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The Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Literature is one of the most important children's literature prizes in the Arab world and one of the richest in the world. It was launched in 2009 on the initiative of Her Highness Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al-Qasimi, Founder and Patron of the UAE Board on Books for Young People and CEO of Kalimat publishing house.
The restructuring of the Award will serve to attract an even larger segment of the publishing industry and thereby encourage more publishers, authors and illustrators to play a role in developing the Arabic children's book sector.
The Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s literature was launched in 2009. It aims to provide an incentive for publishers, authors, and illustrators to publish Arabic children’s books and apps that are of the highest quality in both form and content.
The Award Objectives & Value Process & Criteria Evaluation Criteria Entry RequirementsAED
The Award is worth one million and two hundred thousand dirhams distributed.
Etisalat and
Since 1976, we have pioneered new technologies and brought these to new people and new places. First as the Emirates’ telephone company, today as the global technology group, e&. Etisalat and is the largest telecommunication corporation in the GCC. Headquartered in Abu Dhabi UAE, Etisalat serves 11.6 million customers and over 300,000 small, medium and large enterprises and government customers in the UAE.
The UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY)
The UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY) is the local branch in the United Arab Emirates of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Founded in Switzerland in 1953, IBBY is an international network of individuals and organizations.