Member Awards and Achievements Rabih Alameddine and Elsa Marston win Arab American Book Awards November 5, 2015 Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) on Facebook (opens in a new tab) on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) via email The winners of the 2015 Arab American Book Awards were announced in August. Rabih Alameddine received the Fiction award for his novel An Unnecessary Woman. Elsa Marston received the Children/YA award for The Olive Tree (illustrated by Claire Ewart).