The 5 African Novels Longlisted for the 2018 International Prize for Arabic Fiction

Five novels by Africans are on the 16-title longlist of the 2018 International Prize for Arabic Fiction: The Earthen Fortress, by Egypt’s Ahmed Abdel Latif; Passion, by Egypt’s Rasha Adly; Flowers Consumed by Fire, by Sudan’s Amir Tag Elsir; The Black Peacock, by Sudan’s Hamed al-Nazir; and Leg Over Leg – in the Sighting of the Lovers’ Crescent, by Algeria’s Amin Zaoui. […]