Egypt announces 2016 Nile Awards in Arts, Literature, and Social Sciences: The Supreme Council for Culture announced on Monday its 2016, Ahram Online reports. Film director Ali Badrakhan received the Nile Award, the highest honor, in the Arts. Late critic and Andalusian studies specialist El-Taher Makki received the Nile Award in Literature, while AUC management professor Sabry El-Shabrawi received the Nile Award for the Social Sciences. Encouragement, appreciation, and excellence awards were also granted to winners in the three categories.