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Abdelouahab Aissaoui
The Spartan Court

Winner 2020

The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF)

The Spartan Court

Abdelouahab Aissaoui

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Longlist

  • The Last Days of the Pasha
    Rasha Adly
  • Hammam Dhahab
    Mohammed Eissa al-Mu’adab
  • Al-Mutanabbi’s Rabat
    Hassan Aourid
  • What About Rachel, the Jewish Lady?
    Salim Barakat
  • The War of the Gazelle
    Aisha Ibrahim
  • Sleeping in the Cherry Field
    Azher Jerjis
  • The Stairs of Trolar
    Samir Kacimi
  • No-one Prayed Over Their Graves
    Khaled Khalifa
  • The Mingling of the Seasons
    Bachir Mefti
  • Seferberlik
    Magbool Al-Alawi

Shortlist

  • The Russian Quarter
    Khalil Alrez
  • The King of India
    Jabbour Douaihy
  • Firewood of Sarajevo
    Said Khatibi
  • The Tank
    Alia Mamdouh
  • Fardeqan – the Detention of the Great Sheikh
    Youssef Ziedan

Judges

  • Viktoria Zarytovskaya
  • Muhsin al-Musawi (Chair)
  • Pierre Abi Saab
  • Amin Zaoui
  • Reem Magued

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

  • 29/07/2021

    Jabbour Douaihy 1949 - 2021

    IPAF is deeply saddened to hear of the death of the Lebanese writer Jabbour Douaihy and sends sincere condolences to his family and loved ones. Jabbour Douaihy was once...

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  • 10/06/2021

    Interview with 2021 Winner Jalal Barjas

    How did it feel to win? It was a different kind of feeling that made me take a few minutes for myself and listen to the voices of the characters that made up Notebooks of the...

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  • 25/05/2021

    Notebooks of the Bookseller wins 2021 International Pr...

    Jordanian poet and novelist Jalal Barjas wins 14th edition of International Prize for Arabic Fiction, having been previously longlisted for the prize in 2019 His novel tells...

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