Longlist 2020

What About Rachel, the Jewish Lady?
Salim Barakat
Syria
Arabic Institute for Research and Publishing
The War of the Gazelle
Aisha Ibrahim
Libya
Tripoli Scientific Bookshop
The Stairs of Trolar
Samir Kacimi
Algeria
Editions Barzakh
The Mingling of the Seasons
Bachir Mefti
Algeria
Al-Ikhtilef
The Last Days of the Pasha
Rasha Adly
Eqypt
Arab Scientific Publishers
Sleeping in the Cherry Field
Azher Jerjis
Baghdad
Dar al-Rafidain
Seferberlik
Magbool Al-Alawi
Saudi Arabia
Dar Al Saqi
No-one Prayed Over Their Graves
Khaled Khalifa
Syria
Hachette Antoine/Naufal
Hammam Dhahab
Mohammed Eissa al-Mu’adab
Tunisia
Mesaa
Al-Mutanabbi’s Rabat
Hassan Aourid
Morocco
Al-Markez al-Thaqafi al-Arabi

2020 Longlist

Hammam Dhahab

30/04/2020

Submission open for 2021 International Prize for Arabic...
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction is delighted to announce that submissions will open for the 14th edition of the prize on Friday 1 May 2020. Submissions will close...
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14/04/2020

Abdelouahab Aissaoui wins 2020 International Prize for...
The Spartan Court by Abdelouahab Aissaoui was today announced as the winner of the 13th International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF). The novel, published by Dar Mim, was...
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14/04/2020

Interview with shortlisted author Said Khatibi
We hear from shortlisted author Said Khatibi about his novel Firewood of Sarajevo. Where were you when the shortlist was announced and what was your reaction? I was at my...
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