Around 4:30 p.m. Tunis time, the shortlist for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction will be released, isa.
Our coverage in Tunis will be headed up by the capable Kaouther Jelassi. Until then, the 16 contenders for the six shortlist spots:
| Title | Author | Online | Publisher |
| Ya Mariam | Sinan Antoon | Profile & more |
Al-Jamal |
| Toya | Ashraf El-Ashmawi | Profile & more | Al-Dar al-Masriya al-Lubnaniya |
| The Kingdom of this Earth | Hoda Barakat | Profile & excerpt | Dar al-Adab |
| I, She and Other Women | Jana Elhassan | Profile & interview |
Arab Scientific Publishers |
| Jaffa Prepares Morning Coffee | Anwar Hamed | Profile & interview | The Arabic Insitute for Research and Publishing |
| The Beaver | Mohammed Hassan Alwan | Profile & interview | Dar al-Saqi |
| Our Master | Ibrahim Issa | Profile & more | Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation |
| The Birds of the Holiday Inn | Rabee Jaber | Profile & excerpt | Dar al-Tanwir |
| Sinalkul | Elias Khoury | Profiles and interviews | Dar al-Adab |
| Lolita’s Fingers | Waciny Laredj | Profile & more | Dar al-Adab |
| The Return of the Sheikh | Mohammed Abdel Nabi | Interview & more | Rawafid |
| Lanterns of the King of Galilee | Ibrahim Nasrallah | Profile & more | Arab Scientific Publishers |
| The President’s Gardens | Muhsin al-Ramly | Profile & more | Thaqafa |
| The Bamboo Stick | Saud Alsanousi | Profile & more | Arab Scientific Publishers |
| His Excellency the Minister | Hussein Al-Wad | Profile & more |
Dar al-Janub |
| The Goatherd | Amin Zaoui | Profile & more | Al-Ikhtilef |
