Thomas Aplin
was born in England in 1979. He has a first class degree in BA Arabic from the University of Exeter and an MSc in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies from Edinburgh, where he is currently pursuing a PhD on the Gulf novel.
Contributor's Issues
Banipal No 31 Spring 2008
Banipal No 34 The World of Arab Fiction
Banipal No 40 – Libyan Fiction
Banipal No 41 Celebrating Adonis
Banipal No 36 Literature in Yemen Today
Banipal No 42 New Writing from the Emirates
Latest News
16/05/2012Mexican author Carlos Fuentes dies, aged 83
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80-year-old Aharon Appelfeld's novel wins UK Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
[read more]04/05/2012
Three Percent's 2012 Best Translation – winners are Wieslaw Mysliwski’s Stone Upon Stone and Kiwao Nomura’s Spectacle & Pigsty
[read more]28/04/2012
TRIPOLI INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL
Organised by Ashur Etwebi and Khaled Mattawa
[read more]14/04/2012
14 April to 27 May
I See Infinite Distance Between Any Point and Another
New film about Banipal editor Etel Adnan by the Otolith Group showing at the Fabrica Gallery in Brighton
28/03/2012
The Druze of Belgrade by Rabee Jaber wins International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2012
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