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Mariam al-Saedi
Mariam
al-Saedi was born in 1974 in Al Ain. She has
two collections of short stories published in 2009, one by Qalam (Abu Dhabi
Cultural & Heritage Authority, 2009) – also in German translation – and one
by OKTOB project of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Foundation. She has an English Literature degree from UAE University and postgraduate
certificates in Urban Planning from the American University of Sharjah and in
Jerusalem Studies from Aberdeen University.
She currently works for the Abu
Dhabi Department of Transport while developing her writing career. Her short
story “The Old Woman” is included in the Denys Johnson-Davies collection In a Fertile Desert.
In October 2010 Mariam, along with other six Arab writers, took part in a
writers’ workshop in Abu Dhabi. Dubbed “Nadwa” (or “workshop”) and sponsored by the International
Prize for Arabic Fiction, the workshop aims to produce original pieces of
fiction that will then be published internationally in Arabic.
Contributor's Issues
Banipal 42 - New Writing from the Emirates (2011)
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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