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Banipal 10 - /11, Spring 2001/Summer 2001
CONTENTS
Editorial
FEATURE ON Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
with translations by
Marilyn Hacker, Hédi Abdel-Jaouad, James Kirkup,
Martin Wilmot Bennett and Nadia Benabid;
tributes and discussion from J M Le Clézio, Jean-Paul Michel, Jean Orizet, Abdellatif Abboubi, Pierre Joris, Samuel Shimon
Abdallah Laroui: Excerpt from the novel Papers
with profile by Kamel Abdellatif
INTERVIEW
with Abbas Beydhoun Writing the language of absence
conducted by Camilo Gomez-Rivas
Etel Adnan: Text Further on . . .
Halim Barakat: Excerpt from the novel The Crane
Bassam Frangieh and Roger Allen: Afterword to The Crane
Khaled Mattawa: Poems
Mohammed al-Ghozzi: Poems
Hassan Ben Othman: Excerpt from the novel Promosport
Rachida el-Charni: Short stories Life on the Edge and The Furnace
Hassouna Mosbahi: Excerpt from the novel Tarshish Hallucation
INTERVIEW
with Tayeb Salih conducted by Mohammed Shaheen
with excerpt from Season of Migration to the North
Habib Tengour: Poems
Taleb al-Refai: Short stories The Statue, The Sidra and The Seafront
Salima Saleh: Short stories The Wheat Watchmen and The Enemy
Nora Amin: Excerpt from the novel The Empty Pink Shirt
Iman Mersal: Poem The Clot
Abdel-Monem Ramadan: Poems
Lukman Derky: Poem Guests who stir up the dust
Ghalya al-Said: Poems
Buthayna al-Nasiri: The short story of Samah
Salah el-Moncef: Al Dente Excerpt from a novel in progress
Suad al-Kawari: Poems
Seema Atalla: Poems
Ahmed El-Shahawy: Poems from The Book of Death
Nacera Mohammedi: Poems
Adonis’ Collage Exhibition: Alain Jouffroy writes on the collages
Adonis: Poem Travel guide to the forest of meaning
translated by Marilyn Hacker with Vénus Khoury-Ghata
BOOK REVIEWS
Margaret Obank: Under the Naked Sky – Short Stories
from the Arab World, trans. Denys Johnson-Davies
Ignacio Cembrero: Talking with Cannibales author Mahi Binebine
Samir el-Youssef: I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti
James Kirkup:
Chants de la Folie de l’Etre poems by Kadhim Jihad, and
Anthology: The Poetry of Arab Women ed. Nathalie Handal
Mona Zaki The Cairo House by Samia Serageldin
BOOKS IN BRIEF
EVENTS
London: Dialogue through Poetry
Paris: Franco-Arab Poetry Festival
Kuwait: Arab Cultural Capital 2001
The Cinderellas of Muscat by Huda Hamed (Banipal Books, 2025)
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
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)
Saïd Khatibi
Amjad Nasser (1955–2019)
Digital Banipal the full archive
Ahmed Morsi, author of Poems of Alexandria and New York
Sarajevo Firewood
The Madness of Despair
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