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The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is an annual literary prize run with the support of The Booker Prize Foundation

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Longlist

24th January 

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1st March 

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21st May

About the Prize

The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is the most prestigious and important literary prize in the Arab world.

Its aim is to reward excellence in contemporary Arabic creative writing and to encourage the readership of high quality Arabic literature internationally through the translation and publication of winning and shortlisted novels in other major languages. 

Extracts from the 2022 shortlisted novels are available to read online in the Book of Excerpts here.

In addition to the Prize itself, IPAF supports other literary initiatives. In 2009 IPAF launched its inaugural Nadwa (writers’ workshop) for emerging writers of fiction in Arabic.

The International Prize for Arabic Fiction is currently sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre, under the umbrella of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, and has been mentored by the Booker Prize Foundation in London.

Although the Prize is often referred to as the ‘Arabic Booker’, this is not instigated nor endorsed at all by IPAF or the Booker Prize Foundation which are two completely separate, independent organisations. IPAF is not in any way connected with The Booker Prize.

2023 Shortlist
2022 Longlist
Shortlist announced for 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Key Dates
Nadwa 2019
Muhsin Al-Ramli
Iman Humaydan
Eman Al Yousuf
Ibrahim Hendal
Wiam Al Madadi
Laila Abdullah
Salha Obeid
Mamoun Sharaa
Yasmin Haj
Hasan Akram
Mutaz Quteineh
Ashraf Fagih
Hawra al-Nadawi
Mariam Nasser
Mohanned al-Dabi
Huda Hamed
Sahar ElMougy
Mohammed Hasan Alwan
Nadwa 2017
Jokha al-Harthi
Mohammed Hasan Alwan
Muna Al-Maouli
Mohamed Al-Jazmi
Tawfiq Al-Shihi
Badriya Al-Badri
Mohammed Abdel Qahar
Mohsen Akhrif
Nabil Gueddiche
Lorem ipsum
Interview with longlisted author Zuheir al-Hiti
Ibrahim Abdelmeguid
Ismail Ghazali
Abdel Khaliq Al Rikabi
Ibrahim Nasrallah
Badryah El-Bishr
Waciny Laredj
Abdelrahim Lahbibi
Inaam Kachachi
Khaled Khalifa
Ahmed Saadawi
Maha Hassan
Jabbour Douaihy
Ahmed al-Madeeni
Hammour Ziada
Muna al-Sheemi
2014
Mehmet Hakki Sucin

  • 28/02/2023

    Shortlist announced for International Prize for Arabic...

    Wednesday 1 March 2023: The Highest Part of the Horizon by Fatima Abdulhamid, Drought by Al-Sadiq Haj Ahmed, The Exile of the Water Diviner by Zahran Alqasmi, Concerto Qurina...

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  • 28/02/2023

    Interview with longlisted author Ahmad Abdulatif

    When did you begin writing The Ages of Daniel in the City of Threads and where did the inspiration for it come from? For about seven years, the idea of the archive and the...

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  • 27/02/2023

    Interview with longlisted author Fatima Abdulhamid

    When did you begin writing The Highest Part of the Horizon and where did the inspiration for it come from? The Highest Part of the Horizon is my only novel that has personal...

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