PEOPLE WHO KEEP UP with news from the world of books may have noticed a story not long ago in The New York Times reporting a controversy surrounding the Arab Novel Prize in Paris. The Arab Novel Prize was created in 2008 by the ambassadors of the Arab countries in France to honor a book by an Arab writer that was either composed in French or translated into French. Each year a jury of literary and cultural worthies, Arab and French and both, has picked the winner. The diplomats have held a ceremony to bestow the award of 15,000 euros, which is not a lot. But it is not a little either, and to be honored is wonderful.
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