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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