{"title":"Amira Abul Husn","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"banipal-magazine-issue-29","title":"Banipal Magazine - Issue 29","description":"\u003ci\u003eBanipal 29\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with Summer reading, excerpts of novels, features and photo-reports. We pay tribute to the late Iraqi poet \u003cb\u003eNazik al-Malaika\u003c\/b\u003e who revolutionised modern Arabic poetry, and to Moroccan author \u003cb\u003eDriss Chraïbi\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe issue opens with an excerpt from \u003cb\u003eHassan Daoud’s\u003c\/b\u003e novel \u003ci\u003eYear of the Revolutionary New Bread-Making Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, due out in October, his second in English translation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalih Altoma\u003c\/b\u003e introduces a major feature on the pioneer Iraqi novelist \u003cb\u003eGhaib Tu‘ma Farman\u003c\/b\u003e, with excerpts from two of his novels, \u003ci\u003eFive Voices\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMr Ma'ruf's Woes\u003c\/i\u003e – the first time his work has been translated into English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Literary Influences column charts the journey of Palestinian writer, scholar and translator \u003cb\u003eIssa J Boullata\u003c\/b\u003e, while Moroccan poet and literator \u003cb\u003eMohammed Bennis\u003c\/b\u003e is featured in an in-depth interview and poetry in translation by \u003cb\u003eCamilo Gomez-Rivas\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNovelists include Saudi Arabian \u003cb\u003eYousef al-Mohaimeed\u003c\/b\u003e with an excerpt from his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Bottle\u003c\/i\u003e.  Lebanese-Palestinian \u003cb\u003eNabil Abu Hamad\u003c\/b\u003e with an excerpt from \u003ci\u003eThe Cripple\u003c\/i\u003e, Lebanese \u003cb\u003eAbbas Beydoun\u003c\/b\u003e with an excerpt from \u003ci\u003eBlood Test\u003c\/i\u003e, and Iraqi \u003cb\u003eDuna Ghali\u003c\/b\u003e with an excerpt from her novel \u003ci\u003eWhen the Scent Awakens\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoems in translation are from \u003cb\u003eSargon Boulus, Issa Makhlouf, D H Melhem, Amira Abul Husn, Salah al-Hamdani\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSinan Antoon\u003c\/b\u003e.  Just one short story in this issue from \u003cb\u003eWafa Malih\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompleting the issue are Book Reviews, an extensive Books in Brief section, plus photo-reports including the RAWI Arab-American Writers Conference; Banipal’s New York reading for Lebanese poets; and Banipal’s visit to the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditorial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNazik al-Malaika (23 August 1923 – 20 June 2007) – A Tribute\u003cbr\u003eHassan Daoud – Excerpt from the novel Year of the Revolutionary New Bread-Making Machine\u003cbr\u003eSargon Boulus – Eight Poems\u003cbr\u003eYousef al-Mohaimeed – Excerpt from a new novel The Bottle\u003cbr\u003eIssa Makhlouf – Selected Poems\u003cbr\u003eD H Melhem – Two Poems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Influences\u003cbr\u003eIssa J Boullata – Books and I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeature on pioneer Iraqi novelist Ghaib Tu‘ma Farman\u003cbr\u003eSalih Altoma – Introduction\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt from the novel Five Voices [Khamsat Aswat]\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt from Mr Ma‘ruf’s Woes [Alaam al-Sayyid Ma‘ruf]\u003cbr\u003eWilliam M Hutchins Introduction to Mr Ma‘ruf’s Woes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNabil Abu Hamad – Excerpt from the novel The Cripple\u003cbr\u003eAbbas Beydoun – Excerpt from the novel Blood Test\u003cbr\u003eDuna Ghali – Excerpt from the novel When the Scent Awakens\u003cbr\u003eAmira Abul Husn – Fifteen Poems\u003cbr\u003eSalah al-Hamdani – Six Poems\u003cbr\u003eSinan Antoon – A Poem Necropolis\u003cbr\u003eWafa Malih – A short story NO!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeature on Mohammed Bennis\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction and interview by Camilo Gomez-Rivas\u003cbr\u003ePoems from the collections Gift of the Void and Over There You Stay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDriss Chraïbi (1926 – 1 April 2007) – A Tribute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook Reviews\u003cbr\u003eMona Zaki Thieves in Retirement by Hamdi Abu Golayyel\u003cbr\u003ePeter Clark My Name is Salma by Fadia Faqir\u003cbr\u003eJudith Kazantzis I‘jaam – An Iraqi Rhapsody by Sinan Antoon\u003cbr\u003eTarek el-Ariss The Illusion of Return by Samir el-Youssef\u003cbr\u003eZuzana Kratka Cairo Stories by Anne-Marie Drosso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBooks in Brief\u003cbr\u003eNew editions of Nawal el Saadawi’s The Hidden Face of Eve, God Dies by the Nile and Woman at Point Zero; Tales of Juha: Classic Arab Folk Humour; Distant Train by Ibrahim Abdel Megid; The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction, edited by Denys Johnson-Davies; Learning English by Rachid al-Daif translated by Paula and Adnan Haydar; The Journals of Sarab Affan by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra translated by Ghassan Nasr; Streetwise by Mohamed Choukri; Pyramid Texts by Gamal al-Ghitani translated by Humphrey Davies; The Last of the Angels by Fadhil al-Azzawi translated by William M Hutchins; Maryam’s Maze by Mansoura Ez-Eldin trans. Paul Starkey; Wolves of the Crescent Moon by Yousef el-Mohaimed, trans Anthony Calderbank; Women on a Journey between Baghdad and London by Haifa Zangana, translated by Judy Cumberbatch; Being Abbas el Abd by Ahmed Alaidy trans. Humphrey Davies; The Essential Gibran and A Little Book of Love both compiled by Professor Suheil Bushrui; Swimming Toward the Light by Angela Tehaan Leone; Does the Land Remember Me? by Aziz Shihab; Arab Culture and the Novel – Genre, Identity and Agency in Egyptian Fiction, by Muhammad Siddiq; La Part de L’étranger by Kadhim Jihad Hassan; Voices of Exiles : A Study of al-Tayyib Salih and his Work by Ami Elad-Bouskila; Letters from Cairo by Pauline Kaldas; Rituals of Memory in Contemporary Arab Women’s Writing by Brinda Mehta\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Banipal Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040826628,"sku":"1942014615363","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_005cacac-6d13-438d-88c0-0037576d6fa8.jpeg?v=1752237898"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/amira-abul-husn\/salih-altoma.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}