Longlist 2021

Two Green Eyes
Hamed al-Nazir
Sudan
Dar Tanweer - Lebanon
The Orchards of Basra
Mansoura Ez Eldin
Egypt
Dar Mim
The Night Bird
Amara Lakhous
Algeria
Manshurat al-Hibr
The Life of Butterflies
Youssef Fadel
Morocco
Al-Mutawassit
M for Murderer: S for Sa’id
Abdullah Albsais
Kuwait
Riwayat
J
Sara al-Nams
Algeria
Dar al-Adab
Hole to Heaven
Abdullah Al-Eyaf
Saudi Arabia
Dar Rashm
Daughter of the Tigris
Muhsin Al-Ramli
Iraq
Dar al-Mada
Boxes of Desire
Abbas Baydoun
Lebanon
Dar al-Ain
Fruit for the Crows
Ahmed Zein
Yemen
Al-Mutawassit

2021 Longlist

07/05/2021

Interview with shortlisted author Dunya Mikhail
Where were you when the shortlist was announced? What was your reaction? It was at dawn here in the US, and I usually wake up late because I stay up late at night. But that...
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19/04/2021

Interview with shortlisted author Abdelmajid Sebbata
Where were you when the shortlist was announced and what was your reaction? I am currently studying at the King Fahd School of Translation in Tangiers, Morocco. When the...
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29/03/2021

Shortlist announced for 2021 International Prize for Ar...
Monday 29th March 2021: The Eye of Hammurabi by Abdulatif Ould Abdullah, Notebooks of the Bookshop Keeper by Jalal Bargas, The Calamity of the Nobility by Amira Ghenim,...
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