The Palestine Cultural Forum presented the Ihsan Abbas Awards for Creativity and Culture 2017, on Sunday, the 26th of November, at a ceremony held at Yasser Arafat Museum. 

Minister of Culture Ihab Bseiso and Head of the Palestine Cultural Forum Fathi Albiss presented the awards to Palestinian authors Elias Nasrallah, for his book Testimonies on the First Century of Palestine and to Al-Mutawakel Taha, for his book Ayam Kharej Alzaman (Days out of Time).  The awards were presented in recognition of the writers’ contributions to the Palestinian narrative.  

The award includes a certificate, an honorary plaque, and a monetary prize of $10,000.