The Saif Ghobash-Banipal Prize for Arabic Translation
Past Winners
2010
Winner: Humphrey Davies for Yalo by Elias Khoury (MacLehose Press)
Joint runners-up: Kareem James Abu-Zeid for Cities Without Palms by Tarek Eltayeb (Arabia Books) and Humphrey Davies for Sunset Oasis by Bahaa Taher (Sceptre)
2009
Winner: Samah Selim for The Collar and the Bracelet by Yahya Taher Abdulla (American University in Cairo Press)
Joint runners-up: Elliott Colla for his transaltion of Gold Dust by Ibrahim al-Koni (Arabia Books/Haus Publishing) and Michelle Hartman for her translation of Wild Mulberries by Iman Humaydan Younes (Interlink Books)
2008
Winner: Fady Joudah for The Butterfly's Burden by Mahmoud Darwish (Bloodaxe Books)
Runner up: Ghassan Nasr for The Journals of Sarab Affan by Jabra Ibran Jabra (Syracuse University Press)
Commended: Nancy Roberts for The Man from Bashmour by Salwa Bakr (American University in Cairo Press)
2007
Winner: Farouk Abdel Wahab for The Lodging House by Khairy Shalaby (American University in Cairo Press)
Runner up: Marilyn Booth for Thieves in Ritirement by Hamdi Abu Golayyel (Syracuse University Press)
Commended: Peter Theroux for Saraya, the Ogre's Daughter by Emile Habiby (Ibis)
2006 (The Banipal Prize for Arabic Translation)
Winner: Humphrey Davies Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury (Harvill Secker)
Runner up: Hala Halim for Clamor of the Lake by Mohamed El-Bisatie (American University in Cairo Press)