International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2023 longlist announced.
The longlist for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2023 was announced on January 24, 2023. The International Prize for […]
Sawiris Cultural Awards 2022 winners announced.
The winners of the Sawiris Cultural Awards 2022 were revealed in a ceremony in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday, January 8, […]
Fatma Qandil wins Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2022
Fatma Qandil’s Aqfas farigha (Empty Cages) was declared the winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2022 on December […]
Noor Naga, Wole Soyinka honoured at Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2022
Noor Naga and Wole Soyinka were honoured at the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2022 awards on December 6, […]
Belal Fadi, James Scanlan win ArabLit Story Prize 2022.
Belal Fadi and James Scanlan were declared winners of the ArabLit Story Prize 2021 on December 1, 2022. The ArabLit […]
Noor Naga, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan on Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2022 shortlist.
Noor Naga and Mecca Jamilah Sullivan are on the shortlist for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2022 announced […]
Egyptian novelist and short story writer Bahaa Taher has passed away.
Egyptian novelist and short story writer Bahaa Taher passed away in Egypt from illness on October 27, 2022. Bahaa Taher […]
Centre for Fiction First Novel Prize 2022 longlist announced.
The longlist for The Centre for Fiction First Novel Prize 2022 was announced on Thursday, July 28, 2022. Here are […]
Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2022 winners announced.
The winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2022 in several categories were announced on Monday, May 9, 2022. The […]
Meet the African Writers for the Iowa Writing Program 2022.
Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, Yasser Abdel Hafez, TJ Benson, Abdelaziz Errachidi, and Tariro Ndoro are the African writers to taking part […]
International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2022 shortlist announced
Cairo Maquette, Mohsine Loukili, and Mohamed Alnaas are on the shortlist for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2022 announced […]
Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2022 shortlists announced
Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2022 shortlists in literature, Emerging Author, and Children’s-lit Categories were announced on March 17, 2022. The […]
African writers on International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2022 longlist.
Nine writers from Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, and Morocco feature on the longlist for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction […]
Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2022 literature longlist revealed.
Writers from Egypt, Morocco, and Mauritania made the longlist in literature for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2022 revealed on […]
Transition: Isaïe Biton Koulibaly, Wilbur Smith, Mahmoud El Lozy.
It has been a horrible last few days with the deaths of Isaïe Biton Koulibaly, Wilbur Smith, and Mahmoud El […]
