Abu Dhabi: Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) director-general Professor Jamal Sanad Al Suwaidi has been nominated for the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Several European and Arab societies and personalities have backed his nomination in acknowledgement of his book The Mirage, which deals with extremist ideologies that spread across the globe in recent years, threatening the security of societies and human values.
More than 50 experts, academics, and politicians from Belgium, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, and Sweden have nominated Prof Jamal and his book, according to Khaleej Times.
The Mirage has won several Arab and global awards, including the Shaikh Zayed Book Award in the category of "Development of Nations".
According to many researchers and specialists, The Mirage is one of the major Arabic and international books that address the scourge of extremism and terrorism that has overwhelmed the world in recent years.
The book also reflects the personal vision that stems from his belief that the Arab and global fight against extremist ideology, as well as the groups and organisations that embrace it, is not limited to security and military actions; rather, it is an extended war with an intellectual dimension first and foremost.