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
Ibrahim Hendal
Wiam Al Madadi
Laila Abdullah
Salha Obeid
Mamoun Sharaa
Yasmin Haj
Hasan Akram
Mentors: Muhsin Al-Ramli Iman Humaydan