Shortlist Announced for International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Author |
Title |
Country of origin |
Publisher |
Tarek Imam |
Cairo Maquette |
Egypt |
Al-Mutawassit |
Reem al-Kamali |
Rose's Diary |
UAE |
Dar al-Adab |
Bushra Khalfan |
Dilshad |
Oman |
Takween - Iraq |
Mohsine Loukili |
The Prisoner of the Portuguese |
Morocco |
Dar Mim |
Khaled Nasrallah |
The White Line of Night |
Kuwait |
Dar Al Saqi |
Mohamed Alnaas |
Bread on the Table of Uncle Milad |
Libya |
Rashm |
Shukri Mabkhout, Chair of the 2022 Judges, commented in his speech: “The six novels represent a strikingly diverse range of topics and forms around identity and freedom. Some of them took us on a journey to the past, inspired by the aspirations and struggles of people living in various regions across the Arab world. They depicted the endeavours of marginalized, oppressed or forgotten individuals throughout history, as they sought to forge and change their destinies. Other novelists on this shortlist portrayed freedom from various angles, such as the freedom of imagination to reconstruct a reality in which fantasy and truth intertwine, the freedom of expression and creativity in the face of visible or hidden oppression, and the freedom of individual identity.”
Professor Yasir Suleiman, Chair of the Board of Trustees, said: “This is a daring shortlist of works by writers who have come to the novel from different walks of life, cutting their teeth in various arenas of literary production before delving into extended fiction writing. Decorated by different literary patrons in the Arab world, our shortlistees have dared to probe topics that are frowned upon, adding more credence to the claim that the novel, in the Arab context, is a surrogate form of political and social expression. It would, however, be unfair to ignore the literary merits that captivate the reader in these novels, including the intertwining of multi-voiced narratives and the reimagining of time to express seamless continuity through fracture.”
The winner of the 15th International Prize for Arabic Fiction will be announced on 22 May 2022 at a ceremony in Abu Dhabi that will also be streamed online.
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