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          Egyptian novelist Mohamed Samir Nada has won the 2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for The Prayer of Anxiety. Victor Besa / The National

          How Arabic fiction prize winner captures region’s deepest fears

          BooksApril 25, 2025
          Mohamed Samir Nada wins the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2025 in Abu Dhabi on April 24. Ruel Pableo / The National

          Mohamed Samir Nada wins 2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction

          BooksApril 24, 2025
          Indian author Banu Mushtaq is shortlisted for the 2025 International Man Booker Prize. @banumushtaq / Instagram

          Tale of Muslim women’s lives in India shortlisted for International Booker Prize

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          British Iraqi writer Nussaibah Younis, author of Fundamentally, has been shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Getty Images

          Iraqi writer Nussaibah Younis shortlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction

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          The Sheikh Zayed Book Award prizes will be presented during the 2025 Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. Victor Besa / The National

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          Palestinian author Ibtisam Azem grew up near Jaffa, but now lives in New York. Photo: Ahmed Fathi

          Novel about a world without Palestinians shortlisted for international prize

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          The sci-fi short story competition is open to writers aged 16 to 30 and entries can be in English or Arabic. Photo: Getty

          Sci-fi story competition announced for writers in the UAE

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          Katharine Halls has won the the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation for her work on Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji's memoir Rotten Evidence. Photo: Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize

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          BooksJanuary 08, 2025
          Sixteen novels are competing for the 2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Photo: International Prize for Arabic Fiction

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          The winner of the 2024 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation will be announced on January 8. Photo: Banipal Trust for Arab Literature

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          Shifa Saltagi Safadi won in the young people’s literature category at the celebrated US awards. AP

          Arab writers win big at US National Book Award

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          Publishers from the UAE, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, the UK and India have gathered at the Sharjah International Book Fair. Pawan Singh / The National

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          British author Samantha Harvey holds a copy of her book 'Orbital', which won the 2024 Booker Prize. AP

          British author Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize with Orbital

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          Libyan author HIsham Mattar. Andolou Agency

          British-Libyan novelist Hisham Matar on 2024 Booker Prize longlist

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