CONTENTS
Editorial: Thank You for your Support
Abbas Beydhoun: Selected poems
INTERVIEW with Abdelrahman Munif
compiled by Samuel Shimon
with comment, review and analysis from Peter Theroux, Peter Clark and Faisal Darraj
Anton Shammas: Three poems
FICTION
Najem Wali
Laila al-Othman
Kareem Abed
Younis al-Akhzami
Samuel Shimon
Mohammed al-Belushi
Hadia Sa’id
Mohammed el-Mezdioui
Ahmed al-Fagih
Mohamed Berrada
INTERVIEW with Costa Gavras
by Samuel Shimon
POETRY
Qassim Haddad
Dunya Mikhail
Ahmad Fu’ad Nigm
Mohammad Ali Farhat
Nouri al-Jarrah
Amel Moussa
Adel Khuzam
Sharif al-Rubai
Khalid al-Maaly
Anwar al-Ghassani
Khaled Mattawa
The Arrival of a Stranger
Jordanian poet Amjad Nasser talks to Banipal
with selected poems translated by Sargon Boulus
BOOK REVIEWS
Stefan Weidner: Writing the Self
Susannah Tarbush: In the House of Silence Arab Women’s Novels Series
Samir el-Youssef: Studies in Canonical and Popular Arabic Literature
Salah Niazi: Live Theatre & Dramatic Literature in the Medieval Arab World
EVENT
Sheffield: Third International Colloquium of Literary Translation
PLAY AND PERFORMANCE
Ghazi Algosaibi
Excerpt from the play She and He
Mai Ghoussoub presents Monologues and Sculptures
Jamila is my name and Homage to Josephine (Baker)
FICTION
Ahmad al-Fagih - Excerpts from "Valley of Ashes"
Samuel Shimon - A Short Story
POETRY
Anton Shammas - Three Poems
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