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Book Synopsis:
Swan Song

Mekkawi Said

Swan Song (Al Dar, Cairo, 2007)

Mekkawi Said describes an unstable, ever-changing social reality, lamenting a lyrical time now past, while fashioning a potential future of irresolvable questions.

(Al Dar, Cairo, 2007)

Mekkawi Said

about the author

Mekkawi Said was born in Cairo in 1955. He published his first collection of short stories, Running Towards the Light, in 1981.

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Previous Years

You can find a complete history of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction here. Information on all the winners, shortlisted and longlisted...

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Translations

One of the main aims of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction is to encourage the translation of Arabic literature into other languages....

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