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Banipal 35 - Writing in Dutch (2009)
Editorial
Makkawi Said - excerpt from the forthcoming novel Cairo Swan Song, translated by Adam Talib
Ibrahim Nasrallah - Selected Poems, translated by Issa J Boullata
Amina Saïd - Selected Poems translated from the French by Marilyn Hacker
THREE MOROCCAN POETS
Hassan Najmi - Selected Poems, translated by Sinan Antoon
Ouidad Benmoussa - Poems translated by Ali Issa
Siham Bouhlal - Poems translated from the French by Lulu Norman
Jokha al-Harthi - two short stories, Beloved and The Wedding translated by Ibtihaj Al-Harthi
Thani Al-Suwaidi Excerpt from the novella The Diesel, translated by William M Hutchins
Ali Bader- Excerpt from the forthcoming novel Papa Sartre translated by Aida Bamia
TRAVELLING TALE
Fouad Yazaiji - Under a London Sky, an excerpt from a travel memoir, translated by Ali Azeriah
WRITING IN DUTCH
Guest edited and introduced by Victor Schiferli
Introduction - Writing in a slipper and a clog
Abdelkader Benali - Excerpt from the novel, De stem van mijn moeder [My Mother's Voice], translated by Laura Watkinson
Rachida Lamrabet - excerpt from the novel Vrouwland [Woman Country], translated by Sherry Marx
Naima el Bezaz - Excerpt from the novel Het gelukssyndroom [The Happiness Syndrome], translated by Susan Ridder.
Rada Sukkar (Iraq) De schatkamer van Babylonië. [The Treasure Room of Babylonia], translated by Laura Watkinson
Rashid Novaire - Excerpt from the novel Afkomst [Roots] translated by Laura Watkinson
Rodaan Al-Galidi - Excerpt from the forthcoming novel Thirsty River, translated by Luzette Strauss
Hafid Bouazza - Excerpt from the novella Spotvogel [Mockingbird], translated by Abdellah Bouazza
Ramsey Nasr - Selected Poems, translated by David Colmer
Fouad Laroui - Selected poems from Verbannen woorden [Banned Words], translated by Astrid van Baalen
Mustafa Stitou - Selected poems translated by David Colmer and Willem Groenewegen.
INTERVIEW
Tahar Ben Jelloun in conversation with Georgia de Chamberet
BOOK REVIEWS
Susannah Tarbush Cairo Modern by Naguib Mahfouz
Olivia Snaije Berytos by Rabee Jaber
Zuzana Kratka In their Father's Country by Anne-Marie Drosso
Tamara Yousry A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar
Susannah Tarbush The Iraqi Cookbook by Lamees Ibrahim
BOOK LAUNCH
BookHaus, London Denys Johnson Davies - Memories in Translation
BOOKS IN BRIEF
Fiction, Poetry, Memoir and Biography
TRIBUTE
James Kirkup (1922-2009)
The translators in Banipal 35 are:
Sinan
Antoon, Ali Azeriah, Aida Bamia, Issa J Boullata, Amal Chatterjee,
David Colmer, William Groenewegen, Marilyn Hacker, Ibtihaj al-Harthi,
William Maynard Hutchins, Ali Issa, Sherry Marx, Susan Ridder, Luzette
Strauss, Laura Watkinson, Lulu Norman, Adam Talib
The writers, book reviewers and interviewers are:
Georgia de Chamberet, Zuzana Kratka, Victor Schiferli, Olivia Snaije, Susannah Tarbush, Tamara Yousry
This issue was supported by the Dutch Foundation for Literature and the Flemish LIterature Fund
The Tent Generations
Things I Left Behind by Shada Mustafa, translated by Nancy Roberts
Shadow of the Sun by Taleb Alrefai
Birds of Nabaa, A Mauritanian Tale by Abdallah Uld Mohamadi Bah
The Stone Serpent, Barates of Palmyra’s Elegy for Regina his Beloved by Nouri Al-Jarrah
Mansi A Rare Man in His Own Way by Tayeb Saleh (Banipal Books, 2020)
Tayeb Salih
Goat Mountain by Habib Selmi
Habib Selmi, author of Goat Mountain and 3 times shortlisted for the IPAF
The Mariner by Taleb Alrefai (Banipal Books, 2020)
Taleb Alrefai, author of Shadow of the Sun and The Mariner
Digital images
Fadhil Al-Azzawi's Beautiful Creatures by Fadhil al-Azzawi (Banipal Books, 2021)
Fadhil al-Azzawi
Poems of Alexandria and New York by Ahmed Morsi (Banipal Books, 2021)
Digital Banipal promotion B67
Saïd Khatibi
Amjad Nasser (1955–2019)
Digital Banipal the full archive
Denys Johnson-Davies (1922–2017) 70 years translating Arabic literature
Ahmed Morsi, author of Poems of Alexandria and New York
Sarajevo Firewood
The Madness of Despair
Mahmoud Shukair – see special feature of Banipal 70 (Spring 2021)
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