The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) has revealed the long list of 16 novels in contention for the 2017 prize, including among others Elias Khoury with his new novel The Children of the Ghetto: My Name is Adam. The novels selected were chosen from 186 entries from 19 countries, all published within the last 12 months. Each of the six shortlisted finalists receives U$ 10,000, with a further U$ 50,000 going to the winner. The longlist was chosen by a panel of five judges chaired by Palestinian novelist Sahar Khalifa.

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http://www.arabicfiction.org/en/longlist-announcement-2017