JANUARY 7, 2025 — Organizers for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), one of the most prominent prizes for the Arabic novel, today announced the year’s 16-book longlist. The […]
DECEMBER 16, 2024 — The Kuwait-based Almultaqa Prize for the Arabic Short Story yesterday announced its ten-book longlist, which comprises short-story collections by writers from seven Arab countries, with the […]
Syrian author Fadi Azzam’s Huddud’s House, translated to English by Ghada Alatrash, was recently named one of the Best Books of 2024 by Kirkus Reviews. You can see translator Ghada […]
DECEMBER 11, 2024 — At a dowtown Cairo ceremony, the American University in Cairo Press today announced that the 2024 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature had been awarded to Lebanese […]
DECEMBER 6, 2024 — The UAE-based Sheikh Zayed Book Award announced longlists in four categories today: literature, young author, children’s literature, and editing of Arabic manuscripts. In a prepared release, […]
DECEMBER 5, 2024 — Last night, the International Publishers Association announced that the 2024 IPA Prix Voltaire had been awarded to Palestinian publisher Samir Mansour, at a ceremony held during […]
DECEMBER 2, 2024 — Organizers today announced the six-book shortlist of the 2024 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation. The shortlisted works reflect both the widening scope of […]
Moroccan writer Karima Ahdad was the first-place winner of the 2024 prize with her short story “A Slender Thorn Digs into My Foot” (شوكةٌ رفيعة تحفر عميقاً في قدمي).
If you know of other Arabic books forthcoming in translation in December 2024 that should be added to this list, please let us know either in the comments or at […]
