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CONTENTS
FEATURE ON SAADI YOUSSEF
Poems, with appreciations from Khaled Mattawa, Stefan Weidner, James Kirkup, Abbas Beydhoun
Mahmoud Shukair: Testimony, and Ten Short Stories
Amjad Nasser: Poems
Fawziyya Abu Khalid: Poems
Abdo Wazen: Poems
Nasser al-Dhaheri: Short story The Sounds of Moans
Zakaria Mohammed: Poems, with appreciation from Amjad Nasser
Hilmy Salem: poems
Mohamed el-Bisatie: Excerpt from his novel Clamour of the Lake
Nathalie Handal: Poem
Abdah Khal: Short story: The story of Rashid al-Haydari
Salman Masalha: Poems
Samuel Shimon: Royal Silver excerpt from novel
FEATURE ON ALGERIAN LITERATURE
Introduction by Waciny Laradj: Breaking the silence on Algerian literature
Mohammed Dib: Short story The Companion
Mohammed Dib: Poems, with appreciations by James Kirkup
Azzedine Mihoubi: poem
Rachid Boudjedra: Excerpts from two novels Turmoil and The Stubborn Snail
Taher Wattar: Excerpt from the novel The Earthquake
introduced by William Granara
Malek Haddad: Poems, with appreciation by Tahar BekriAbdelhamid Ben Haddouga: excerpt from novel, with appreciation by Brahim Sadi
Kateb Yacine: Poems
Mohamed Magani: Excerpts from the novel The Butcher’s Asethetic
Salah Khabacha: Poem
Abdel Aziz Gharmoul: Short story The Smell of the Opposition
Othman Loucif: Poems
Bashir Mufti: Wardah’s Confessions excerpt from novel
Katarzyna Pieprzak on Assia Djebar
Mehdi Charef: continuing excerpt from Alexina’s House
Kader Boubekri: poems
REVIEWS OF BOOKS BY ALGERIAN AUTHORS
Peter Clark Memory in the Flesh by Ahlam Mosteghanemi
James Kirkup La Serment des barbares by Boualem Sansal
Lorraine Pounds Sherazade by Leïla Sebbar
and A tous qui partent by Fatma Z. Zamoum
Hazim Saghieh: America and the culture war
TRIBUTE
Bassem K. Frangieh pays tribute to Syrian novelist Hani al-Raheb
BOOK REVIEWS
Mona Zaki Houses behind the Trees by Mohamed el-Bisatie
Margaret Obank Seven by Ghazi Algosaibi
EVENTS
Cairo: Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature Award
UNESCO: World Poetry Day established for 21 March each year
Amsterdam: Prince Claus Awards
London: The Caine Prize for African Writing
FICTION
Bashir Mufti - Excerpt from a novel
Mohammed Dib - A Short Story
POETRY
Zakariyya Mohammed - Five Poems
Latest News
06/02/2012At a celebration of literary translation on Monday 6 February at Kings Place, Khaled Mattawa will receive the 2011 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation.
[read more]03/02/2012
The Mosaic Rooms celebrates theartistic and poetic works of the great Syrian poet Adonis with talks and events from 3-8 February and an exhibition of Adonis's collages from 3 February until 30 March. The opening evening this Friday sees Adonis in conversation with Khaled Mattawa who is the winner of the 2011 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for his translation Adonis: Selected Poems.
[read more]16/01/2012
Khaled Mattawa wins the 2011 Saif Ghobash-Banipal Translation Prize for Adonis:Selected Poems
[read more]12/01/2012
Chair of IPAF Judges Georges Tarabichi announces the shortlist authors of the 2012 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
[read more]09/01/2012
Banipal Book Club's first book for discussion is The Tobacco Keeper by Ali Bader.
[read more]08/01/2012
Ibrahim Aslan, one of Egypt's best-loved authors, has died of heart failure at the age of 77.
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