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

31/10/2019

IPAF holds second winner tour of United States
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) has organised its second bilingual author tour of America with 2018 shortlisted Iraqi author Shahad Al Rawi and her...
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02/05/2019

IPAF Shortlist Authors at the Abu Dhabi International B...
The 2019 IPAF shortlisted authors, including the winner Hoda Barakat, took part in a number of events at the Abu Dhabi Book Fair after the winner announcement last Tuesday....
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29/04/2019

Statement on behalf of the International Prize for Arab...
The IPAF board of trustees has issued a statement following the announcement of the 2019 winner: “The trustees of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction were surprised...
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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 WINNER