1995

The Arab Women Writers Series, Garnet Publishing, edited by Fadia Faqir, was awarded The Women in Publishing New Venture Award

 

2001

Pillars of Salt Danish translation was the runner up for ALOA Literary Prize, given annually by the Centre for Literature from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania in Denmark

 

2009

The prelude of At the Midnight Kitchen was published as “Al-Qaeda’s Kitchen” in Weber Journal and won the Dr. Neila C. Seshachari Fiction Award

 

2010

“Under the Cypress Tree”, published in The Things I Would Tell You, Al Saqi, 2017, was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize

My Name is Salma (The Cry of the Dove - USA title) Danish translation was the runner up for ALOA Literary Prize, given annually by the Centre for Literature from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania in Denmark

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2016

Fadia Faqir was on the judging panel of Al-Multaqa Arabic Short Story Prize, sponsored by Al Multaqa Cultural Circle and the American University of Kuwait