AMMAN — Prime Minister
Bisher Al-Khasawneh on Sunday patronized a ceremony honoring winners of the 10th edition of the
King Abdullah II Award for Creativity 2019/2020, according to the Jordan News
Agency Petra.
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The biennial
award, sponsored by the
Greater Amman Municipality (GAM), is the only Jordanian
prize with an Arab outreach. The winners were announced in May 2021, and they
included Egyptian novelist Issam Yousef whose novel “¼ Gram (Quarter of a
Gram)” bagged the award for the literature and arts category which was themed
“Narcotics: Response and Solutions”.
In the Arab city category, which was themed “City
Identity: Preservation and Development,” the award went to Walid bin Muhammad
bin Uqla Al-Humaidi, Saudi Arabia, in appreciation of the Asir region’s
municipality’s efforts to preserve the identity of cities and urban communities
in that southwestern part of Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, the
jury decided to withhold the prize in the science category “Unconventional
Sources of Water”, “for the nominations’ lack of originality, ... or
applicability”.
Chairman of the Award’s Board of Trustees, former
Prime Minister Abdel Raouf Al-Rawabdeh, said that the award is one of His
Majesty King Abdullah’s initiatives to honor creative Jordanians and Arabs in
three categories: literature and arts, science, and Arab city.
GAM Mayor Yousef Shawarbeh said the municipality
launched the award about 20 years ago in implementation of the visions of His
Majesty the King to support creativity and innovators, pointing out that the
award encourages the introduction of integrated and comprehensive solutions
that contribute to national development and ensuring an optimal use of
resources.
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