Arab Writers' Awards' Announced! by Jeremy Brinton

Imran Akram and Jeremy Brinton

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"Congratulations to Brit Writers Awards Unpublished team and their sponsors for an engaging and entertaining Awards evening on 1 December in London. It was a remarkable celebration of literary and cultural diversity as Brit Writers expands its global footprint to support writers and foster readership engagement. The excitement was tangible in a room well represented by the industry. There were international representatives from America Writers Awards, Greece Writers Awards and Brazil Writers Awards all of whom were given the floor in front of 400 guests.  

I was very pleased to be invited by Brit Writers to introduce the Arab Writers Awards.

The Arab World enjoys a rich tradition of story telling. As a founder of a pioneering literary festival in Dubai that celebrates Arab writers and Arab writing among international authors, I witnessed an enormous appetite cross culturally for Arab literature. It is this engagement that confirms such strong foundations for these Awards. The Arab Writers Awards will build upon various regional innovations, literary and translation initiatives to celebrate and recognise Arab literary talent on an international scale.

This is an amazing opportunity to create an innovative, social engagement model that connects Arab writers with Arab readers, worldwide. Our key objective is to boost literacy as well as raise published output in original Arabic literature and publishing standards. We believe in creating an environment that embraces writing, readership, fosters knowledge transfer and promotes cultural awareness. 

We are looking for strategic partnerships to help establish the Arab Writers’ Awards. While there may be challenges, the opportunities are far greater. We are open for business and I look forward to sharing our progress in the year ahead. 

by Jeremy Brinton

jb@jeremybrinton.com

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