The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is one of the most prestigious and important literary prizes in the Arab world

18/01/2019

IPAF hosts 10th UAE Nadwa
This week, a group of eight emerging Arab authors gathered in Sharjah to take part in the International Prize for Arabic Fiction’s annual Nadwa. The workshop, which ran from...
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07/01/2019

Longlist, judges and dates announced for 2019 Internati...
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) has today, Monday 7th January 2019, revealed the longlist of 16 novels in contention for the 2019 prize. The novels selected...
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02/01/2019

2019 longlist and judges announcement date
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is the most prestigious and important literary prize in the Arab world. The annual prize is given to a novel in Arabic which...
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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

Haruki Murakami

2019 Longlist