International Prize for Arabic Fiction

Shortlist for “Arab Booker”: Where are the women?

Posted by Guest Contributor on 07 Jan 2010 / 0 Comments

This is a slightly edited version of an article written by Susannah Tarbush. A complete version originally appeared in the Saudi Gazette. The shortlist of six contenders for the annual International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF,) announced last Tuesday at the Beirut International Book Fair, is arousing much interest, as in the previous two years […]