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Existential crisis novel wins first 'Arabic Booker'
A $50,000 prize styling itself as the Arabic Booker has been awarded for the first time. At a ceremony in Abu Dhabi last night, the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction went to Egyptian au… more →
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Attendees Debrief following 'Arabic Booker' Retreat
mlynxqualey wrote 3 days ago: Baniyas Island The IPAF (“Arabic Booker”)-sponsored retreat to Baniyas Island is over, a … more →
Three Saudis on 'Arabic Booker' Longlist
mlynxqualey wrote 1 week ago: That’s the headline from the UAE-based Khaleej Times, and it’s certainly the headline fo … more →
Tractatus Franco-Arabicus
Youssef Rakha wrote 3 months ago: Reading Sonallah Ibrahim’s last two books, Youssef Rakha suggests an early Wittgenstein-style formul … more →
Sons of Mahfouz
Youssef Rakha wrote 4 months ago: Youssef Rakha quizzes out novelist Ibrahim Farghali on his greatest masterpiece to date Finally, a t … more →
Empty Feeling: The Vagaries of the Sixties
Youssef Rakha wrote 7 months ago: In the 1960s and 1970s, the writing of of Ibrahim Aslan and Mohamed el Bisatie asserted the importan … more →
Azazeel: Disillusionment
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Youssef Rakha wrote 7 months ago: The Quixote Code Remembering Borges, Youssef Rakha courts sedition He did not want to compose anothe … more →
BIDOUN REVIEW OF AZAZEEL
Youssef Rakha wrote 7 months ago: Syriac book, late fifth century Azazeel, Beezlebub, Youssef Zeidan, Cairo: Dar Al Shurouk, April 200 … more →
تكريس الشخص: بوكر العربية من أبو ظبي
Youssef Rakha wrote 11 months ago: تعليق على الدورة الأولى، العام الماضي، بمناسبة صدور اللائحة القصيرة للدورة الثانية كدت أخجل من جهلي … more →
Existential crisis novel wins first 'Arabic Booker'
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Seesaw wrote 1 year ago: A $50,000 prize styling itself as the Arabic Booker has been awarded for the first time. At a ceremo … more →
Six finalists named for first 'Arabic Booker'
Seesaw wrote 1 year ago: Six writers from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt have been shortlisted for the first annual Interna … more →
