They've announced this year's winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, and it is لا طريق إلى الجنة ('No Road to Paradise'), by Hassan Daoud; see, for example, Mohammed Saad's report at ahramonline, Lebanese writer Hassan Daoud wins 2015 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature.
Several of Daoud's works have been translated into English, notably The Year of the Revolutionary New Bread-making Machine (which I have, and keep meaning to post a review of); see the Telegram publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. City Lights brought out his The Penguin's Song last year, which I didn't quite take to; see their publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
Several of Daoud's works have been translated into English, notably The Year of the Revolutionary New Bread-making Machine (which I have, and keep meaning to post a review of); see the Telegram publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. City Lights brought out his The Penguin's Song last year, which I didn't quite take to; see their publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.