Palestine hosts the largest literary competition in the Arab world.
Gaza – East Center:
TheEast Center for Research and Culture held a literary concert at the Beach Hotel on the Gaza beach on the morning of Sunday, the seventh of May.
In order to crown the winners of the competition for them shortage, which was launched by the Center five months ago, and the ceremony was attended by a large group of senior writers and writers in the Gaza Strip, In addition to following the audience via live broadcast.
Shortage contest for them:
The East Center was interested in including a shortage competition ceremony for them a variety of paragraphs, Dr. Essam Adwan, President of the East Center, began his speech by welcoming the attendees of writers and writers.
In addition to introducing the idea of the center and its interests, as well as a speech was delivered on behalf of the competition jury, The names of the winners and the names of the winning stories were announced for publication.
In his speech, Adwan announced a new initiative of the Center aimed at promoting free electronic publishing. To encourage young people and authors to write and publish so that culture spreads throughout Gaza,
He named it: “A book for every writer campaign,” which he said will continue until the end of the year at the level of the Arab world.
Adwan also confirmed the existence of a new competition called the “Read and Win” competition. Twenty selected stories from the applicants’ products will be included in the “Lack of Them” competition.
It will be placed in the form of e-books in the hands of the boys of the Arab world in the “Read and Win” competition, and he explained that thirty winners will receive valuable prizes starting from a thousand dollars.
Dr. Atef Abu Hamada continued, explaining that the committee worked with unparalleled integrity, transparency and impartiality. He praised the refined manner in which she adopted, He thanked the Orient Center and the participants in the competition.
In addition to the Orient Center and the jury, the head of the Youth and Culture Authority in the Gaza Strip, Ahmed Muhaisen, participated in the honoring.
And the Assistant Secretary of the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Writers, “Abdullah Tayeh”, And the President of the Association of Writers and Writers in Gaza, Dr. “Abdul Khaliq Al-Af”.
The first quiz shortage them:
The Syrian writer “Intisar Baala” was able to get first place in a competition for them, which is estimated at a thousand dollars, She expressed her sincere thanks to the Center of the East and its wonderful performance in a recorded speech and a live one.
The second place went to the Moroccan writer Hicham Agran, Which is worth six hundred dollars.
Both the Egyptian writer Mustafa Gomaa Tunisian writer Noura Obeid ranked third, Which is worth four hundred dollars.
Noura Obaid – Third Place Winner
The Center of the East did not lose sight of the non-winners, Engineer “Mohammed Adwan”, Director of the East Center, explained that some stories have been accepted from the non-winning contestants and will be published in the center. He presented them with certificates of appreciation in recognition of their efforts.
In conclusion, Adwan confirmed that the center will continue to repeat the shortage competition for them in the coming years, To support Arabic literature and encourage boys to read and write.
