Prizes, grants and awards
The Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize (past winners)
For Arabic Literary Translation
Prize: £2,000
Sponsor: Mohammed Ahmad Al-Sowaidi, Arts Council England
2007 Farouk Abdel Wahab The Lodging House by Khairy Shalaby (American university in Cairo Press)
Runner-up: Marilyn Booth Thieves in Retirement by Hamdi Abu Golayyel (Syracuse University Press) Commended: Peter Theroux Saraya, The Ogre’s Daughter by Emile Habiby (Ibis Editions)
2006 Humphrey Davies Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury (Harvill Secker)
Runner up: Hala Halim Clamor of the Lake by Mohamed El-Bisatie (American University in Cairo Press)
Judges: Roger Allen, Moris Farhi, Maya Jaggi, Saadi Youssef