Shortlist Announced for Best Works Participating in 10th Katara Prize for Arabic Novel

Doha: The Cultural Village Foundation-Katara has revealed a list of best art works participating in the 10th edition of the Katara Prize for Arabic Novel, whose number reaches 36 novels and critical studies that are qualified for winning the prize. The list comprises 9 novels in each category of published and unpublished novels, unpublished young adult novels, and unpublished critical studies, in addition to published novels by authors from six Arab countries, with Egypt topping the list with four novels, followed by one novel each from Saudi Arabia, Oman, Syria, Palestine, and Lebanon. Regarding the category of unpublished novels, it includes authors from 7 Arab countries, with Morocco topping the list with 3 novels, followed by one novel each from Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Algeria, Libya, and Mauritania. The list of 9 unpublished young adult novels includes authors from 7 Arab countries. This includes 3 novels from Egypt, and one novel each from Kuwait, the UAE, Algeria, Jordan, Syria, and Morocco. Additiona lly, the category of unpublished critical studies includes critics from 7 Arab countries, with Morocco contributing 3 critical studies, and one study each from Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, Iraq, Algeria, and Tunisia. As for the historical novels category, it features authors from 4 Arab countries. Egypt leads the list with 4 novels, followed by Iraq and Morocco, each with 2 novels, and Jordan with 1 novel. Also, in February 2024, Katara announced that it had made amendment to the shortlisted art works starting from the tenth edition. In June of each year, Katara shortlists 18 works across the categories of published and unpublished novels, unpublished historical novels, young adult novels, and unpublished critical studies. A second list is published in August of each year, as Katara shortlists 9 works in the aforementioned categories, based on desire of many participants and those interested in the advancement of Arabic literature, with the Qatari published novels being excluded from the lists and winners are dir ectly announced. Source: Qatar News Agency