{"id":77326,"date":"2026-05-01T16:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=77326"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:58:16","slug":"sharjah-gulf-womens-creativity-award-names-8th-edition-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/sharjah-gulf-womens-creativity-award-names-8th-edition-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharjah Gulf Women\u2019s Creativity Award Names 8th Edition Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Under the patronage of the wife of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, H.H. Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, the Cultural Office of the Sharjah Family and Community Council has announced the winners of the eighth edition of the Sharjah Award for Gulf Women\u2019s Creativity 2026.<\/p>\n

The edition saw the crowning of seven female creatives from across the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, distinguished for their contributions in literature and criticism, following strong competition across the award\u2019s three categories: literary studies, narrative creativity (short story), and poetry (free verse).<\/p>\n

Salha Ghabash, Cultural Adviser at the Executive Office, stated that the growing participation of Gulf female writers in the award reflects their increasing and influential presence in the Gulf cultural scene. She noted that while the award is dedicated to Gulf women\u2019s voices, it also opens the door to Arab writers, with one non-Gulf Arab country invited in each edition.<\/p>\n

This year, guests from the Kingdom of Morocco participated in the literary studies category.<\/p>\n

She added that serious literary awards support culture and human creativity, and enrich Arabic literature with new works in poetry, short story, novels, and critical studies.<\/p>\n

In the poetry category, Dr. Maha Al Otaibi from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia won for her collection \u201cThe House of Lovers\u201d.<\/p>\n

In the short story category, the award was shared between Estabraq Ahmed from Kuwait for her collection \u201cA Drone Illuminates Above My Head\u201d and Laila Abdullah from the Sultanate of Oman for her collection \u201cIndex of Kings\u201d.<\/p>\n

Fatima Al Mazrouei from the United Arab Emirates won the Jury Award in the same category for her story \u201cKohl Ithmid\u201d.<\/p>\n

In literary studies, Dr. Wafaa Salem Al Shamsi from the Sultanate of Oman won for her study \u201cCultural Features in the Modern Arabic Novel: A Critical Cultural Reading of \u2018Maryam\u2019s Fingers\u2019 by Aziza Al Taie\u201d.<\/p>\n

From the guest country, a large group of Moroccan critics, academics and writers participated in literary and theatrical fields. Dr. Salma Barahma from the Kingdom of Morocco won for her study \u201cNarration as Transgression and Questioning of Patriarchal Cultural Concepts in \u2018Cinderellas of Muscat\u2019 by Huda Hamad\u201d, while Prof. Zohour Karam from Morocco won the Jury Award for her study \u201cThe Arabic Novel and the Dialectic of Cultural Features and Structures\u201d.<\/p>\n

The award ceremony is scheduled to take place on 23rd June next month.<\/p>\n

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Under the patronage of the wife of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, H.H. Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, the Cultural Office of the Sharjah Family and Community Council has announced the winners of the eighth edition of the Sharjah Award for Gulf Women\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77328,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77326\/revisions\/77328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}