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Knife Sharpener
By Sargon Boulus
ISBN: 978-0-9549666-7-6


Forthcoming Spring 2009

Selected poems by Sargon Boulus, translated by himself, with an essay, "Poetry and Memory".


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Shepherd of Many Solitudes
By Amjad Nasser
ISBN: 978-0-9549666-8-3


Forthcoming Spring 2009


Shepherd of Many Solitudes is the first English collection of London-based Jordanian poet Amjad Nasser, translated from the original Arabic and introduced by Khaled Mattawa

 
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Mordechai's Moustache and his Wife's Cats, and other stories
By Mahmoud Shukair
ISBN: 978-0-9549666-3-8
Paperback • 124 pages • £7.99 / $15

Here is the brilliantly observed clutter and comedy of everyday lives, the lives of ordinary people pushed up against an iron occupation and fighting for survival . . .

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A Retired Gentleman, and other stories
By Issa J Boullata
ISBN: 978-0-9549666-6-9
Paperback • 120 pages • £7.99 / $15

From Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt and Syria. George, Kamal, Mayy, Abdullah, Nadia, William, all have to begin their lives again, learn how to deal with their memories, with their pasts . . .
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The Myrtle Tree
By Jad El Hage
ISBN: 978-0-9549666-4-5

Paperback • 288 pages • £9.99

Enthralling and timely saga, set in a small Lebanese village, of a young family's attempt to thwart the onset of civil war


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Unbuttoning the Violin
By Mansoura Ez-Eldin, Joumana Haddad, Ala Hlehel and Abed Ismael
ISBN: 0-9549666-2-7

Paperback. 128pp. £3.95

Poems and short stories by four young Arab authors celebrating their tour of the UK this August with Banipal Live, a partnership of Banipal magazine with the British
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Sardine and Oranges
By Tayeb Salih and 20 other North African authors
ISBN: 0-9549666-1-9

Paperback. 222pp.

Short Stories from North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia

Includes new works by authors well-known in the West – Tayeb Salih from Sudan, Mohamed Choukri from Morocco


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An Iraqi In Paris
By Samuel Shimon
ISBN: 0-09549666-0-0

Paperback. 252pp

Autobiographical novel by London-based Iraqi author Samuel Shimon, translated from Arabic.

Long-listed for the 2007 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
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All Titles
Knife Sharpener
By Sargon Boulus
Shepherd of Many Solitudes
By Amjad Nasser
Mordechai's Moustache and his Wife's Cats, and other stories
By Mahmoud Shukair
A Retired Gentleman, and other stories
By Issa J Boullata
The Myrtle Tree
By Jad El Hage
Unbuttoning the Violin
By Mansoura Ez-Eldin, Joumana Haddad, Ala Hlehel and Abed Ismael
Sardine and Oranges
By Tayeb Salih and 20 other North African authors
An Iraqi In Paris
By Samuel Shimon


News

SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER – A Celebration of the life and work of SARGON BOULUS (1944–2007)
For venue and all info click here


Nobel Prize for Literature 2008
J M G Le Clézio is new Nobel Laureate


MAHMOUD DARWISH

Mahmoud Darwish, an inspiration, has died











who died on 9 August, following complications after heart surgery, had a state funeral in Ramallah on Wednesday 13 August. For tribute, news and links to his poetry and interviews, click here



2008 Saif Ghobash–Banipal Arabic Literary Translation Award
for the result of the 2008 award, click here


RENEW YOUR BANIPAL SUB ONLINE
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BANIPAL WINS
2008 INCWRITERS AWARD
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SYRIAN POETS VISIT TO UK
Hala Mohammed, Monzer Masri, Rasha Omran, Lukman Derky










From 4 to 9 July Four Syrian poets visited the UK for performances at Ledbury Poetry Festival and the London Review Bookshop


International Prize for Arabic Fiction

The International Prize for Arabic Fiction awarded its inaugural prize to Baha Taher for his novel [Sunset Oasis]. For full details click here


BANIPAL ISSUES INDEX
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EVENTS OF 2007

Frankfurt Book Fair
Manchester Literature Festival
Institut Français, London

Ledbury Poetry Festival
Poets' House, New York
RAWI conference, Dearborn
Amman Translation Conference
Abu Dhabi Book Fair
For other photo-reports of 2007, click here and scroll down


BANIPAL PAPERBACKS

Two collections of short stories
Mordechai's Moustache & his Wife's Cats
and A Retired Gentleman


BOOK FAIRS IN 2008
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• PHOTO-REPORT Banipal Live 2006

Authors of Banipal Live tour



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