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Younis al-Akhzami
Younis al-Akhzami is a writer from Oman, born in 1968. He headed the Short Story Writers Association in Oman in 2006 and 2007 and was one of its founders. He has been a judge on many local literary competitions for unpublished short stories and novels.
His works include the short story collections, An-’atheer (The Forerunner), International Press, Muscat, 1992; Habs an-'Nawras (Locking the Seagull). Arab Foundation for Studies and Publishing, Beirut 1996; and Nuqoosh (Inscriptions), Nizwa Publishing, Muscat, 2007).
From 2012 he turned to writing novels: Al Sawt (The Sound) published by Dar Al-Intishar, Amman, 2012; Bar Alhekman, part 1 of his Arabian Sea trilogy of novels, published by Dar Question, Beirut 2016; Kahf Adam (Adam's Cave), Dar Arab, London 2018; Ghabta Hashish, part 2 of trilogy, Dar Arab, London 2018; Bedoon (Without), Dar Arab London 2019; and Ras Madrakah, third part of trilogy, presently under print.
Contributor's Issues
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
Digital images
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)
Digital Banipal promotion B67
Saïd Khatibi
Amjad Nasser (1955–2019)
Digital Banipal the full archive
Denys Johnson-Davies (1922–2017) 70 years translating Arabic literature
Ahmed Morsi, author of Poems of Alexandria and New York
Sarajevo Firewood
The Madness of Despair
Mahmoud Shukair – see special feature of Banipal 70 (Spring 2021)
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Link to poems by Mosab Abu Toha, published in Banipal 71 (Summer 2021), available to read online
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Link to poem by Liana Badr published in Banipal 74, now available as an online selection
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