![]() The extra $50,000 normally given to the winner was split equally between Achaari and Alem. Winners were chosen from a shortlist of six authors, all of whom received $10,000. The honour is also supported by the Booker Prize Foundation, the charity behind the Man Booker Prize for English language fiction, and by the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. About this book 784 Pages 17 - 18 Hours to read 213k Total words Buy the eBook You are in the Worldwide store Not in Worldwide Choose your countrys store to see books available for purchase. He shared the prize with Saudi Arabia’s Raja Alem, whose “The Dove’s Necklace,” explores the “sordid underbelly” of life in the holy city of Mecca, according to organizers of the award which is funded by the Emirates Foundation for Philanthropy. Raja Alems singular The Doves Necklace is a virtuosic work of literature that deserves the worlds attention. Morocco’s Mohammed Achaari won for “The Arch and the Butterfly,” in which a father receives a letter from al Qaeda informing him that his son, who he believed was studying in Paris, died fighting Western forces in Afghanistan. LONDON (Reuters) - A Moroccan and a Saudi author shared the 2011 International Prize for Arabic Fiction on Monday, the first time the annual award has been given jointly to two people in its four-year history. ![]()
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