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Selected Issue: Banipal 1, February 1998
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It just grabbed me, this magic of words, of music
Sargon Boulus had the rare experience of being an Arab poet who was part of the American poetry scene since he arrived there in late 1960s. This interview with him by Banipal's then editor Margaret Obank appeared in the first issue of Banipal magazine, February 1998.
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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 The Mariner
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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)
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Saïd Khatibi
Amjad Nasser (1955–2019)
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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
Things I Left Behind by Shada Mustafa
Mahmoud Shukair – see special feature of Banipal 70 (Spring 2021)
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