Shortlist
The Eye of Hammurabi
Abdulatif Ould Abdullah
Algeria
Dar Mim
The Calamity of the Nobility
Amira Ghenim
Tunisia
Dar Mesaa
The Bird Tattoo
Dunya Mikhail
Iraq
Dar al-Rafidain
Longing for the Woman Next Door
Habib Selmi
Tunisia
Dar al-Adab
File 42
Abdelmajid Sebbata
Morocco
Al-Markez al-Thaqafi al-Arabi