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‘Arabic Booker’ Prize Goes to Saudi Author Abdo Khal

By M Lynx Qualey ⋅ March 2, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Today is Super Bowl Sunday in the Arabic-literature world. And my predictions were wrong, wrong, wrong.

Arabic Booker Reviews

By Scott Esposito ⋅ March 2, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Our own M Lynx Qualey offers reviews of the recently published English-language excerpts from the Arabic Booker shortlist nominees.

Arabic Booker Prize ‘Book of Excerpts’ To Appear Tomorrow

By M Lynx Qualey ⋅ February 26, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Tomorrow, excerpts from the six novels shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (the “Arabic Booker”) will appear in book form in both Arabic and English. More than 400,000 copies will be distributed free to subscribers of two Emirati newspapers.

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