Deletion of Walid Shurafa

Comment: it is   for this novelist.  News searches in Latin alphabet turn up a number of articles mentioning him as having been shortlisted for an Arabic literature prixe him for a prize, but no  in English language media. It appears that his novels are published only in Arabic, it is very unusual for a novelist not published in a European language to have a page on the English WP
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Too soon (WP:TOOSOON||WP:SIGCOV)

Comment: meets  per review of available sources
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NAUTHOR)

Comment: I think shortlisting for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (an honor that comes with a $10K prize) is enough for  4(c) and that his other published books, although seemingly not enough for notability themselves, save this from BIO1E. Note in searching that many sources spell his name "Walid Al-Shurafa
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:AUTHOR)