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The Dark Side of Love has been shortlisted for the 2010 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
Arabia Books has published acclaimed Syrian novelist Rafik Schami's The Dark Side of Love

Naguib Mahfouz Medal For Literature Announced

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'The Zafarani Files' in the running for 2010 Three Percent translation prize


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Free thinkers bloom in the desert

Free thinkers bloom in the desert
Arabia Books and Gamal Al Gitani in The Independent

Boyd Tonkin: Free thinkers bloom in the desert

The Independent

The Week In Books
Friday, 3 April 2009


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Darkness and light

Darkness and light
Robin Yassin-Kassab wonders if The Dark Side of Love is the first Great Syrian Novel

Published in The Guardian, Saturday 16 May 2009
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Sheikh Zayed Award for Literature 2009

Sheikh Zayed Award for Literature 2009
Gamal Al-Ghitani wins the Sheikh Zayed Award for Literature 2009 for his book Ren.

Egyptian author GAMAL AL-GHITANI has won the SHEIKH ZAYED AWARD FOR LITERATURE 2009 with his book Ren. ...

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