Bread on Uncle Milad's Table

Bread on Uncle Milad's Table

Author	Mohamed Alnaas
Genre	Novel
Published	2021
Publisher	Rashm
Awards	2022 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, winner

Bread on Uncle Milad's Table (Arabic: خبز على طاولة الخال ميلاد) is the debut novel by Libyan author Mohamed Alnaas which won the 2022 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF).^[1] The novel is the first from Libya to win the award.^[2] The novel depicts the life of a husband who abandons traditional gender roles to stay at home and maintain the household while his wife is in paid employment. Shukri Mabkhout, chair of the judges' panel for the 2022 IPAF, noted the novel is "unified by a gripping narrative, which offers a deep and meticulous critique of prevailing conceptions of masculinity and femininity and the division of work between men and women, and the effect of these on both a psychological and social level."^[3]

References

1. Hesham, Soha (14 June 2022). "Books - Culture - Al-Ahram Weekly". Ahram Online. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
2. "Le Libyen Mohamed Alnaas remporte le Prix international de la fiction arabe". Franceinfo (in French). 25 May 2022. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
3. "Bread on Uncle Milad's Table wins 2022 International Prize for Arabic Fiction". www.arabicfiction.org. 22 May 2022. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.