Abu Rayya, Wedding Night 2006: Sahar Khalifeh, The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant 2007: Amina Zaydan, Red Wine 2008: Hamdi Abu Golayyel, A Dog with No Tail 2009: Khalil Sweileh, The Scribe of Love 2010: Miral al-Tahawy, Brooklyn Heights 2011: Awarded to "the revolutionary creativity of the Egyptian people" 2012: Ezzat el Kamhawi, House of the Wolf 2013: Khaled Khalifa, No Knives in this City's Kitchens 2014: Hammour Ziada, Shawq al-darwish (The Longing of the Dervish) 2015: Hassan Daoud, La Tareeq Ila Al-Jannah ('No Road to Paradise') 2016: Adel Esmat, Hikayat Yusuf Tadrus ('The Tales of Yusuf Tadrus', 'حكايات يوسف تادرس') 2017: Huzama Habayeb, Velvet 'مُخْمَل' 2018: Omaima Al-Khamis, Voyage of the Cranes in the Cities of Agate Arabic Language Learning With an expanding collection of more than 30 textbooks for class and self-learning, such as the frequently-used Media Arabic and the Kallimni ‘Arabi series, the AUC Press also has one of the largest selection of Arabic-language textbooks for students of Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic. Book Awards The following AUC Press publications won awards: Moon over Samarqand, a novel by Mohamed Mansi Qandil, translated by Jennifer Peterson (2009), the original Arabic edition won the 2006 Sawiris Foundation Award for Literature The Lodging House, a novel by Khairy Shalaby (2008), translated by Farouk Mustafa (pen-name Farouk Abdel Wahab), winner of the 2007 Saif Ghobash‒Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation Prize Desert Songs: A Woman Explorer in Egypt and Sudan by Arita Baaijens (2008), nominated best photo travel book of 2008 by Dutch travel bookshops The Collar and the Bracelet, a novel by Yahya Taher Abdullah (AUC Press, 2008), translated by Samah Selim, winner of the 2009 Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation Cities without Palms, a novel by Tarek Eltayeb (AUC Press, 2009), translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid, runner-up of the 2010 Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation Specters, a novel by Radwa Ashour (AUC Press, 2010), translated by Barbara Romaine, runner-up of the 2011 Saif Ghobash‒Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile (2012), “Best Archaeology & Anthropology Book,” PROSE Award by the Association of American Publishers. E-books Since 2012, the AUC Press made available five backlist titles in electronic format: A Muslim Manual of War by George Scanlon, Islamic History through Coins: An Analysis and Catalogue of Tenth-Century Ikhshidid Coinage by Jere L. Bacharach, Al-Fustat: Its Foundation and Early