2007 • Cultural Personality of the Year:
Denys Johnson-Davies • Literature:
Wacini Laredj,
The Prince and the Passage of the Iron Doors • Fine arts:
Tharwat Ukhasha,
The Indian Art • Translation:
Georges Zinaty, ''Althat a'inha Ka'khr'' (translated from French to Arabic) • Contribution to the Development of Nations:
Bashir Mohamed Al-Khadra,
The Prophetic – Caliphate Pattern in the Arab Political Leadership and Democracy • Young author:
Mahmoud Zein Al-Abedeen,
Architecture of the Ottoman Mosques • Children's literature:
Mohammed Ali Ahmad,
A Journey on Paper 2008 • Cultural Personality of the Year:
Mohamed Benaissa • Literature:
Ibrahim al Kouni,
Call of What Was Far • Fine arts:
Rifat Chadirji,
Dialectics and Causality of Architecture • Translation:
Faiz Assayagh,
Sociology • Young author:
Mohamed Saadi,
The Future of International Relations • Publishing and Distribution: Emirates Centre for Scientific Research and Studies • Children's literature:
Huda Al-Shawwa Qadoumi,
The Journey of Birds: To Qaf Mountain (about
Mount Qaf)
2009 • Literature:
Jamal Al Ghitani,
Ren • Fine arts:
Maher Rady,
Thought of Light • Translation:
Sa'ad Abdulaziz Maslouh,
Translation Theory: Contemporary Trends (translation of
Edwin Gentzler's
Contemporary Translation Theories) • Contribution to the Development of Nations:
Baqer Salman Al Najjar,
The Strenuous Democracy in the Arabian Gulf • Young author:
Youcef Oghlici,
The Intricacy of Terminology in the New Arab Discourse • Publishing and Distribution:
Dar Al Masriah Al Lubnaniah 2010 • Cultural Personality of the Year:
Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi • Best Contribution to the Development of the Country:
Ammar AM Hasan,
The Political Establishment of Sufism in Egypt • Young author:
Mohammad Al Mallakh,
Time in Arabic Language: Its Linguistic Structure and Significance • Translation:
Albert Habib Mutlaq,
The Animal Encyclopedia • Fine arts:
Iyad Al Husseini,
The Art of Design • Children's literature:
Qais Sedki,
Gold Ring • Publishing and Distribution: Nahdet Misr Publishing and Printing • Literature:
Hafnaoui Baali,
Comparative Cultural Criticism- an Introduction (Note: Award withdrawn due to "research methodologies and ethics employed by the author" i.e. plagiarism)
2011 • Cultural Personality of the Year:
UNESCO • Fine Arts:
Shaker Abdel-Hamid,
Art and Eccentrics • Translation: • Young author:
Layla Al Obaidi,
Al Fakh in Islam ("Humor in Islam") • Publishing and Distribution:
Brill Publishers • Best Technology in the Field of Culture:
Paju Bookcity • Children's Literature:
Abdo Wazen,
The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air 2013 • Cultural Personality of the Year:
Ahmed el-Tayeb (Egypt) • Arab Culture in Non-Arabic Languages:
Marina Warner (UK),
Stranger Magic: Charmed States and the Arabian Nights • Translation: Fathi Meskini (Tunisia),
Being and Time (from the German by
Martin Heidegger) • Literary and Art Criticism: Abdullah Ibrahim (Iraq),
Al Takhayol Al Tarikhi (Historic Visualization) • Publishing and Cultural Technologies: National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature, Kuwait • Best Contribution to the Development of the Country:
Elizabeth Kassab (Lebanon),
Contemporary Arab Thought (Arabic: ''Al Fikr al 'arabi al Mu'aser'') • Young Author: Adil Hadjami (Morocco),
Falsafat Jeel Deleuze ("Deleuze philosophy on Existentialism and Difference")
2014 • Cultural Personality of the Year:
Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, Ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia • Contribution to the Development of Nations:
Saeed Abdullah Al Soyan for his study "The Epic of Human Evolution" • Children's Literature:
Jawdat Fakhr Eldine for his book "Thirty Poems for Children" • Young Author:
Rami Abu Shihab for his book "Permanence and Deception: Post-Colonial Discourse in the Contemporary Arab Criticism" • Translation:
Mohammed Al Tahir Al Mansouri (Tunisia) for translating the book "Housing the Stranger in the Mediterranean World" • Literature:
Abdel Rasheed Mahmoudi (Egypt) for his novel "After Coffee" • Literary and Art Criticism: (no award) • Arabic Culture in Other Languages:
Mario Liverani (Italy) for his book "Imagining Babylon" • Publishing and Technology: Arab Foundation "
House of Wisdom", from Tunisia
2015 • Cultural Personality of the Year: Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum • Contribution to the Development of Nations: (no award) • Children's Literature: (no award) • Literary and Art Criticism: (no award) • Cultural Personality of the Year:
Amin Maalouf • Children's Literature: (no award) • Young Author: (no award) • Contribution to the Development of Nations:
Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi (UAE) for
Al-Sarab (The Mirage) • Translation:
Keyan Yahya (Iraq) for translation of
The Meaning of Meaning by Ogden and Richards • Literature:
Ibrahim Abdelmeguid (Egypt) for
Ma Wara’a al-Kitaba (Beyond Writing) • Literary and Art Criticism:
Said Yaktine for
Al-Fikr al-Adabi al-‘Arabi (Arabic Literary Thought) • Arab Culture in Other Languages:
Roshdi Rashed (Egypt) for
Angles et Grandeur • Publishing and Technology:
Dar Al-Saqi publishers of London
2017 • Cultural Personality of the Year:
Abdallah Laroui • Children's Literature:
Lateefa Buti (Kuwait) for
Bila qubba’a (Hatless) • Contribution to the Development of Nations:
Mohammad Chahrour (Syria) for
Al Islam wal Insan (Islam and the Human Being) • Translation:
Ziad Bou Akl (Lebanon/France) for translation from Arabic to French of
Ibn Rushd, Al-Darûrî fî usûl al-fiqh (Averroès: Le Philosophe Et La Loi) • Literature:
Abbas Beydoun (Lebanon) for
Khareef al Bara’a (The Autumn of Innocence) • Literary and Art Criticism:
Said Al Ghanimi (Iraq/Australia) for
Fā‘iliyyat al-Khayāl al-Adabī (The Validity of Literary Fiction) • Arab Culture in Other Languages:
David Wirmer for
Vom Denken der Natur zur Natur des Denkens • Publishing and Technology:
Kalimat Group, Sharjah, UAE
2018 • Arabic Culture in Other Languages:
Dag Nikolaus Hasse • Literature:
Khalil Sweileh • Children's Literature:
Hessa Al Muhairi • Literary and Art Criticism:
Mohamed Mechbal • Translation:
Naji Al 'Awnali • Publishing and Technology:
Dar Al Tanweer • Cultural Personality of the Year:
Arab World Institute • Young Author:
Ahmad Al Qarmalawy 2019 • Publishing and Technology: The Arabic Center for Geographic Literature "Irtiyad al-Afaq" • Cultural Personality of the Year:
Jaroslav Stetkevych &
Suzanne Stetkevych • Arabic Culture in Other Languages:
Philip Kennedy • Children's Literature:
Hussain Al Mutawaa • Literary and Art Criticism:
Charbel Dagher • Literature:
Bensalem Himmich • Young Author:
Abderrazak Belagrouz 2020 • Arabic Culture in Other Languages:
Richard van Leeuwen • Children's Literature:
Ibtisam Barakat • Cultural Personality of the Year:
Salma Khadra Jayyusi • Literature:
Moncef Ouahibi • Publishing and Technology:
Banipal • Translation:
Mohamed Ait Mihoub • Young Author:
Hayder Qasim 2021 • Arabic Culture in Other Languages:
Tahera Qutbuddin • Children's Literature:
Mizouni Bannani • Contribution to the Development of Nations:
Saeed El-Masry • Literary and Art Criticism:
Khelil Gouia • Literature:
Iman Mersal • Publishing and Technology:
Dar Al Jadeed • Translation:
Michael Cooperson • Young Author:
Asma bint Muqbel bin Awad Al-Ahmadi 2022 • Arabic Culture in Other Languages:
Muhsin Al-Musawi • Children's Literature:
Maria Dadouch • Literary and Art Criticism: Mohamed Aldahi • Literature:
Maysoon Saqer • Publishing and Technology:
Bibliotheca Alexandrina • Translation:
Ahmed Aladawi • Young Author:
Mohamed Al-Maztouri 2023 • Arabic Culture in Other Languages:
Mathieu Tillier • Literary and Art Criticism:
Jalila bint Mohammed bin al-Mahjoub Tritar • Literature:
Ali Jaafar Al Allaq • Publishing and Technology:
Dar ElAin Publishing • Translation: Ali Al Saadi • Young Author:
Said Khatibi 2024 • Arabic Culture in Other Languages:
Frank Griffel • Contribution to the Development of Nations:
Khalifa Alromaithi • Editing of Arabic Manuscripts:
Mustafa Said • Literature:
Reem Bassiouney • Publishing and Technology:
Bayt Elhekma for Creative Industries • Translation:
Ahmed Somai • Young Author:
Houssem Eddine Chachia 2025 • Cultural Personality of the Year:
Haruki Murakami • Literature:
Hoda Barakat,
Hind, or the Most Beautiful Woman in the World (Dar al Adab, 2024) • Children's Literature:
Latifa Labsir,
The Phantom of Sabiba (Markaz Kitab, 2024) • Arab Culture in Other Languages:
Andrew Peacock,
Arab Literature in Southeast Asia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (Brill, 2024) • Translation:
Marco di Branco,
Orosius (Pisa University Press, 2024) • Editing of Arabic Manuscripts:
Rasheed Alkhayoun,
News of Women (King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, 2024) • Contribution to the Development of Nations:
Mohamed Bashari, ''The Right to Strive: Perspectives on Muslim Women's Rights'' (Nahdet Misr Publishing, 2024) • Literary and Art Criticism:
Said Laouadi,
Food and Language: Cultural Excavations in Arabic Heritage (Afrique Orient, 2023) ==References==