Ruqaya Izzidien's "The Watermelon Boys," published by Hoopoe/AUC Press as part of their move into English-language fiction, is one of seven books on the Betty Trask shortlist.
Winner of 2018 ArabLit Story Prize: ‘Our Story’
"This was how our district received the first reports: a thrill of delicious fear swapped on from mouth to mouth, from house to house."
