Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature - Selections - Banipal No 1

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Selections of poems and fiction, sampling the richness and variety of the hundreds of authors in the issues. Plus a chance to hear and see a few of the authors in performance.

Selected Issue: Banipal 1, February 1998

FICTION

Zakaria Tamer

A Short Story

POETRY

Khaled Najar (al-Najar)

Ten Poems

INTERVIEWS

Sargon Boulus

It just grabbed me, this magic of words, of music

INTERVIEWS

Albert Cossery

“A bud in the darkest hour of the night”

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Abdo Wazen

Tangiers by Abdelkader Benali

Tangiers by Abdelkader Benali

Abbas Beydoun

Abdel Aziz Jassim

Abdel Aziz Jassim

Yasmeen Hanoosh

Yasmeen Hanoosh

Hassouna Mosbahi

Hassouna Mosbahi

Linda France

Monir Almajid

Said Khatibi

Yasmeen Hanoosh

Yasmeen Hanoosh

Samer Abu Hawwash

Samer Abu Hawwash

Travels by Five Writers

Travels by Five Writers

Ahmad Abdelatif

Ahmad Abdelatif

Amjad Nasser

2019 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize Shortlist

2019 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize Shortlist

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