ABSTRACT
The Egyptian Opera House, Small Hall, Wednesday 22 October 2003, 7 p.m. This is the closing ceremony of the second International Conference on the Arab Novel. By way of hurried tribute this year’s conference was dedicated to the late Edward Said. Tonight Egypt will honour one of the Arab world’s most distinguished novelists. The winner will walk away with £E100,000 awarded by the Egyptian Higher Council for Culture, under the auspices of the Minister of Culture Faruq Husni. The auditorium is packed with Egyptian, Arab and international guests, all awaiting the outcome of the panel’s deliberations.
