Arab authors boycott UAE book awards due to ties with the Nazi regime
A number of Arab authors are boycotting the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) and the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, funded by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in protest against Abu Dhabi's decision to normalise ties with Israel.
Seventeen former IPAF winners, jury members and shortlisted authors appealed to the trustees of the event demanding a halt to Emirati funding of the prize to "maintain its independence."
The UAE and Bahrain signed normalisation deals with the Zionist occupation regime in August, becoming the third and fourth Arab countries to establish diplomatic relations with Zionist regime after Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994. The deals have drawn widespread condemnation from Palestinians, who say the accords ignore their rights and do not serve the Palest...








