Education
He studied Physics at the American University of Beirut (AUB).
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Rabee Jaber
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He is also editor of Afaaq (in Arabic آفاق meaning Horizons in Arabic), the weekly cultural supplement of First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Hayat daily pan-Arab international newspaper. Rabee Jaber"s books have been translated into many languages including French, German and Polish, most notably Rahlat al Gharnati (The Journey of the Granadan) as Die Reise des Granadiners by publisher Hans Shiler, 2005), Byretus, Underground City published by Gallimard in 2008, and Duruz Bilghrad. Historia Hanny Jakuba by Biuro Literackie in 2013, and some of his work is included in the anthology Beirut39, published on the occasion of Beirut as World Book Capital in 2009.
The anthology contained the works of some of the best authors below 39 years in the Arab World.
2003: Bayrut Madinat al-"Alam: First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Juz" al-Awwal (بيروت مدينة العالم: الجزء الأول, Beirut City of the World: Participant One)
2005: Byretus Madinat Taht al-Ard (بيريتوس: مدينة تحت الأرض, Byretus Underground City)
2005: Bayrut Madinat al-"Alam: First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Juz" al-Thani (بيروت مدينة العالم: الجزء الثاني, Beirut City of the World: Participant Two)
2006: Takrir Mehlis (تقرير مهليس, The Mehlis" Report)
2007: Bayrut Madinat al-"Alam: First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Juz" al-Thalith (بيروت مدينة العالم: الجزء الثالث, Beirut City of The World: Participant Three)
2008: First Rate (at Lloyd's)-I"tirafat (الاعترافات, Confessions)
2009: America (أميركا, America)
2011: Birds of the Holiday Inn (طيور الهوليداي إن).
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Lebanon
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International Prize for Arabic Fiction International Prize for Arabic Fiction; Booker Prize
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is a literary prize managed in association with the Booker Prize Foundation in London, and supported by the Emirates Foundation in Abu Dhabi.The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is a literary prize managed in association with the Booker Prize Foundation in London, and supported by the Emirates Foundation in Abu Dhabi.