Sheikh Zayed Book Award Adds Five Languages to Its Site Newly accessible in five more languages than before, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award site now offers its information in seven languages, as a record number of submissions is evaluated by jurors. Image: Sheikh Zayed Book Award Tamim: ‘To Boost Creativity in Arab Culture’ From its offices in Abu Dhabi today (January 19), the Sheikh Zayed Book Award has announced an enhancement of its online presence. expanding from an Arabic and English site to one that’s now also accessible in German, Spanish, Italian, French, and Russian. The Zayed program, as Publishing Perspectives readers know, in mid-December also expanded its translation grant availabilities, opening its program of translation grants to all of its shortlisted titles as well as the winning books, a change that went into effect on January 1. Prior to this, the translation grants program—which was founded in 2018—had been available for applications only on the award’s winning titles in certain categories.