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AUC Press awarded the 2022 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature to Egyptian author, poet, playwright and translator Fatma Qandil for her debut novel, Aqfas farigha (Empty Cages).

Delayed in its jury deliberations amid restrictions around the COVID-19 pandemic, AUCPress’ prize program releases a shortlist of Arabic-language novels from Egypt, Syria, Algeria, and Yemen. The Naguib Mahfouz coffeehouse in the Khan el-Khalili souk in Cairo is closed in this shot (June 26) because of spread-mitigation measures in the coronavirus pandemic. Image – iStockphoto: Keladawy Shortlisted Work from Four Countries As many publishing and book awards in the international industry bec...