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Banipal 6 - Autumn 1999
CONTENTS
Fadhil al-Azzawi: Poems from Bedouins under an Alien Sky
with appreciation by Khaled Mattawa
Zakariya Tamir: Seven short stories from the collection Al-Husrum (Sour Grapes), translated and introduced by Ibrahim Muhawi
Tony Hanania: Excerpt from forthcoming novel Eros Island
FEATURE ON GHALIB HALASA
Faisal Darraj: The novelist of alienation in daily life
Ghalib Halasa: excerpts from the novel Al-Khamasin
Ghalib Halasa: short story The Birthday
Waleed Khazendar: Poems, with appreciation by Subhi Hadidi
INTERVIEW with Edwar al-Kharrat
Mona Zaki: Saleem Barakat's mezmerising world of language and metaphor
Saleem Barakat: Excerpts from the novel The Crossing of the Flamingo
Vénus Khoury-Ghata: Poems
Nathalie Handal: Poem excerpt
Juan Goytisolo: The truth of fiction
Hassouna Mosbahi: short story The Tortoise
INTERVIEW with Rashid al-Daif
Rashid al-Daif: excerpt from the novel Learning English
Nabil Naum Gorgy: Short story The Competition
Mohja Kahf: Poems
Mani’a Said al-’Otaiba: Excerpt from the novel Karima
Nujum al-Ghanim: Poems
Mehdi Charef: Excerpt from the novel Alexina’s House
Issa J Boullata: Short story Search for Saleema
Fawziyya al-Sindi: Poem
TRIBUTE
Bassem K. Frangieh: The Last Exile of Abdul Wahab al-Bayati
Kareem Abed: Poems
Ounsi el-Hage: Last stanzas of The Messenger with her Hair Long to the Springs
Saadia Mufarreh: Poems
BOOK REVIEWS
Margaret Obank: Ports of Call by Amin Maalouf
James Kirkup: Arab authors published in French
Samir el-Youssef: The Hill of Gypsies and other stories by Said al-Kafrawi
Susannah Tarbush: The Tent by Miral al-Tahawy
EVENTS
Algiers: Arab Study Days of Literature and Poetry,
Copenhagen: Arab-Danish Cultural Festival
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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GRIFFIN PRIZE SHORTLIST 2023
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