Sheikh zayed Book Award 2026

Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces Longlists in Four Categories

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Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces Lit Longlist

November 27, 2025

The Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) today announced the longlists in four of the prize’s categories for 2026: Literature, Young Author, Children’s Literature, and Editing of Arabic Manuscripts.

POETRY

New and featured poetry in translation.

FICTION

Short fiction from the Maghreb and Mashreq.

INTERVIEWS

Talks with authors, translators, publishers, & more.

BETWEEN TWO TRANSLATORS

.An exploration of power and language with Yasmeen Hanoosh

Reviews

A look at Arabic literature and Arabic literature in translation.

From the Quarterly

Featured poetry, fiction, and essays from our magazine.

Podcast

Listen to the latest from BULAQ, an Arabic books-centric podcast.

Lit Lists

Listicles of bilingual books, medieval poems, short-short stories and more.