Banipal No. 31, Spring 2008

CONTENTS

Spring 2008

Cover artist is Mehdi Qotbi from Morocco

EDITORIAL

Paul Chaoul – Excerpt from the play The Visitor

Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin – A short story The Music of Bones

Osama Dinassouri – Excerpt from My Decrepit Dog, My Darling Dog

TRIBUTE
Suhail Idriss 1925 – 19 February 2008
Founder Dar Al-Adab publishing house

FEATURE ON SYRIAN LITERATURE
PART 1

Khaled Khalifa – Excerpt from the novel In Praise of Hatred

Mohammad al-Maghut – Five Poems

Dima Wannous – A short story Sahar

Lukman Derky – Sixteen Poems
Performing and in Conversation at Ledbury and London Review Bookshop see events for all details

Lina Tibi – Eight Poems

Khalil Suwailih – Excerpt from the novel Zuhur, Sarah and Nariman

Saleh Diab – Six Poems

Zakaria Tamer – Stories from his new collection Breaking Knees

Jackleen Salam – Two Poems

Nihad Sirees – A short story Thinking of Naima

Nazih Abu Afach – Seven Poems

Rima Buaini – Two Poems

Abed Ismael – Selected poems from Voices

Manhal Sarraj – A short story For the First Time

Rasha Omran – Two Poems
Performing and in Conversation at Ledbury and London Review Bookshop see events for all details

Monzer Masri – Three Poems
Performing and in Conversation at Ledbury and London Review Bookshop see events for all details

Hala Mohammad – Poems from As if I’m knocking on my door
Performing and in Conversation at Ledbury and London Review Bookshop see events for all details

Rafik Schami – Excerpt from the novel The Dark Side of Love

A TRAVELLING TALE

Khalil al-Neimi – Rome in the Rain


TRIBUTE

Fuad al-Takarli, 1927 – 11 February 2008
Pioneering Iraqi author

BOOK REVIEWS

Bassam K Frangieh Embers and Ashes by Hisham Sharabi

Tarek el-Ariss Origin by Diane Abu-Jaber

Peter Clark Dissident Syria by miriam cooke

Zuzana Kratka Wolves of the Crescent Moon by Youssef al-Mohaimeed

Judith Kazantzis Outcast by Shimon Ballas

Susannah Tarbush Inside the Night by Ibrahim Nasrallah

Margaret Obank Naguib Mahfouz by Rasheed el-Enany

All these book reviews can be read online. Click here for full iist of online book reviews, originally reviewed in Banipal issues

BOOKS RECEIVED

EVENTS

London: Arabia Books launch

Abu Dhabi: International Prize for Arabic Fiction Award

London: MEDAF seminar

Contributors

Please go to the following links for information on the translators and reviews of Banipal 31

Translators: Sinan Antoon, Thomas Aplin, Anthea Bell, Issa J Boullata, Elliott Colla, Ghenwa Hayek, William M Hutchins, Abed Ismael, Imad Khashan, Tarek Sherif, Iman Mersal, Khaled al-Jbaili, Khaled al-Masri, Ibrahim Muhawi, Youssef Rakha, Paul Roddie, Christa Salamandra, Kat Stapley, Max Weiss.

Reviewers: Tarek el-Ariss, Peter Clark, Bassam K Frangieh, Judith Kazantzis, Zuzana Kratka, Margaret Obank, Susannah Tarbush

Selections from this issue