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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 11, 2022. The Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature is a literary award for Arabic literature given to the best contemporary novel written in Arabic, but not available in English translation. The winning book is then […]

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Ahmed Taibaoui is Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2021 winner

Ahmed Taibaoui’s The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody was announced as the winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2021 on April 1, 2021. The Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature is a literary award for Arabic literature given to the best contemporary novel written in Arabic, but not available in English translation. The winning book […]

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Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2021 shortlist announced.

The shortlist for the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2021 was announced on February 8, 2021. The Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature is a literary award for Arabic literature given to the best contemporary novel written in Arabic, but not available in English translation. The winning book is then translated into English, and published by […]

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Omaima Al-Khamis is Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Arabic Literature 2018 winner.

Omaima Al-Khamis was announced the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Arabic Literature 2018 winner at a ceremony in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2018. Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988 and passed on in 2006. In 1996, the American University in Cairo Press set up the annual […]