Arabic: 2016-2015 Award Nominated Books

Coming Soon Award List for Children's Books in the Middle East. The award is called the "International Prize for Arabic Fiction" and it is considered the Arabic version of the Man Booker Prize. It is an official award--in fact, it is likely the most prestigious award in Arabic literature. You can look at the website (in English), learn more about the award, and view the longlisted, shortlisted, and winning titles of any year from 2008 to 2015 here: http://www.arabicfiction.org The winner ("The Italian") was announced a couple of weeks ago at the Abu Dhabi Book Fair.