Winner 2014
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF)
Frankenstein in Baghdad
Ahmed Saadawi
Hadi al-Attag lives in the populous al-Bataween district of Baghdad. In the Spring of 2005, he takes the body parts of those killed in explosions and sews them together to create a new body.
Longlist
- The Phoenix and the Faithful Friend
Ismail Fahd Ismail - Ashes of the East: the Wolf who Grew Up in the Wilderness
Waciny Laredj - Love Stories on al-Asha Street
Badryah El-Bishr - God's Land of Exile
Ashraf al-Khamaisi - The Bearer of the Purple Rose
Antoine Douaihy - The Edge of the Abyss
Ibrahim Nasrallah - The Sad Night of Ali Baba
Abdel Khaliq Al Rikabi - 366
Amir Tag Elsir - The Season of Pike Fishing
Ismail Ghazali - Clouds Over Alexandria
Ibrahim Abdelmeguid
