Doha: The 11th Katara Festival for Arabic Novel will be held from October 13 to 19, featuring a wide range of cultural activities.
The Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) announced that the festival’s prize committee has chosen Saudi Arabia as the guest of honour of this upcoming edition. It also named the late Saudi diplomat, novelist, and poet Ghazi Al Gosaibi as personality of the year, continuing a tradition established since the festival’s first edition, which includes an exhibition showcasing the honouree’s life, career, and literary output.
Khalid Abdulrahim Al Sayed, General Supervisor of the Katara Prize for Arabic Novel, said the award ceremony will take place on the evening of October 13 at the Katara Opera House, honouring winners across six categories: published novels, unpublished novels, young adult novels, unpublished historical novels, critical studies, and Qatari novels.
Al Sayed said the events will also feature the opening of the third edition of the Katara Book Fair.
