Mohamed Samir Nada

With 2025 IPAF Winner Mohamed Samir Nada

May 7, 2025

Mohamed Samir Nada talks about his dystopian novel Prayer of Anxiety, which won the 2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

April 24, 2025

Mohamed Samir Nada’s The Prayer of Anxiety has won the 2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF).

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