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EVENTS Cover of Majaneen Bait lahem (The Fools of Bethlehem) by Osama Alaysa Osama Alaysa receives his award from Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Third: Arab Culture in Other Languages Award Arabian-Naito to Nihon-Jin (“The Arabian Nights and the Japanese”) by Sugita Hideaki from Japan, published by Iwanami Shoten (2012). This work constitutes a turning point in the development of the way the Japanese, unshackled by Western Orientalist attitudes, viewed Arab culture. It traces the influence of the Arabian Nights on all aspects of modern Japanese culture, starting with the reforms of the enlightened Meiji Era (1868-1912) up to the present time, on Japanese children’s literature, and on Japanese theatre, fiction, cinema, travel literature, translation, comparative literature, and other fields of knowledge in Japan. Fourth: Publishing and Technology Award Arab Scientific Publishers Inc. of Lebanon. This publishing house has continued, ever since it was established thirty years ago, to work within the framework of a cultural project that is keen on publishing scientific, intellectual, and creative works contributing to the movement of enlightenment, aiming at raising Arab consciousness by this kind of publishing. The publishing house 218 BANIPAL 53 – SUMMER 2015
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EVENTS From left: Sugita Hideaki, Bassam Chebaro of Arab Scientific Publishers, Lebanon, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Dr Ali bin Tamim, Secretary General of Sheikh Zayed Book Award, Hanawa Haruo, and Osama Alaysa has continued to publish serious and significant works targeting all age groups, and has showed a keen interest in translating from other modern languages into Arabic and in participating in book fairs held in Arab and foreign countries. The Board of Trustees announced the withholding of four awards this year; “Literary and Art Criticism”, “Young Author”, “Contribution to the Development of Nations” and “Children’s Literature” as nominations in these categories did not meet the Award’s standards for winning. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum, the Governor of Dubai was named the Cultural Personality of the Year for the Award’s ninth session, 2014-15. For more information: www.zayedaward.ae. BANIPAL 53 – SUMMER 2015 219

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Cover of Majaneen Bait lahem (The Fools of Bethlehem) by Osama Alaysa

Osama Alaysa receives his award from Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Third: Arab Culture in Other Languages Award Arabian-Naito to Nihon-Jin (“The Arabian Nights and the Japanese”) by Sugita Hideaki from Japan, published by Iwanami Shoten (2012).

This work constitutes a turning point in the development of the way the Japanese, unshackled by Western Orientalist attitudes, viewed Arab culture. It traces the influence of the Arabian Nights on all aspects of modern Japanese culture, starting with the reforms of the enlightened Meiji Era (1868-1912) up to the present time, on Japanese children’s literature, and on Japanese theatre, fiction, cinema, travel literature, translation, comparative literature, and other fields of knowledge in Japan.

Fourth: Publishing and Technology Award Arab Scientific Publishers Inc. of Lebanon. This publishing house has continued, ever since it was established thirty years ago, to work within the framework of a cultural project that is keen on publishing scientific, intellectual, and creative works contributing to the movement of enlightenment, aiming at raising Arab consciousness by this kind of publishing. The publishing house

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