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Ammar Ali Hassan
Ammar Ali Hassan (b. 1967) is an Egyptian novelist, literary critic, journalist and a scholar of socio-politics. He holds an MA and PhD in Political Science, and since 2010 has been a full-time writer.
His literary works to date include ten novels, eight collections of short stories, four works of literary criticism, and an autobiography. In addition he has published numerous works on political sociology. His works are recognized internationally and translated into many languages.
The many awards he has received include the Sheikh Zayed Book Award (2010), Egyptian Writers Union Fiction Award, El-Tayeb Salih Award for Creative Writing (twice), Cairo University Short Story Award, Hazza Bin Zayed Book Award for Children’s Literature, Akhbar Al-Adab Short Story Award, and the Egyptian Government Excellence Award.
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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GRIFFIN PRIZE SHORTLIST 2023
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