Abu Dhabi, November 30, 2016: The Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) announced today its long list for the Translation category, consisting of 8 titles out of 86 nominations received. These nominations came mostly from Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and France.
The Longlist for translation includes;
| Title | Language | Translator | Nationality | Publishing |
| 1. ‘Justice, Punishment and the Medieval Muslim Imagination’ authored by Christian Lange | English to Arabic | Riadh Miladi | Tunisian | Dar Al Madar Al Islami, Lebanon 2016 |
| 2. ‘Philosophy in the Flesh, the Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought’ authored by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson | English to Arabic | Abdelmajid Jahfa | Moroccan | Dar al Kitab Al Jadeed, Lebanon 2016 |
| 3. ‘Constantinople, City of the World’s Desire, 1453-1924’ authored by Philip Mansel | English to Arabic | Mostafa Kassem | Egyptian | The National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters, Kuwait 2015 |
| 4. ‘The First World in The Middle East’ authored by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen | English to Arabic | Tareq Alayyan | Egyptian | Jarrous Press 2015 |
| 5. ‘Economy and Society’ authored by Max Weber | German to Arabic | Turki Mohamed | Tunisian | Arab Organization for Translation, Lebanon 2015 |
| 6. ‘S/Z’ authored by Roland Barthes | French to Arabic | Mouhammed Al Boukri | Moroccan | Dar al Kitab Al Jadeed, Lebanon 2016 |
7. ‘Le Métaphore Vive’ authored by Paul Ricoeur |
French to Arabic | Mohamed El Ouali | Moroccan | Dar al Kitab Al Jadeed, Lebanon 2016 |
| 8. ‘Averroés: Le Philosophe Et La Loi’ Ibn Rushd | Arabic to French | Ziad Bou Akel | France/ Lebanon | De Gruyter, Berlin 2015 |
The award has announced its longlist in two categories so far;’ Arts and Literary Criticism’ and ‘Best Contribution to the Development of Nations’. The announcements will continue for the remaining awards during the next few weeks.