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CONTENTS

FEATURE ON SAADI YOUSSEF
Poems, with appreciations from Khaled Mattawa, Stefan Weidner, James Kirkup, Abbas Beydhoun

Mahmoud Shukair: Testimony, and Ten Short Stories
Amjad Nasser: Poems
Fawziyya Abu Khalid: Poems
Abdo Wazen: Poems
Nasser al-Dhaheri: Short story The Sounds of Moans
Zakaria Mohammed: Poems, with appreciation from Amjad Nasser
Hilmy Salem: poems
Mohamed el-Bisatie: Excerpt from his novel Clamour of the Lake
Nathalie Handal: Poem
Abdah Khal: Short story: The story of Rashid al-Haydari
Salman Masalha: Poems
Samuel Shimon: Royal Silver excerpt from novel

FEATURE ON ALGERIAN LITERATURE
Introduction by Waciny Laredj: Breaking the silence on Algerian literature

Mohammed Dib: Short story The Companion
Mohammed Dib: Poems, with appreciations by James Kirkup

Azzedine Mihoubi: poem
Rachid Boudjedra: Excerpts from two novels Turmoil and The Stubborn Snail
Taher Wattar: Excerpt from the novel The Earthquake
introduced by William Granara
Malek Haddad: Poems, with appreciation by Tahar BekriAbdelhamid Ben Haddouga: excerpt from novel, with appreciation by Brahim Sadi
Kateb Yacine: Poems
Mohamed Magani: Excerpts from the novel The Butcher’s Asethetic
Salah Khabacha: Poem
Abdel Aziz Gharmoul: Short story The Smell of the Opposition
Othman Loucif: Poems
Bashir Mufti: Wardah’s Confessions excerpt from novel
Katarzyna Pieprzak on Assia Djebar
Mehdi Charef: continuing excerpt from Alexina’s House
Kader Boubekri: poems

REVIEWS OF BOOKS BY ALGERIAN AUTHORS
Peter Clark Memory in the Flesh by Ahlam Mosteghanemi
James Kirkup La Serment des barbares by Boualem Sansal
Lorraine Pounds Sherazade by Leïla Sebbar
and A tous qui partent by Fatma Z. Zamoum

Hazim Saghieh: America and the culture war

TRIBUTE
Bassem K. Frangieh pays tribute to Syrian novelist Hani al-Raheb

BOOK REVIEWS
Mona Zaki Houses behind the Trees by Mohamed el-Bisatie
Margaret Obank Seven by Ghazi Algosaibi

EVENTS
Cairo: Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature Award
UNESCO: World Poetry Day established for 21 March each year
Amsterdam: Prince Claus Awards
London: The Caine Prize for African Writing