The Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Awards (or Al Owais Awards; Arabic: جائزة سلطان بن علي العويس) are a biannual prize for literary and cultural achievement in the Arab world.[1] It is administered by the Sultan Bin Al Owais Cultural Foundation of the United Arab Emirates.[1] 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 US$100,000 for a total of US$400,000 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 US$100,000.[2]

In 2004, the poetry prize was given to Iraqi poet Saadi Youssef but was controversially withdrawn after he criticized UAE ruler Sheikh Zayed bin al-Nahiyan.[3]

Winners

List of winners:[4]

1988–1989

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

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

1998–1999

2000–2001

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

2008–2009

2010–2011

2012–2013

2014–2015

2016–2017

2018–2019

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[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Standing Regulations, Al Owais Award website.
  2. Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Award for Scientific and Cultural Achievement Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, award criteria for Scientific and Cultural Achievement
  3. Reuters
  4. "Winners". مؤسسة سلطان بن علي العويس الثقافية. Sultan Bin Al Owais Cultural Foundation. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  5. "King Faisal Foundation Receives Sultan Al Owais Award". Eye of Riyadh. 6 May 2016.
  6. "BACA chief presented with Al-Owais award". Bahrain News Agency. 19 December 2019.
  7. "SG of Assilah Forum Foundation Receives in Dubai Al-Owais Award for Cultural and Scientific Achievement | MapNews". Maghreb Arabe Press. 3 March 2022.
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