Beiruting News

The Sheikh Zayed Book committee announced that the Lebanese-born French novelist Amin Maalouf has won the Cultural Personality of the Year Award in recognition of his achievement as a novelist.
Maalouf shed light on distinguished personalities dedicated to promoting harmony and dialogue between the East and the West.
Born in Lebanon in 1949, Amin Maalouf, holds a degree in economics and sociology from Beirut University. He worked in the Beirut-based daily Al-Nahar newspaper, reporting on international and political affairs. He had firsthand experience of the Lebanese civil war, and then moved to Paris with his wife and children, where he worked for the weekly newspaper Al-Nahar Al-Arabi and worked at the French Jeune Afrique.
The award ceremony will take place on May 1, at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, coinciding with the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair.