I will resend these letters to you, so that you may read them and see how things are reversed after twenty years. I am writing to you now from my clinic in the village, and you receive them from me as you are living in a big city, in a country very far from our village. I just want to tell you: I wish you had been at that match! An innocent text in simple words, like the simplicity of the villagers. The child can follow the events by understanding the literary genre presented, the literature of letters. We see one-sided letters from Wissam, without seeing his brother's response. He can deftly express what is on his mind despite his simple understanding of things, including the idea that he thought basketball was football, and that Rami who comes from the city enjoys playing on his cell phone more than he enjoys playing with his friends in the village.
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, President of the United Arab Emirates Board on Books for Young People and Founder / 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.
Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (ETISALAT)
Founded in 1976, Emirates Telecommunication Corporation (Etisalat) provides telecommunication services in the UAE, and is one of the Middle East’s leading providers of telecom services, media and equipment.
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.