“Al-Madhoun, whose 2010 novel The Lady of Tel Aviv was also shortlisted for the IPAF, builds on the themes and characters of that earlier novel with Destinies.”
Arabic Booker
Book Giveaway: ‘The Bamboo Stalk,’ by Saud Alsanousi
The IPAF-winning book, which was launched in London at the end of April, is set to come out in the US in September.
Why the International Prize for Arabic Fiction Controversies? ‘People Like To Talk a Lot’
“Just as the prize promotes a work, it can promote some negativity.”
Tunisian Novelist Shukri al-Mabkhout: ‘We Have To Be Merciful Toward Our Intellectuals’
“I didn’t plan to depict “positive” heroes, if we can put it that way, because the era of false heroism has gone.”
Hisham al-Khashin’s ‘Graphite’: A Feminist Novel?
Hisham al-Khashin’s ‘Graphite,’ longlisted for the 2015 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, shows women struggling against social conventions in Egypt. But do they get anywhere?
Another Young Shortlist for International Prize for Arabic Fiction
This year’s International Prize for Arabic Fiction again passes over books by established authors and chooses an — on the whole — list of young and emerging novelists.
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Shortlist Announcement Set for This Morning
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction shortlist is set to be announced today in Casablanca as the city’s 21st annual international book fair opens.
How Many Women ‘Should’ Be on International Prize for Arabic Fiction Lists?
It’s an impossible question, usually answered by shrugs, percentages or a suggestion that such a question shouldn’t be asked. After all, in the end, a literary prize is about books, not their authors.
‘Sharp Turn’: Egyptian Stories Linked by Demon or Prophet
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction shortlist will be announced at 10:50 a.m. GMT on Friday, February 13 (apparently, no triskaidekaphobes on staff). In anticipation, we look at Ashraf al-Khamaisi’s longlisted Sharp Turn: By Raphael Cormack Ashraf al-Khamaisi’s last book, God’s Lands of Exile,… Read More ›
Hisham al-Khashin: Writing Between Egyptian Feminism and the Muslim Brotherhood
“I have a license to take a historical character and add to it, but I think this is not fair.”
Countdown to the 2015 International Prize for Arabic Fiction: The Brothers Douaihy
This is the first year siblings have been on the International Prize for Arabic Fiction longlist together.
Jabbour Douaihy: ‘We Are Not, Of Course, the Goncourt Brothers’
Jabbour Douaihy on the IPAF: “As with all growth, there are some too-hasty writings, but there’s also a great, diverse, and exciting expression of Arab reality, and as time passes the wheat will be separated from the chaff.”
