The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is one of the most prestigious and important literary prizes in the Arab world

10/12/2019

2020 longlist and judges announcement date
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is the most prestigious and important literary prize in the Arab world. The annual prize is given to a novel in Arabic which...
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31/10/2019

IPAF holds second winner tour of United States
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) has organised its second bilingual author tour of America with 2018 shortlisted Iraqi author Shahad Al Rawi and her...
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02/05/2019

IPAF Shortlist Authors at the Abu Dhabi International B...
The 2019 IPAF shortlisted authors, including the winner Hoda Barakat, took part in a number of events at the Abu Dhabi Book Fair after the winner announcement last Tuesday....
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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

Haruki Murakami

2019 WINNER