Longlist 2019
134 novels were submitted for the 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction- the twelfth edition of the prize.
The longlist, announced on Monday 7 January, can be seen below.
Women Without Trace
Mohammed Abi Samra
Lebanon
Riyad al-Rayyes
Women of the Five Senses
Jalal Barjas
Jordan
Arabic Institute for Research and Publishing
Western Mediterranean
Mbarek Rabi
Morocco
Arabic Institute for Research and Publishing
Voyage of the Cranes in the Cities of Agate
Omaima Abdullah Al-Khamis
Saudi Arabia
Dar Al Saqi
The Mexican Wife
Iman Yehia
Egypt
Dar al-Shorouk
Mohammed's Brothers
Maysalun Hadi
Iraq
Dar al-Dhakira
Me and Haim
Habib Sayah
Algeria
Dar Mim
I Killed My Mother in Order to Live
May Menassa
Lebanon
Riyad al-Rayyes
Black Foam
Haji Jaber
Eritrea
Dar Tanweer, Lebanon
May — the Nights of Isis Copia
Waciny Laredj
Algeria
Dar al-Adab