Book Prize

BRISMES administers the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Prize in Middle Eastern Studies. This was founded thanks to an endowment of the Abdullah Mubarak Charitable Foundation. In each of the years since the prize commenced, it has attracted around 30 nominations from some 15 publishers and the overall standard of entries has been extremely high. The prize is awarded for the best scholarly work on the Middle East each year. Normally the chronological remit of the prize will be from the rise of Islam until the present day, but outstanding scholarly entries from the pre-Islamic era may also be considered.

The deadline for entries for next year's prize will be in early 2010.

To submit entries, please return the entry form no later than 10th February 2010, together with SEVEN copies of each title submitted to the Administrative Office:

General Information

A prize or prizes will be awarded each year to the value of up to £10,000 for the best scholarly work in English on the Middle East which has been published in its first edition in the United Kingdom. We are now accepting submissions for books published during the calendar year 2009 and listed in Whitaker's Books in Print. Particular consideration will ge given to books of sound scholarship which enhance understanding of the Middle East among a wider readership in the English speaking world. Translations of work published in other modern languages are not eligible.

The judges welcome entries on any aspect of Middle East studies. Normally the chronological remit of the prize will be from the rise of Islam until the present day, but outstanding scholarly entries from the pre-Islamic era may also be considered.

The award of the prize is the sole responsibility of the judges, whose decision is final. If the judges so decide, the prize may be divided.

Collections of articles by several authors published in a single volume will not be considered.

The British Kuwait Friendship Society judges are:

• Sir Harold Walker,

  President of BRISMES (Chairman)

• Sir Roger Tomkys

  Chairman, Arab British Chamber of Commerce

• Professor Yasir Suleiman

  University of Cambridge

• Professor Carole Hillenbrand

  Professor of Islamic History, University of Edinburgh

• Dr Zahia Salhi

  University of Leeds and Executive Director of BRISMES

• Shaikh Mubarak al-Abdullah al-Mubarak Al Sabah

  (on behalf of the Abdullah Mubarak Charitable Foundation)

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