January 8th, 2026 - 09:26 GMT
Honey Hunger and Granada: The Complete Trilogy, published by Hoopoe, the AUC Press literary imprint, have been honored by the 2025 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, with one novel named as the winner and the other as the front-runner. The winner is Honey Hunger by Omani author Zahran Alqasmi (Hoopoe, 2025), translated by Marilyn Booth. Commenting on the award, AUC Press Executive Director Thomas Willshire said, “It is a privilege to have been the English-language publisher of Honey Hunger and we at the AUC Press are delighted ...