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Banipal 61 - A Journey in Iraqi Fiction (2018)
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Front cover painting by Sci Sarhan
EDITORIAL
Abdallah Zrika: Three Poems, translated by Tim DeMay
Ashur Etwebi: Norwegian Blue and other poems, translated by the poet and James Byrne
A JOURNEY IN IRAQI FICTION
Articles, reviews and excerpts from novels
Hussain Alsagaaf: “The Iraqi novel emerges from the womb of disaster”, translated by Jonathan Wright
Abdullah Ibrahim: "Shifting Identities in the Iraqi Novel", translated by Adil Babikir
Abdullah Sakhi: “Execution in the Stadium”, from the novel Paths of Loss, translated by Paul Starkey
Fatima al-Muhsin: Reviewing Paths of Loss "The Tragedy of al-Thawra City", translated by Suneela Mubayi
Salima Salih: An excerpt from the novel The Abyss, translated by Samira Kawar
Dhia Jubaili: An excerpt from the novel The Cloven Man, translated by Yasmeen Hanoush
Zuheir al-Hiti: An excerpt from The American Dust, translated by Ghenwa Hayek
Hamid al-Iqabi: An excerpt from The Necklace, translated by Raphael Cohen
Mohamed Hayawi: An excerpt from the novel Bayt al-Sudan, translated by Jonathan Wright
Ahmed Saadawi: An excerpt from The Chalk Door, translated by Jonathan Wright
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION
Excerpts from the 2018 Shortlist
Amir Tag Elsir: Flowers in Flames, translated by Raphael Cohen
Aziz Mohammad: The Critical Case of “K”, translated by Paul Starkey
Ibrahim Nasrallah: The Second War of the Dog, translated by Nancy Roberts
Shahad Al Rawi: The Baghdad Clock, translated by Luke Leafgren
Walid Shurafa: Heir of the Tombstones, translated by Wen-chin Ouyang
Dima Wannous: The Frightened Ones, translated by Jonathan Wright
BOOK REVIEWS
Suneela Mubayi: Najaf: Memory and the City (Arabic) by Zuhair al-Jezairy
Salih Altoma: Encyclopedia of Arabic Narrative (Arabic) by Abdullah Ibrahim
Susannah Tarbush: Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
Click HERE to read the review online
Clare Roberts: Gaza Weddings by Ibrahim Nasrallah
Becki Maddock: All the Battles by Maan Abu Taleb
Valentina Viene: Suslov’s Daughter by Habib Abdulrab Sarori
Laura Ferreri: The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz
Peter Kalu: Bled Dry by Abdelilah Hamdouchi
INTERVIEW
Luay Abdul-Ilah interviewed by Valentina Viene about his novel Divine Names
TRIBUTE
Faleh Abdul Jabar
(1946-2018)
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The translators of the issue are:
Adel Babikir, James Byrne, Raphael Cohen, Tim DeMay, Ghenwa Hayek, Samira Kawar, Luke Leafgren, Suneela Mubayi, Wen-chin Ouyang, Nancy Roberts, Paul Starkey, Jonathan Wright
For information about all contributors to Banipal's issues – authors, writers, reviewers, illustrators, artists, and of course, all translators – check out their individual webpage from the alphabetical list of family names at http://www.banipal.co.uk/contributors/
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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
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)
Saïd Khatibi
Amjad Nasser (1955–2019)
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Ahmed Morsi, author of Poems of Alexandria and New York
Sarajevo Firewood
The Madness of Despair
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