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This year’s International Prize for Arabic Fiction shortlist, announced in Tunis on Wednesday night, was a surprise to many.

If you’ve ever watched Ibrahim Eissa’s political talk show on television, then you would know what to expect from his…

Less than three months after its release, a reprint of “Al-Feel al-Azraq” (The Blue Elephant) came out in December to…

A submission to Salafi thought, wishy-washy attitudes vis-à-vis social protests, the adoption of a rural culture. With these three inflammatory…

The judges on the panel of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction have come out with their list of the…

“Toya,” one of the three Egyptian novels on the 2013 International Prize for Arab Fiction long list, is a feel…

DUBAI — Amid the fast paced changes the city continues to undergo — sand gradually buried beneath pavement, buildings rapidly…

On Tuesday night, judges announced that Egyptian author Ezzat al-Kamhawi’s generational novel “Bayt al-Deeb” (“House of al-Deeb”) had won the…

The release of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) longlist was overshadowed Thursday by the previous day’s clashes outside…

UPDATE: In consideration of the events happening in Egypt, the British Council announces the postponement of the Edinburgh World Writers’…