Wednesday, 17 February, 2021 - 07:00
A visitor checks a book during the 44th Kuwait International Book Fair in Kuwait City. AFP file photo Kuwait - Asharq Al-Awsat
The Arab Publishers Association has announced that the Lebanese publishing house Dar Al-Saqi won the Abdelaziz Al Mansour Award for Children Stories 2020 in its second edition. The $10,000 award will be entirely given to the winning publishing house.
In a press release by the Arab Publishers Association, Dr. Tarek al-Bakri, head of the award s jury said: Dar Al-Saqi won the award for its story entitled ‘My Wondrous Picnic with My Uncle Salem,’ written by Emirati writer Nadia al-Najjar, and designed by Syrian artist Gulnar Hajo.