Today's Edition
SHARJAH (WAM)
The General Secretariat of the Sharjah Award for Arabic Poetry Criticism announced the three winners of the fourth edition, which was titled "The Convergence of Literary Genres in Contemporary Arabic Poetry."
The award is held under the patronage of His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, and is organised by the Department of Cultural Affairs at Sharjah Department of Culture, to care for Arabic poetry, and to stimulate the energies of critics and those interested in studies directed towards the poetic experience, in service of the Arab creative arena.
First place went to Fathi bin Belkacem Nasri from Tunisia, for his research "Autobiographies in Contemporary Arabic Poetry;" second place went to Dr. Ahmed Jarallah Yassin from Iraq, for his research "The Convergence of Literary Genres in Contemporary Arabic Poetry;" while Ibrahim Al Karawi from Morocco won third place for his research "The Poetics of the Trans-Genre Text: From the Obsession with Authenticity to the Question of Boundaries (Towards a Generalised Poetics)."
Director of the Cultural Affairs Department and Secretary-General of the Award, Professor Mohammed Ibrahim Al Qasir, said, "Since its establishment in 2020, the Sharjah Award for Arabic Poetry Criticism has enjoyed the continuous patronage of His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi."
"This patronage has re-read Arabic poetry from a comprehensive critical perspective by Arab critics, and presented a new critical vision based on the award's topics that discuss the most prominent issues of poetry with broad horizons," he added.
Al Qasir noted that the current edition presents three critical names to the Arab cultural scene, who have worked hard on an important critical topic that discusses "The Convergence of Literary Genres in Contemporary Arabic Poetry," and they have set their sights on presenting a new critical vision that examines the topic in depth, while being keen to adhere to the award's standards.
Al Qasir pointed out that the award records an increase in the number of participants in each edition, and in its current edition it has attracted more than 60 research papers distributed across the countries: the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Jordan, Tunisia, Yemen, Sudan, and Mauritania. Perhaps this diversity in participation confirms the importance of the award among Arab critics.
The award provides financial rewards to the winners of the first three places, with the first place winner receiving Dh100,000, while the second place winner receives Dh75,000, and the third place winner receives Dh50,000.
