Mon 24 January 2022:
Middle East Monitor‘s (MEMO) Palestine Book Awards are back for the 11th year and we invite you to submit your best entries. Winning books will be chosen from a number of categories, including Academic, Translation, Creative, Memoir, Social History.
MEMO will be hosting an awards ceremony to honour the best books written in English on the subject of Palestine. The Awards promote existing books on Palestine as well as encouraging new authors to write about this sensitive but important topic with the aim of drawing attention to a cause that rests at the heart of the Middle East.
Awards winners will be announced in November 2022 in the presence of publishers, authors, journalists, academics and politicians.
We welcome all books submitted by publishers. Please review the eligibility criteria and nominate a book here.
Palestine Book Awards 2021 winners:
Academic Award Winner
A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Faith, Awareness, and Revolution in the Middle East
Counter Current Award Winner
Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics
Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plitnick
Translation Award Winner
Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands
Biography Award Winner
Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said
Our panel of Judges this year are:
- Dr Afaf Jabiri – Senior Lecturer at the University of East London
- Alan Waddams – Former Chairman of Medical Aid for Palestinians
- Haifa Zangana – An Iraqi novelist and author
- Dr Ibrahim Darwish – Journalist with Al-Hiwar TV
- Prof Nur Masalha – Member of the Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS, University of London
- Sawad Hussain– An award-winning Arabic-English literary translator
- Victoria Brittain – Former Associate Foreign Editor of the Guardian and author
If you have any queries, please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.
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