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Front cover painting by Sattar Kawoosh, especially created for Banipal 45
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL – Fadhil al-Azzawi
Adonis salutes 15 years of Banipal
Rashid
Boudjedra – Excerpt from the novel The Barbary Figs translated from the French
by André Naffis-Sahely
Samira
Negrouche – Poems, translated from the French by Marilyn Hacker
Samir
Kacimi – Chapters from the novel For Love of a Barren Woman, translated by
William M Hutchins
Nihad
Sirees – Excerpt from the novel The Silence and the Roar translated by Max
Weiss
Rabee
Jaber – An Online excerpt from the novel
The Birds of Holiday Inn, translated by Ghenwa Hayek.
Banipal invites readers to
enjoy our project of bringing print and digital together by
clicking here to read the excerpt.
WRITERS FROM PALESTINE
Anton
Shammas – Introduction Palestine: Writing on the Move
Maya
Abul Hayyat – Secrets, a chapter from a novel, translated by Nancy
Roberts
Ala
Hlehel – The Tent, a short story translated by Robin Moger
Dalia
Taha – Poems, translated by Allison Blecker
Ibtisam
Azem – Excerpt from the novel Sleep Thief: Ghareeb Haifawi, translated by Sally
Gomaa
Eyad
Barghuthy – A Fateful Meal, a short story translated by John Peate
Najwan
Darwish – Poems translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid
Tamara
Naser – Superwoman in Arabic, a short story translated by Suneela Mubayi
Ziad
Khaddash – Two short stories, translated by Thomas Aplin
Einas
Abdullah – There are no Angels in
Ramallah, a chapter from the novel, translated by Robin Moger
Basem
el-Nabres – Selected Poems, translated by John Peate
Tarek
al-Karmy – Selected Poems, translated by Robin Moger
Aliaa
Saqqa – A Case of Love, a short story translated by Ghenwa Hayek
Raji
Bathish – Nakba Lite, a short story translated by Suneela Mubayi
Isra’a
Kalash – Two short stories,
translated by Ibtisam Barakat
Marwan
Makhoul – Selected poems, translated by Raphael Cohen
Mahmoud
Abu Hashhash – ‘Violation’, a poem, translated by Wiam al-Tamami
Haneen
Naamneh – Two short stories, translated by Ghenwa Hayek
Reem
Ghanayem – Selected Poems, translated by the author
Yousef
el-Qedra – Selected Poems, translated by Yasmin Snounu, Edward Morin, Yasser Tabbaa
Majed
Atef – The Fates of the Others, a short story translated by Issa J Boullata
Asma’a
Azaizeh – Selected Poems, translated by Khaled al-Masri
Akram
Musallam – Chapters from the novel The Tale of the Scorpion that Dripped with
Sweat, translated by Charis Bredin
Muheeb
Barghuty – Selected Poems, translated by John Peate
Writers from Palestine is supported by
GUEST
WRITERS FROM VIETNAM & ROMANIA
Vasile
Baghiu – Excerpt from the novel Life Plans, translated from the Romanian by
Ramona Lupu
Ho
Anh Thai – The Field of the American Arm, a short story translated by Wayne
Karlin
INTERVIEW
Mohammad
Bakri – interviewed by Imad Khachan
BOOK
REVIEWS
Margaret
Obank Azazeel by Youssef Ziedan
Norbert
Hirschhorn Time of White Horses by Ibraham Nasrallah
Olivia
Snaije Les Fantômes de Jérusalem by Waciny Laredj
Susannah
Tarbush The House of Jasmine by Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
Edward
Morin House of Stone by Anthony Shadid
Susannah
Tarbush The Magic of Turquoise by Mai Khaled
BOOKS
IN BRIEF
Red
Wine by Amina Zaydan, Beyond Love by Hadiya Hussein, The Diesel by Thani
al-Suwaidi, Carnival by Rawi Hage, The Silence of Mohammed by Salim Bach, A
Hand Full of Stars by Rafik Schami, The First Well by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Born
in Jerusalem, Born Palestinian by Jacob J Nammar, Does the Land Remember Me? by
Aziz Shihab, and The Rule Of
Barbarism by Abdellatif Laâbi.
LAST
PAGE
Marzuq
Halabi Letter from Haifa Palestinians in Israel: The End of Shadows, Beginning of Sunlight
The translators in Banipal 45 are:
Thomas Aplin, Kareem James Abu-Zeid, Ibtisam Barakat,
Allison Blecker, Issa J Boullata, Charis Bredin, Raphael Cohen, Reem Ghanayem,
Marilyn Hacker, Ghenwa Hayek, William M Hutchins, Wayne Karlin, Ramona Lupu,
Khaled al-Masri, Robin Moger, Suneela Mubayi, André Naffis-Sahely, John Peate,
Nancy Roberts, Wiam al-Tamami, Max Weiss.
The writers and book reviewers are:
Adonis, Fadhil al-Azzawi, Charis Bredin, Norbert Hirschhorn, Munib Khan, Imad Khachan,
Edward Morin, Margaret Obank, Agnes Reeve, Anton Shammas, Olivia Snaije,
Susannah Tarbush, Stephen Watts.
For information on all the translators, writers and book
reviewers in Banipal 45, and for more on all other contributors, click on their
name, or go to:
www.banipal.co.uk/contributors/
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Selections from this issue
Eyad Barghuthy – A short story A FATEFUL MEAL
Isra'a Kalash – A third short story PERHAPS
Rabee Jaber – Online Only – An excerpt from the novel 'The Birds of Holiday Inn'
Asma'a Azaizeh – Poems continued from Banipal 45
Dalia Taha – Selected Poems continued from Banipal 45
Marwan Makhoul – Selected Poems continued from Banipal 45
Reem Ghanayem – Selected Poems continued from Banipal 45
Yousef el-Qedra – Poems continued from Banipal 45