by Al-Mustafa Najjar | Apr 30, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi novelist Ahmad Saadawi was named the winner of the seventh International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) in a ceremony in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, in recognition of his latest novel, Frankenstein in Baghdad. Saadawi lauded the IPAF award in...
File photo of Iraqi novelist Ahmad Saadawi. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
by Al-Mustafa Najjar | Mar 22, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—It was not surprising that the Iraqi novelist Ahmad Saadawi made it onto this year’s shortlist for the coveted International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF). The young Iraqi novelist came to immediate fame with the publication of his third...