Recs if you like The Dove's Necklace...

The International Prize for Arabic Fiction is the most prestigious literary prize in the Arab world.

Its aim is to reward excellence in contemporary Arabic creative writing and to encourage the readership of high quality Arabic literature internationally through the translation and publication of winning and shortlisted novels in other major languages.

Winners listed, with the newest on top. Some missing because the book's not translated .

writers exploring life under war or dictatorship often explore these themes through the image of the desecrated corpse or perverted burial rite. the dead body is front and centre in these works, mostly from writers in the global south.

All winners (that are available on Pagebound) of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, aka the Arabic Booker.

From 2008 till present.

Missing: The second war of the dog by Ibrahim Nasrallah