The International Prize for Arabic Fiction Nadwa is an annual writers' workshop for young writers from the Arab world. Held under the aegis of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (itself funded by the Emirates Foundation in Abu Dhabi), the nadwa is the first such workshop for Arab writers and has been an annual event since 2009.
The (; 'assembly', 'symposium') benefits from the patronage of the Emirati prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, and takes place at the Qasr Al Sarab resort in Abu Dhabi.
The small group of emerging writers is accompanied and assisted by two established authors who work as their "mentors". The literary output of the first workshop was collected and published in a volume called Emerging Arab Voices (Saqi Books, London 2011).
The coordinator of the nadwa was Dr Peter Clark in 2009 and 2010 and Fleur Montanaro in 2011.
Participants
2009 Lana Abdel Rahman, Lebanon/Egypt Mansour El Souwaim, Sudan Mansoura Ez Eldin, Egypt Mohammed Hasan Alwan, Saudi Arabia Nadia Alkokabani, Yemen Kamel Riahi, Tunisia Mohamed Salah El Azab, Egypt Nasser al-Dhaheri, UAE
Mentors Jabbour Douaihy, Lebanon Inaam Kachachi, Iraq
2010 Wajdi al-Ahdal, Yemen Mariam Al Saedi, UAE Akram Msallam, Palestine Rania Mamoun, Sudan Anis Arrafai, Morocco Lina Hawyana al-Hasan, Syria Tareq Emam, Egypt
Mentors: Jabbour Douaihy, Lebanon Mansoura Ez Eldin, Egypt
2011 Ali Ghadeer, Iraq Jokha al-Harthi, Oman Mahmoud al-Rahby, Oman Mohamed ould Mohamed Salem, Mauritania Muhsin Suleiman, UAE Rasha al-Atrash, Lebanon Sara Abd al-Wehab al-Drees, Kuwait Waleed Abdulla Hashim, Bahrain
Mentors: Mansoura Ez Eldin, Egypt Amir Tag Elsir, Sudan
2012 Huda al-Attas, Yemen Sara al-Jarwan, UAE Charbel Kattan, Lebanon Waleed Ouda, Palestine Mohammad Rabie, Egypt Ahmed Saadawi, Iraq
Mentors: Inaam Kachachi, Iraq Amir Tag Elsir, Sudan
2013 Ayman Otoom (Jordan) Hicham Benchchaoui (Morocco) Samir Kacimi (Algeria) Noha Mahmoud (Egypt) Lulwah al-Mansuri (UAE) Bushra al-Maqtari (Yemen) Abdullah Mohammed Alobaid (Saudi Arabia) Nasrin Trabulsi (Syria)
Mentors: Mohammed Achaari (Morocco) May Menassa (Lebanon)
2019 Eman Al Yousuf Wiam Al Madadi Laila Abdullah Salha Obeid Mamoun Sharaa Yasmin Haj Hasan Akram
Mentors: Muhsin Al-Ramli Iman Humaydan
See also Beirut 39
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