Doha, Qatar – The Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding celebrated its 11th edition, announcing the 2025 winners at a ceremony held Tuesday evening in Doha. Sheikh Thani bin Hamad Al Thani presented the awards on behalf of the Father Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.
In the category of translation from German to Arabic, Mohamed Ahmed Abu Zeid secured second place for his translation of Gustav Dalman’s ‘Work, Customs, and Traditions in Palestine’. Omar Elghoul shared the second-place honor for his translation of Gustav Dalman’s ‘Jerusalem and its Natural Surroundings.’ Haroun Ahmed Suleiman Ahmed won third place for his translation of Wolfram Eilenberger’s ‘The Magicians’ Age: The Golden Decade of Philosophy 1919-1929.’
For translation from Arabic to German, Larissa Bender claimed first place for her translation of Mustafa Khalifa’s ‘The Shell: Memoirs of a Hidden Observer.’
In the Turkish to Arabic translation category, Mohamed Abdel-Aati Mohamed earned second place for translating Şinasi Altundağ’s ‘The Revolt of Muhammad Ali Pasha: The Egyptian Question 1831-1841.’ Abdul Razzaq Muhammad Hassan Barakat received third place for his translation of Hilmi Ziya Ülken’s ‘History of Contemporary Turkish Thought.’
Achievement Category Awards
The category of Arabic to Turkish translation saw Dawud İltas awarded first place for his translation of Mulla Khusraw’s ‘Mirrors of the Fundamentals in Explaining the Ascent.’ Mehmet Yosua Özmen also secured first place for translating Bashir Musa Nafi’s ‘Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama’a: An Essay on Origins and Emergence.’ Elif Bağa won second place for translating Shihab al-Din Ibn al-Haim al-Maqdisi’s ‘Al-Mumti’ fi Sharh al-Muqni’.’ Cahit Şenel shared second place for translating Ibn Rushd’s ‘Jami’ al-Sama’ al-Tabi’i.’ Mustafa İsmail Dönmez received third place for translating Ibrahim Nasrallah’s ‘Time of White Horses.’
In the category of translation from Arabic to English, Hamada Hassanin and Yans Scheiner were awarded third place.
