The novel has been vibrantly and compellingly translated by Jonathan Wright, and is forthcoming from Hoopoe Fiction at the end of July.
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International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF)
IPAF-shortlisted Novelist Dima Wannous on ‘The Condition That Precedes Fear’
“I worked on the idea of fear because people in Syria — or any other country that’s under such a regime — are not only afraid of the regime, they are afraid of being afraid. It’s a condition that precedes the fear, meaning people are afraid because they are going to be afraid, and I worked from that point.”
Taleb Al-Refai’s IPAF-longlisted ‘Al-Najdi’: Alnukhethah’s Ode to the Sea
By giving Ali al-Najdi a voice, al-Refai introduces the readers to the man behind the sea-faring legend.
Huddud’s House: ‘The Last Thing I Need Is for People To Read My Book Because It’s Forbidden’
“The last thing I need is that people read me because my book is forbidden. I need people to read it because they want to read it.”
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Announces 2018 Shortlist
English translations of two of the shortlisted books are already forthcoming: Shahad al-Rawi’s The Baghdad Clock is set to appear this summer from OneWorld, in Luke Leafgren’s translation, while Dima Wannous’s The Frightened Ones is forthcoming from Harvill Secker, in Elisabeth Jaquette’s translation, in 2019.
‘The Critical Case of “K.”’: The Diary as a Trick
The central theme of “K.” is much stronger than most literature coming from the Gulf.
Is there ‘Too Much Balance’ in the International Prize for Arabic Fiction? Where Authors Are from, Year by Year
CORRECTION: The 2008 longlist is not on the International Prize for Arabic Fiction website (English, Arabic) and was, I’m told, sent to journalists after the shortlist was released in 2008.
However, a journalist-novelist has now sent along a copy of the 2008 longlist.
Why Djamila Morani’s ‘The Djinn’s Apple’ Should Be on the IPAF Longlist, Not Amin Zaoui
“Today, the headlines of the parallel dimension from which I write are overflowing with the news that IPAF has longlisted Djamila Morani’s gripping novella ‘Tuffa7 al-djinn’ (‘The Djinn’s Apple’).”
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Announces 2018 Longlist: Packed with Well-known Writers
“At least one of the novels, Shahad al-Rawi’s ‘Baghdad Clock,’ has already been translated into English, by Luke Leafgren. It’s set for an April release from OneWorld.”
Country by Country: Where the International Prize for Arabic Fiction Submissions Came From
“Only one book by a Yemeni author was submitted this year, and none of the submitted titles were written by authors from Bahrain, Djibouti, Eritrea, Libya, Mauritania, Qatar, or the UAE.”
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Hosts Ninth Nadwa in Abu Dhabi, With New Funder
This year’s participating writers, according to IPAF organizers, range in age from 26 to 40 and come from six different countries: Oman, Sudan, UAE, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Palestine.
Majority of Spots in International Prize for Arabic Fiction’s 2017 Nadwa Go to Omani Authors
“There are only three non-Omani writers: Egyptian Mohammed Abdel Qahar, Moroccan Mohsen Akhrif, and Tunisian Nabil Gueddiche.”
