"This was how our district received the first reports: a thrill of delicious fear swapped on from mouth to mouth, from house to house."
Listen: 4 Shortlisted for 2018 ArabLit Story Prize
The four shortlisted stories, read by author or translator.
Announcing: Shortlist for 2018 ArabLit Story Prize
The four pairs that made the shortlist of the 2018 ArabLit Story Prize are: Palestinian writer Maya Abu-Alhayyat with translator Riham Adly; Egyptian writer Mohammad Abdelnabi with translator Robin Moger; Syrian author Rasha Abbas with translator Fatima El-Kalay; and Saudi novelist Raja Alem with translator Rana Ghuloom.
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