Al Owais Award

Al Owais Award
The Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Awards (or Al Owais Awards) are a biannual prize for literary and cultural achievement in the Arab world. It is administered by the Sultan Bin Al Owais Cultural Foundation of the United Arab Emirates. The award was established by the late Emirati businessman and philanthropist Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais. The awards were first given out in 1988-89.
The Al Owais Cultural Awards are given in four categories: Poetry, Novels, Criticism/Literature Studies, and Human/Future Studies. Winners in each category receive a prize of for a total of making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world. A fifth award called the Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Award for Scientific and Cultural Achievement has different rules and criteria, with a prize amount of .
In 2004, the poetry prize was given to Iraqi poet Saadi Youssef but was controversially withdrawn after he criticized UAE ruler Sheikh Zayed bin al-Nahiyan.
Winners
List of winners:
1988–1989
Poetry: Fadwa Touqan
Stories, Novels & Drama: Sa’ad Allah Wanous, Hanna Mena
Criticism & Literature Studies: Jabra Ebrahim Jabra, Ali Jawad Al Taher
1990–1991
Stories, Novels & Drama: Alfred Farag, Abdul Rahman Mouneef
Criticism & Literature Studies: Ehssan Abbas
Human & Future Studies: Zaki Nageeb Mahmood, Fuad Zacharia
Cultural & Scientific Achievements: Mohammad Mahdi Al Jawaheri
1992–1993
Poetry: Abdullah Al Baraddouni
Stories, Novels & Drama: Sulaiman Fayyad, Sun-Allah Ebrahim
Criticism & Literature Studies: Yumna Al Eid, Farooq Abdul Qader
Human & Future Studies: Abdullah Abdul Dayem
Cultural & Scientific Achievements: Nizar Qabbani
1994–1995
Poetry: Abdul Wahhab Al Bayati
Stories, Novels & Drama: Edward Al Kharrat
Criticism & Literature Studies: Nasser Al deen Al Assad
Human & Future Studies: Awatef Abdul Rahman, Mohammed Ghanem Al Rumaihi
Cultural & Scientific Achievements: Hamad Al Jasser
1996–1997
Poetry: Ahmed Abdul Mutti Hijazi, Ebrahim Nassrullah
Stories, Novels & Drama: Jamal Al Ghitani, Waleed Ekhlassi
Criticism & Literature Studies: Jaber Assfour, Shukri Ayyad
Human & Future Studies: Mohammed Jaber Al Anssari, Fahmi Jada’an, Mohammed Jaber Al Anssari
Cultural & Scientific Achievements: Edward Saeed
1998–1999
Poetry: Mohammed Afifi Mattar
Stories, Novels & Drama: Fuad Al Takarli
Criticism & Literature Studies: Abdullah Al Ghozami
Human & Future Studies: Saleh Ahmad Al Ali, Nasseef Nassar
Cultural & Scientific Achievements: Yousef Al Qaradhawi
2000–2001
Poetry: Qassim Haddad
Stories, Novels & Drama: Zakaria Tamir, Mohammad Al Bassati
Criticism & Literature Studies: Mohsin Jassim Al Mosawi
Human & Future Studies: Abdul Wahab Al Maseeri
Cultural & Scientific Achievements: Al-Arabi magazine
2002–2003
Poetry: Hasab Al Sheikh Ja’afar
Stories, Novels & Drama: Muhammad Khudayyir
Criticism & Literature Studies: Mustafa Abdou Nassif
Human & Future Studies: Mahmoud Ameen Al A’lem
Cultural & Scientific Achievements: Mahmoud Darwish, Adunis
2004–2005
Poetry: Mohammed Al Maghout
Stories, Novels & Drama: Iz Aldin Al Madani
Criticism & Literature Studies: Mohammed Meftah
Human & Future Studies: Antoon Zahlan
Cultural & Scientific Achievements: Tharwat Okasha
2006–2007
Poetry: Mohammed Bennis
Stories Novels & Drama: Yousef el-Sharoni, Elias Khoury
Criticism & Literature Studies: Abdelfattah Kilito
Human & Future Studies: Hisham D'jait
Cultural & Scientific Achievements: Juma Al Majid, Salma Khadra Jayyusi
2008–2009
Poetry: Abdulaziz Al-Maqaleh
Stories, Novels & Drama: El Taher Wattar
Criticism & Literature Studies: Abdul Salam Misaddi
Human & Future Studies: Galal Amin
Cultural & Scientific Achievements: Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak
2010–2011
Poetry: Mohammed Ali Shams Al Din
Stories, Novels & Drama: Radwa Ashour
Criticism & Literature Studies: Faisal Darraj
Human & Future Studies: Abdul Aziz Al Douri
Cultural & Scientific Achievements: Amin Maalouf
2012–2013
Poetry: Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Senna, Nazih Abu Afash
Stories, Novels & Drama: Mohammed Azeddine Tazi
Criticism & Literature Studies: Ahmed Etman
Human & Future Studies: El Sayed Yassin
Cultural & Scientific Achievements: Dar Al Khaleej Printing & Publishing
2014–2015
Poetry: Habib Al Sayegh
Stories, Novels & Drama: Yusuf al-Qa'id, Ismail Fahd Ismail
Criticism & Literature Studies: Salah Fadl, Kamal Abu-Deeb
Human & Future Studies: Roshdi Rashed
Cultural & Scientific Achievements: King Faisal Foundation
2016–2017
Poetry: Chawki Bazih
Stories, Novels & Drama: Hoda Barakat, Abdel Khaliq al-Rikabi
Criticism & Literature Studies: Hammadi Hmaida Sammoud
Human & Future Studies: Georges Corm
Cultural & Scientific Achievements: United Arab Emirates University
2018–2019
Poetry: Ali Ja'far al-Allaq
Stories, Novels & Drama: Alawiya Sobh
Criticism & Literature Studies: Mohammed Lutfi Al Yusufi
Human & Future Studies: Haidar Ibrahim Ali
Cultural & Scientific Achievements: Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa
2020–2021
Poetry: Elias Lahoud
Stories, Novels & Drama: Nabil Suleiman
Criticism & Literature Studies: Abdul Malik Murtad
Human & Future Studies: Ahmed Zayed
Cultural & Scientific Achievements: Assilah Forum Foundation
References
External links
Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Award, official website
Arabic literary awards
Awards established in 1988
Arabic poetry awards
Fiction awards
Literary awards honoring writers
Emirati awards
1988 establishments in the United Arab Emirates