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In 2004, the poetry prize was given to Iraqi poet Saadi Youssef but was controversially withdrawn after he criticized UAE ruler Sheikh Zayed bin al-Nahiyan.[3]
^ abStanding Regulations, Al Owais Award website.
^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
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the Prize of Palestine for his book Gate of the Sun, and he won the AlOwaisAward for fiction writing in 2007. Khoury has also written three plays and...
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movie Participation 1965 Storm Khalid Al-Nafisi 2010: Kuwait – Honoring Festival Medley. 2010: Jordan – Honor award from Jordan Arab Media Festival. T....
broadcasts highlighting his illustrious literary career. 1992–1993 AlOwaisAward for Cultural & Scientific Achievements. On 21 March 2016, Google celebrated...
numerous critical studies during his lifetime. He won the inaugural AlOwaisAward in the "Criticism & Literary Studies" category in 1988–89. Arabic Poetry...
Lannan Foundation Prize for Cultural Freedom (2001) AlOwaisAward (2002–2003) Prince Claus Awards (2004) "Bosnian stećak" (2007) Golden Wreath of Struga...
Exhibition-Al Ain 1990, 1992, 1993 – Golden Dana Award-Kuwait 1993 – Juries Award, Sharjah Biennial-UAE 1992, 1994 & 1996 – First Prize Sultan AlOwaisAward for...
stories: an anthology, 2010. 2006 AlOwaisAward: Cultural & Scientific Achievements 2020 Sheikh Zayed Book Award: Cultural Personality of the Year "Salma...
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was awarded the Grand Prize for Arab Contemporary Art at the Kuwait Biennial in 2012. She was also selected as one of 50 artists for the AlOwais Cultural...
proceeded to earn her the AlOwaisAward in 2019 for the category of "Stories: Novels and Drama". Most recently in 2021, An Taashak Al-Hayat made the three-book...
1997, 2000. In September 2009, Al Hilal was awarded Best Asian Club of the 20th Century by the IFFHS. Internationally, Al Hilal made multiple appearances...
Science Symposium, Al Ittihad, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), Emirates Media, Dubai School of Government, AlOwais Cultural Foundation...
National Humanities Award (Tunis) 1996: Commander of the Order of the Republic of Tunisia 2006: AlOwaisAward (Dubai) 2016: Arab Book Award (Beirut) 2017:...
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