Shortlist 2019

The 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction shortlist was announced on 5 February 2019.

The winner will be announced at a ceremony in Fairmont Bab Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday 23 April.

The Outcast
Inaam Kachachi
Iraq
Dar al-Jadid
The Commandments
Adel Esmat
Egypt
Kotob Khan
Summer with the Enemy
Shahla Ujayli
Syria
Difaf Publishing and Al-Ikhtilef
Cold White Sun
Kafa Al-Zou’bi
Jordan
Dar al-Adab
What Sin Caused her to Die?
Mohammed Al-Maazuz
Morocco
Cultural Book Centre

2021 Longlist

25/04/2024

Interview with shortlisted author Raja Alem
Where were you when the shortlist was announced and what was your reaction? I received the news when I was in Luz-Saint-Sauveur city, Luz means light and it is a city that...
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18/04/2024

Interview with shortlisted author Osama Al-Eissa
- Where were you when the shortlist was announced and what was your reaction? I was at home. Since the 7th of last October, I haven’t left the city of Bethlehem, because of...
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17/04/2024

Interview with shortlisted author Ahmed al-Morsi
Where were you when the shortlist was announced and what was your reaction? I was at home with my family waiting for the announcement as I knew the timing beforehand. Of...
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