In cooperation with the Institute of Oriental Studies and the UAE’s Embassy in Moscow, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award is to hold an Arab-Russian Cultural seminar in the Russian capital, Moscow, later this month.

This participation comes in line with the Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s efforts to reach out to international audiences and promote the Award’s vision at cultural gatherings around the world. This has become more significant after the introduction of a new category, "Arabic Culture in other Languages", that is accepting literary works in English, Russian and Italian for the eighth session currently running. The Award’s nominations phase will last until mid-October 2013.

The event, slated for 27th September, will bring together an assembly of top-level diplomatic and cultural figures from the UAE and Moscow, in addition to an assembly of the Russian cultural and academic community elites from Moscow State University, Russia Book Award, Yeltsin Presidential Institute, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Mardjani Foundation, the National Library of Moscow, alongside renowned Arab authors, academics and intellectuals living in Russia, and a number of representatives from Arab and Foreign Media.

The event serves the Award’s objective to honour non-Arab authors and researchers who promote Arab culture through their writing in their own languages.

The Sheikh Zayed Book Award was established in memory of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his pioneering role in promoting national unity and development. It is presented every year to outstanding Arab writers, intellectuals, and publishers as well as young talents whose writing and translation in humanities have objectively enriched Arab scholarship and cultural, literary and social life.

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