TEHRAN- The second edition of the Palestine World Prize for Literature revealed its winners across 6 categories throughout a ceremony held in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday night.In the play category, top place was awarded to I Mean to Bury Them by Dua Muhammad Ismail Ibrahim Al-Bayati from Iraq, while second place went to On the Thresholds of Al-Quds by Nawal Maheni from Egypt.For the memoirs classification, Five Thousand Days in Barzakh by Hassan Salameh from Palestine took top place, while Struggle, Struggle by put behind bars Captain Kifah Hatab from Palestine can be found in 2nd, and Fish Return to the Sea by Marzieh Etemadi from Iran was awarded third place.In the short story classification, first place went to Diaries of Struggle and Honor by Abdul-Majid Zarqat from Lebanon, 2nd location was granted to Ashes of the Sparrows by Hamed Askari from Iran, and 3rd place was collectively granted to Futique by Suham Abu Awad from Palestine and The Assassination of Reihana by Mohammad Adnan Suleiman Mardawi from Palestine.For the unique classification, first place was awarded to Tale of the Wall by Nasser Abu Sarour from Palestine.
2nd place was shared between The Tale of Horror: A Story of War in Gaza by Ayman Al-Atoum and Azawad by Ahmed Bousalim, both from Jordan, while 3rd place went to Necklace of Jasmine by Amer Anwar Sultan from Palestine.The poetry classification saw first place awarded to Abdullah Issa from Palestine for his poem The Sky of Gaza, Hills of Jenin.
2nd place went to Ali Al-Amri from Palestine for This is Palestinian, and 3rd location was collectively awarded to Victor De Currea-Lugo from Colombia for Little Poems for Palestine and Hikmat Gumilar from Indonesia for From the Wreckage of Flowers to the Story of Memories.In the childrens literature classification, Amal Nasser from Lebanon received top place for Archivia, while 2nd location was jointly granted to Tala El-Fahmawi from the United States for Salims Soccer Ball: A Story of Palestinian Resilience and Seyed Mehdi Mousavi from Iran for The Secret of the Red Stone.
Third location was shared in between Entisar Baala from Syria for Jaffa and Canaan and Amira Al-Balushi from Iraq for The Tale of the Olive.The 2nd edition of the Palestine World Prize for Literature got submissions from 26 countries.A total of 345 book titles were sent to the prizes secretariat in Tehran.Earlier this week, the secretary of the occasion Mohsen Parviz announced that judges for the second edition of the award were chosen from Syria, Lebanon, Algeria, Palestine, Iraq, Yemen, Indonesia, India, and Iran.He elaborated, The process has actually corresponded across all subcategories; judges provided their reasoning for choosing works based on technique and content.
The decision was made collectively by the judges, the head of the jury, and the clinical secretary.
Other than for 2 categories with fewer submissions, 5 works were picked for final examination and ranking.
Parviz highlighted that the main languages of sent works were Arabic and Persian, therefore leveraging distinguished Arabic-speaking scholars from various Arab nations for this task.While most of submissions were in Arabic and Persian, there were also entries in English, Urdu, Malay, French, and Spanish.Six judging groups were formed in 6 various categories: plays, memoirs, narratives, childrens literature, poetry, and novels.
The greatest volume of submissions came from the unique category, which got 106 entries, while the play category had the fewest, with just nine submissions, he noted.He even more mentioned that final judges consisted of teachers from Iranian universities and language professors.
Additionally, the heads of Arab Writers Union in Syria and Algeria, Muhammad Al-Hourani and Youssef Shakra, assisted in the last judging process.He expressed hope that through efficient media promo, the chosen works could be translated into other languages and function as advocates for the properly and artistically rendered narratives defending the Palestinian individuals.
Despite a smaller volume of submissions being examined over a longer period last time, the quality of works in this edition appears significantly higher, he remarked.The impact of Palestinian heroism on writers and poets will unquestionably yield even greater quality operates in the coming years, he mentioned.The Palestine World Prize for Literature was developed in 2018 in Iran by a cumulative decision of cultural organizations, writers unions, and publications from different nations.
This biennial award aims to acknowledge the very best works published about Palestine.
The first edition of this reward was held in 2022 in Beirut.SAB/