center for the Arabic Language, and Saeed Hamdan Al Tunaiji, Acting Director of the Abu Dhabi Language Center, Director of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair and a number of officials, intellectuals and media professionals.
His Excellence toured accompanied by His Excellence Noura Al Kaabi and His Excellence Dr. Ali bin Tamim and the accompanying delegations in the corridors of the 31st edition of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, which concludes today, inspecting the participating pavilions.
His Excellence enriched many literary sessions and seminars, most notably his participation in a research paper in the session celebrating the Dean of Arabic Literature, Taha Hussein, the central figure in this year’s exhibition, through which he shed light on many important aspects of life. and the author’s biography.
His Excellency praised the efforts of the Abu Dhabi Center for the Arabic Language and the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, which serve Arab culture, contribute to the promotion of publishing and translation, and sponsor intellectuals and creators, explaining that celebrating creators and their projects is a celebration of Arab and human identity.
His Excellency congratulated the winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in its various departments and Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghathami was named the Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s Cultural Personality of the Year, emphasizing that he is a major literary and critical figure who has contributed since the mid-1980s to address many valuable topics. within the area of criticism.
His Excellency explained that Al-Ghadami’s efforts and writings played an important and effective role in creating a qualitative shift in the Arabic critical discourse, and that it greatly influenced the methods of modern literary criticism, translation and application and made possible. to clearly confirm the presence of the clear academic Arabic critical discourse.
His Excellency the Minister also congratulated Dr. Mohsen Al-Moussawi, Professor of Arabic and Comparative Studies at Columbia University – New York, who won the award in the category “Arabic culture in other languages”. Other cultures affirm the authenticity of our cultural and creative heritage, pointing out that the price appreciation of these exceptional cultural projects indicates the extent of their scope, depth and interest in building a bridge of knowledge and human communication between the peoples of the world.
His Excellency emphasized that the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair is an ideal opportunity to strengthen the cultural movement of the Arab region. After three decades, it has become a platform that mobilizes the elite of Arab and foreign intellectuals to meet on the basis of shared awareness and awareness, pointing out that the exhibition once again promotes continuity in the publishing sector and strengthened its presence after A Season of Break, that will restore the book’s brilliance and knowledge.
He also made it clear that the election of the Dean of Arabic Literature, Taha Hussein, as a central figure, deservedly honored this lofty literary stature and instilled interest in Arab culture in the hearts of future generations.
Her Excellence Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Youth, emphasized the role of the exhibition in encouraging the publishing industry and strengthening the authors’ position in the light of technological development and the spread of digital content. She appreciated the great efforts made with to prepare the Sheikh Zayed Book Award and its role in strengthening the contributions of cultural creators, thinkers, creators and publishers. Especially the youth and their support to move forward to enrich the cultural and literary life of the Arab region, at an award bearing the name of the culture’s first protector, the late founder Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul.
Her Excellence praised the great diversity that characterized the current session of the Abu Dhabi Book Fair, in addition to the accompanying events such as live seminars, black box cinema and others, and noted that the Abu Dhabi Fair was and still is one of the most important cultural events in the country and region that offer new and distinctive not only from different titles. It is characterized by its cultural diversity, but rather goes beyond it to present ideas and renewable methods of interacting with the exhibition audience.
Her Excellency thanked the Iraqi Minister of Culture for his influential participation in the exhibition’s ongoing session and also extended his thanks and appreciation to the organizers of the exhibition, in particular the Abu Dhabi Center for the Arabic Language, led by His Excellency Dr. Ali bin Tamim and all the staff.
His Excellency Dr. Ali bin Tamim welcomed the Minister’s visit and his presence, which enriched the exhibition through his participation in many sessions and seminars and his meeting with intellectuals, emphasizing that His Excellency the Minister is not a foreign figure in the cultural movement, but rather a prominent figure with many important contributions in the field of translation, and His Excellence has a group of works published within the translation project “Kalima”, which seeks to revive the translation movement in the Arab world.
He explained that His Excellency Dr. Hassan Nazim was one of the first participants in the Abu Dhabi International Translation Conference in its first edition in 2012, where the conference aims to strengthen the role of translation in building bridges between civilizations and nations, and discuss ways to develop young translators’ skills and support the next generation to continue the process of transferring culture and science and art to and from the Arabic language, as well as prepare trained translators in various fields.
His Excellence participated in many dialogue sessions, presented research articles and recorded important interventions that influenced the cultural agenda of the exhibition. He also paid tribute to the authors from the United Arab Emirates and the Arab world and met with cultural figures and individuals, in addition to visiting many pavilions and Iraqi publishers participating in the exhibition.