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Six finalists named for first 'Arabic Booker'
State-owned Emirates Foundation is bankrolling Abu Dhabi's latest cultural foray, which seeks to bring a wider readership to Arabic fiction
By Kaelen Wilson-Goldie
Daily Star staff
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

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Six writers from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt have been shortlisted for the first annual International Prize for Arabic Fiction, jury chief Samuel Shimon announced Tuesday during a news conference in London at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

The jury, whose six members were also revealed.

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