The International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) and the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALECSO) said applications are open now for the 17th edition of the Ibn Khaldoun - Léopold Sédar Senghor Translation Prize. June 30 will be the deadline. Tunisian member of academia and writer Samia Kassab-Charfi won last year the prize in its 16th edition for her translation of Barg Ellil - a novel in Arabic by the late Bechir Khraief. The prize is designed to promote cultural and linguistic diversity and encourage all forms of cultural exchange between the Arab world and French-speaking countries. It is geared towards translators, universities, higher education institutions, study and research centres as well as publishing houses in the Arab world and French-speaking countries. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse