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Becki Maddock

Becki Maddock is a translator and researcher living in London. She translates from Arabic, Persian and Spanish into English. She has a first class BA in Arabic and Spanish (Exeter University) and an MA in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from SOAS, University of London.

She is now taking Kurdish language classes, also at SOAS.


Contributor's Issues

Banipal 63 - The 100 Best Arabic Novels (2018)

Banipal 68 - Short Stories (Summer 2020)

Banipal 69 - 9 New Novels (Autumn/Winter 2020)

Banipal 56 - Generation '56 (Summer 2016)

Banipal 59 - The Longlist (Summer 2017)

Banipal 62 - A Literary Journey through Arab Cinema (2018)

Banipal 57 - Syria in the Heart (Autumn/Winter 2016)

Banipal 64 - A Rebel named Hanan al-Shaykh (2019)

Banipal 61 - A Journey in Iraqi Fiction (2018)

Banipal 60 - Alaa al-Deeb, A Writer Apart (Autumn/Winter 2017)

Banipal 70 - Mahmoud Shukair, Writing Jerusalem (Spring 2021)

Banipal 58 - Arab Literary Awards (Spring 2017)

Banipal 59 - The Longlist (Summer 2017)

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The Cinderellas of Muscat by Huda Hamed (Banipal Books, 2025)

The Cinderellas of Muscat by Huda Hamed (Banipal Books, 2025)

The Tent Generations

The Tent Generations

Things I Left Behind by Shada Mustafa, translated by Nancy Roberts

Things I Left Behind by Shada Mustafa, translated by Nancy Roberts

Shadow of the Sun by Taleb Alrefai

Shadow of the Sun by Taleb Alrefai

Birds of Nabaa, A Mauritanian Tale by Abdallah Uld Mohamadi Bah

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

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)

Mansi A Rare Man in His Own Way by Tayeb Saleh (Banipal Books, 2020)

Tayeb Salih

Tayeb Salih

Goat Mountain by Habib Selmi

Goat Mountain by Habib Selmi

Habib Selmi, author of Goat Mountain and 3 times shortlisted for the IPAF

Habib Selmi, author of Goat Mountain and 3 times shortlisted for the IPAF

The Mariner by Taleb Alrefai (Banipal Books, 2020)

The Mariner by Taleb Alrefai (Banipal Books, 2020)

Taleb Alrefai, author of Shadow of the Sun and The Mariner

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's Beautiful Creatures by Fadhil al-Azzawi (Banipal Books, 2021)

Fadhil al-Azzawi

Fadhil al-Azzawi

Poems of Alexandria and New York by Ahmed Morsi (Banipal Books, 2021)

Poems of Alexandria and New York by Ahmed Morsi (Banipal Books, 2021)

Saïd Khatibi

Saïd Khatibi

Amjad Nasser (1955–2019)

Amjad Nasser (1955–2019)

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Digital Banipal the full archive

Ahmed Morsi, author of Poems of Alexandria and New York

Ahmed Morsi, author of Poems of Alexandria and New York

Sarajevo Firewood

Sarajevo Firewood

The Madness of Despair

The Madness of Despair

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