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Arabic Booker prize 2013 announces candidates: 3 Egyptians listed Booker's Intl Prize for Arabic Fiction releases their full list of candidates, including 3 Egyptians, last year's winner - and for the first time a Kuwaiti author
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (Arabic Booker) announces the full list of candidates for the 2013 Prize on 6 December. The long list includes 16 novels selected from 133 entries from 15 countries. To qualify they had to have been published within the last 12 months. The list includes three Egyptian writers: writer and journalist Ibrahim Issa for his novel Mowlana (Our Master); writer and former judge Ashraf El-Ashmawi for his novel Toya and young writer Mohammed Abdel Nabi for his novel Rogo'a El-Sheikh Ela Sebah (The Return of the Sheikh). Also on the list are prominent Lebanese writer, Elias Khoury with his novel Sinalkul and compatriot, Rabee Jaber, who won the 2012 prize with his novel The Druze of Belgrade. Author Saad Alsanousi has the honour of representing Kuwait for the first time in the award's history. The shortlist is expected to be announced on 9 January in Tunisia and the final winner will be announced in March 2013. The full list, in alphabetical order: Title Author Nationality Publisher Oh Mary Sinan Antoon Iraqi Al-Jamal Toya Ashraf El-Ashmawi Egyptian Al-Dar al-Masriya al-Lubnaniya The Kingdom of this Earth Hoda Barakat Lebanese Dar al-Adab Her, Other Women and I Jana Elhassan Lebanese Arab Scientific Publishers Jaffa Prepares Morning Coffee Anwar Hamed Palestinian The Arabic Insitute for Research and Publishing The Beaver Mohammed Hassan Alwan Saudi Arabian Dar al-Saqi Our Master Ibrahim Issa Egyptian Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation The Birds of the Holiday Inn Rabee Jaber Lebanese Dar al-Tanwir Sinalkul Elias Khoury Lebanese Dar al-Adab Lolita's Fingers Waciny Laredj Algerian Dar al-Adab The Return of the Sheikh Mohammed Abdel Nabi Egyptian Rawafid Lanterns of the King of Galilee Ibrahim Nasrallah Palestinian-Jordanian Arab Scientific Publishers The President's Gardens Muhsin al-Ramly Iraqi Thaqafa The Bamboo Stick Saud Alsanousi Kuwaiti Arab Scientific Publishers His Excellency the Minister Hussein Al-Wad Tunisian Dar al-Janub The Goatherd Amin Zaoui Algerian Al-Ikhtilef http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/59976.aspx
