Prayer of Anxiety: Arab Literary Classic Explores Universal Themes

Based in Cairo (where he is the economic supervisor for a tourist company), Mohamed Samir Nada has actually created articles for various Arabic newspapers and websites, and published two earlier books: Malika’s Kingdom (2016) and The Admission of the Wall Surfaces (2021 ).

Dystopian Microcosm in Upper Egypt

“Transforming to organised religion for worldly redemption via a fast concocted ‘prayer of stress and anxiety’ uses little solace, [] rather brings celebration for disagreement and no clear way out. Captivated by the classy writing and the deft framework of the novel, the reader is attracted into a dystopian microcosm with polyphonous significances that adroitly records one till the end. Crafted with considerable mastery and narrative acumen, The Prayer of Anxiety is involving and provocative. It is predestined to come to be a traditional in the Arab literary scene in years to find.”

“In this unique, Nagaa al-Manasi is more than just a town in Upper Egypt; it becomes a metaphor for cultures besieged by concern and authoritarianism, offering the novel measurements that go beyond location and touch upon universal human themes.”

Naksa: Examining Egyptian Transformation

Teacher Yasir Suleiman, chair of the board of trustees, said: “The Prayer of Anxiety is a interesting and remarkably gorgeous story. Referencing background, its instant conceptualisation around the 1967 battle does not make it a historical story.

In the novel, narration is intertwined with symbolism in an upsetting narrative with multiple voices and layers. Depicting a transformative period in Egypt’s background, the years after the 1967 Naksa, guide is an examination of the typically held story of the Naksa and subsequent Arab impressions of triumph.

Intellectual and Aesthetic Experience

Professor Yasir Suleiman, chair of the board of trustees, said: “The Petition of Anxiousness is a fascinating and remarkably attractive novel. Referencing history, its instant conceptualisation around the 1967 war does not make it a historic book. Captivated by the classy writing and the nimble structure of the novel, the viewers is attracted right into a dystopian microcosm with polyphonous definitions that adroitly records one up until the end. Crafted with substantial virtuosity and narrative acumen, The Petition of Anxiety is engaging and thought-provoking.

Baker stated: “The Prayer of Anxiousness won because it efficiently transforms stress and anxiety right into an intellectual and aesthetic experience that resonates with the reader and awakens them to pressing existential concerns. Mohamed Samir Nada blends polyphony and meaning with fascinating poetic language, making reading a sensory experience where discovery intersects with silence and fact with illusion.

The judges selected the winning book from 124 sent titles as the very best unique published in Arabic in between July 2023 and June 2024. The prize was presented by Asma Siddiq Al Mutawa, founder of the Al Multaqa Literary Beauty Salon.

The goal of IPAF is to reward quality in contemporary Arabic creative writing and to encourage the audience of top quality Arabic literature internationally via the translation and magazine in various other major languages of novels acknowledged by the prize (whether as winners, or on shortlists or longlists).

The panel of 5 judges was chaired by Egyptian scholastic Mona Baker. Joining her on the evaluating panel were Moroccan academic and doubter Claimed Bengrad, Emirati movie critic and academic Maryam Al Hashimi, Lebanese scientist and scholastic Bilal Orfali, and Finnish translator Sampsa Peltonen.