Jordanian Novelist Jamal Naji, 1954-2018
“His novel ‘When the Wolves Grow Old’ was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2010.”
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Friday Finds: Excerpts from 6 IPAF-shortlisted Novels
The book features short excerpts from all six of the novels, with an introduction written by the chair of judges, Ibrahim al-Saafin.
Five Poems by Saadia Mufarreh: ‘A Poetess Is a Double Provocation’
“Memories are/ the bruise of not being[.]”
An Excerpt from Ibrahim Nasrallah’s IPAF-winning ‘Dog War II’: ‘Fangs and Claws’
“The driver went quiet for a while then asked, ‘Do you think there’ll be another war?’”
Five Things You Need to Know About 11th IPAF Winner ‘Dog War II’
‘Dog War II’s’ IPAF win “has gotten relatively wide coverage in the English press—certainly more than most IPAF winners hitherto—largely because its keywords hit so many hot-topic buttons, with ‘dystopia,’ ‘sci-fi,’ ‘extremism,’ and ‘Arab world’ emerging as the most popular thus far.”
Friday Finds: ‘The Village Idiot,’ by Majidah al-Outoum
“We awoke one morning to news of a death. The person we had lost was the one we used to call the Village Idiot—that buffoon who used to make us laugh and cry at the same time, that leaping, dancing ball of energy who would hurl himself around, wild with enthusiasm, stomping on our toes and crashing into us as he went gesticulating by.”
Ibrahim Nasrallah’s ‘The Second War of the Dog’ Wins 2018 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
“Ibrahim Nasrallah’s novel paints a chilling picture of humanity in all its destructive potential.”
Announcement Today: Winner of 2018 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
“The winner of the 2018 International Prize for Arabic Fiction is set to be announced at a ceremony at the Fairmont Bab Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi this evening.”
Qatar Launches ‘Katara Publishing House’
“Every year, we have been publishing about 60 novels under the Katara Novels project plus other books on Qatari history, culture, heritage and traditions. We wanted to bring all these under one umbrella to make publishing more professional and systematic.”