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The author, an aeronautical engineer, was longlisted in 2019 for ‘Women of the Five Senses.’ He wins for ‘Notebooks of the Bookseller.’ Jalal Barjas in the digital announcement of his win of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Image: IPAF ‘Rich, Refined Language’ In its announcement this afternoon Gulf time (May 25), the United Arab Emirates’ 14th International Prize for Arabic Fiction has named the Jordanian novelist and aeronautical engineer Jalal Barjas the winner of its US$50,000 honor for his novel Notebooks of the Bookseller, published by the Arabic Institute for ...

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 to being awarded USD $50,000, funding will be provided for the English translation of Notebooks of th...

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 winner during a virtual ceremony. Describing the book, Chawki Bazih, Chair of Judges, said: “Apart f...

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Sonia Nimr, Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands. Trans. Marcia Lynx Qualey. Interlink Books, 2020. $15.00 (paperback) We do not allow our characters rest. They are called upon to entertain us by darting to and fro, falling in love, living out our political agendas and often leading impossible lives we will never live. But I like that Sonia Nimr’s Qamar, the protagonist of Nimr’s Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands, rests while she’s reading, in full view of us readers. Qamar is a bibliophile, and when exhausted by the adventurous demands of her life, be it piracy or racing across contin...