Longlist, judges and dates announced for 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction

17/12/2019

The longlist comprises books from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Tunisia
Seven of the 16 longlisted books are from North Africa
One former winner, three former shortlistees, and two former longlistees of the prize make the 2020 longlist

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