# Every winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2008–2025)

Since its first edition in 2008, won by Bahaa Taher's Sunset Oasis, the International Prize for Arabic Fiction – often called the "Arabic Booker" – has become the most important novel prize in the Arab world, with US$50,000 for the winner. These are all the winning novels up to the 2025 edition, with year and the author's country. In 2011 the prize was shared by Mohammed Achaari and Raja'a Alem.

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- Aug 27, 2025 · matinee_old
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## Top 19

1. **Azazeel – Youssef Ziedan** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 2009, Egypt.
2. **The Arch and the Butterfly – Mohammed Achaari** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 2011, Morocco. Joint winners that year.
3. **The Bamboo Stalk – Saud Alsanousi** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2013, Kuwait.
4. **A Small Death – Mohammed Hasan Alwan** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2017, Saudi Arabia.
5. **The Second War of the Dog – Ibrahim Nasrallah** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2018, Palestine/Jordan.
6. **The Spartan Court – Abdelouahab Aissaoui** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2020, Algeria.
7. **Sunset Oasis – Bahaa Taher** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2008, Egypt.
8. **Throwing Sparks – Abdo Khal** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2010, Saudi Arabia.
9. **The Dove's Necklace – Raja'a Alem** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2011, Saudi Arabia. Joint winners that year.
10. **The Druze of Belgrade – Rabee Jaber** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2012, Lebanon.
11. **Frankenstein in Baghdad – Ahmed Saadawi** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2014, Iraq.
12. **The Italian – Shukri Mabkhout** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2015, Tunisia.
13. **Notebooks of the Bookseller – Jalal Barjas** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2021, Jordan.
14. **A Mask, the Colour of the Sky – Basim Khandaqji** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 2024, Palestine.
15. **Destinies: Concerto of the Holocaust and the Nakba – Rabai al-Madhoun** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2016, Palestine.
16. **Bread on Uncle Milad's Table – Mohamed Alnaas** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2022, Libya.
17. **The Exile of the Water Diviner – Zahran Alqasmi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2023, Oman.
18. **The Prayer of Anxiety – Mohamed Samir Nada** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2025, Egypt.
19. **The Night Mail – Hoda Barakat** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 2019, Lebanon. The first woman to win the prize outright.

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