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Omani poet and novelist Zahran Al Qasmi has been shortlisted for International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2023. His novel The Exile of the Water Diviner has been shortlisted for the award which will be announced on Sunday

The Highest Part of the Horizon by Fatima Abdulhamid, Drought by AlSadiq Haj Ahmed, The Exile of the Water Diviner by Zahran Alqasmi, Concerto Qurina Eduardo by Najwa Binshatwan, The Stone of Happiness by Azher Jirjees and Days of the Shining Sun by Miral alTahawy have today been announced as the shortlisted works for the 16th International Prize for Arabic Fiction

This year's International Prize for Arabic Fiction's shortlist, comprising six authors from across the Arab World, has been announced.

The shortlist for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction comprises work from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Oman, and Saudi Arabia.

Notebooks of the Bookseller wins 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction Tue 25th May 2021 | 04:30 PM ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 25th May, 2021) Notebooks of the Bookseller by Jalal Barjas was today announced as the winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF). The novel, published by The Arabic Institute for Research and Publishing, was named as this year’s winner by Chair of Judges Chawki Bazih during a virtual winner ceremony. In addition t...

UAE: Notebooks of the Bookseller wins 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction Wam/Abu Dhabi Wam In addition to $50,000 prize winnings, funding will be provided for the English translation of the book. A book of hope amid homelessness and poverty bagged the 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) on Tuesday. ‘Notebooks of the Bookseller’ by Jordanian poet and novelist Jalal Barjas, and published by The Arabic Institute for Research and Publishing, was named as this year’s wi...

SHARE One of the few benefits of living through a pandemic is that we suddenly had a lot more time to read books – and though some publishing dates were delayed, in the end it was a treat to be able to lose ourselves in historical epics from Hilary Mantel and Maggie O’Farrell while rooting for Dubai author Avni Doshi at the Booker Prize. Pure page-turning, best-selling escapism came from the likes of former Dubai resident Stuart Turton, and the best non-fiction reflection of the year we’...