{"title":"Amjad Nasser","description":"\u003cb\u003eAmjad Nasser\u003c\/b\u003e is a Jordanian poet, and managing editor and cultural editor of \u003ci\u003eAl-Quds Al-Arabi\u003c\/i\u003e daily newspaper. He has published many volumes of poetry and one travel book. An anthology of his poetry has been published in Cairo, and he has two volumes of selected poems in French and Italian respectively. ","products":[{"product_id":"banipal-magazine-issue-33","title":"Banipal Magazine - Issue 33","description":"Banipal 33\u003cbr\u003eAutumn\/Winter 2008 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Let us go, you and I, on two paths: You, to a second life, promised to you by language in a reader who might survive the fall of a comet on earth. I, to a rendezvous I postponed more than once, with a death I promised a glass of red wine in a poem.”\u003c\/i\u003e — Mahmoud Darwish \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe issue opens with a major 70-page feature on the life and legacy of \u003cb\u003eMahmoud Darwish\u003c\/b\u003e. It includes articles, tributes, poems and many photographs of the great Palestinian and world poet, who passed away on Saturday 9 August following complications after major heart surgery in Houston, Texas, at the age of 67. “Darwish left behind,” writes Sinan Antoon, “an entire continent of poems whispering and singing inside Arabic and calling on us to reacquaint ourselves with its topography.” There are poems from Mahmoud Darwish’s last collection, translated by Catherine Cobham, to be published by Saqi Books next year as \u003ci\u003eIf I Were a Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and a long poem, written earlier this year \u003ci\u003eAt the Station of a Train which Fell Off the Map\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by Sinan Antoon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFellow poets, and writers from around the world contribute their feelings on his passing, including Saadi Yousef, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Denys Johnson Davies, Wole Soyinka, Mark Strand, Abdo Wazen, Kadhim Jihad Hassan, Alberto Manguel, Amjad Nasser, Marie-Thérèse Abdel-Messih, Giuseppe Goffredo, Fadhil al-Azzawi, Judith Kazantzis, Thomas Høegh, Peter Clark, Clara Janès, Gaber Asfour, Bernard Noël, Mohammed Bennis, Naomi Shihab Nye, Stephen Watts, Qassim Haddad, Saif al-Rahbi, Issa J Boullata, Taha Adnan, and Mahmoud Shukair. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe feature includes rare photographs of Mahmoud Darwish taken in the last months of his life as he worked with Arts Alliance Productions on their film project \u003ci\u003eIdentity of the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e which screened open-air shows to packed audiences in Palestine in October.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 3 of our series on \u003cb\u003eContemporary Syrian Literature\u003c\/b\u003e opens with poems by Adonis, selected from \u003ci\u003eMihyar of Damascus: His Songs\u003c\/i\u003e, a new volume in translation from BOA Editions. There is also fiction from Fawwaz Haddad, who is long-listed for the 2008-09 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, from Khalil al-Neimi’s  intriguing novel, \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Deserting\u003c\/i\u003e, with short stories from Ibrahim Samuel and Gladys Matar, and poems from Hussein Bin Hamza.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBanipal 33\u003c\/i\u003e includes many book reviews to whet readers’ appetites. They include \u003ci\u003eThe Butterfly’s Burden,\u003c\/i\u003e by Mahmoud Darwish, which won the 2008 Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation for its translator Fady Joudah, as well as a review of his own award-winning poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Earth in the Attic\u003c\/i\u003e. A sheaf of novels in translation is reviewed, including \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Revolutionary Bread-Making Machine\u003c\/i\u003e by Hassan Daoud, \u003ci\u003eWild Mulberries\u003c\/i\u003e by Iman Humaydan Younes, \u003ci\u003eNuit de l’étranger\u003c\/i\u003e by Habib Selmi, \u003ci\u003eHakawati\u003c\/i\u003e by Rabih Almeddine, \u003ci\u003eThe Collar and the Bracelet\u003c\/i\u003e by Yahya Taher Abdullah, \u003ci\u003eGold Dust\u003c\/i\u003e by Ibrahim al-Koni, and \u003ci\u003eThe Journals of Sarab Affan\u003c\/i\u003e by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Road from Damascus\u003c\/i\u003e by Robin Yassin-Kassab, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Iraqi Fiction, An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e by Shakir Mustafa, and Denys Johnson Davies reviews David Tresilian’s \u003ci\u003eA Brief Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Banipal Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040827164,"sku":"1981014615363","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_6e26b916-b87c-4fd1-9ac1-f38fdca2278c.jpeg?v=1752237897"},{"product_id":"banipal-magazine-issue-7","title":"Banipal Magazine - Issue 7","description":"44-page feature on contemporary Algerian literature, feature on poet Saadi Youssef, works by 7 other poets and works by 5 f iction-writers. Tribute to novelist Hani al-Raheb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFEATURE ON SAADI YOUSSEF\u003cbr\u003ePoems, with appreciations from Khaled Mattawa, Stefan Weidner, James Kirkup, Abbas Beydhoun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMahmoud Shukair: Testimony, and Ten Short Stories\u003cbr\u003eAmjad Nasser: Poems\u003cbr\u003eFawziyya Abu Khalid: Poems\u003cbr\u003eAbdo Wazen: Poems\u003cbr\u003eNasser al-Dhaheri: Short story The Sounds of Moans\u003cbr\u003eZakaria Mohammed: Poems, with appreciation from Amjad Nasser\u003cbr\u003eHilmy Salem: poems\u003cbr\u003eMohamed el-Bisatie: Excerpt from his novel Clamour of the Lake\u003cbr\u003eNathalie Handal: Poem\u003cbr\u003eAbdah Khal: Short story: The story of Rashid al-Haydari\u003cbr\u003eSalman Masalha: Poems\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Shimon: Royal Silver excerpt from novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFEATURE ON ALGERIAN LITERATURE\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Waciny Laradj: Breaking the silence on Algerian literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMohammed Dib: Short story The Companion\u003cbr\u003eMohammed Dib: Poems, with appreciations by James Kirkup\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAzzedine Mihoubi: poem\u003cbr\u003eRachid Boudjedra: Excerpts from two novels Turmoil and The Stubborn Snail\u003cbr\u003eTaher Wattar: Excerpt from the novel The Earthquake\u003cbr\u003eintroduced by William Granara\u003cbr\u003eMalek Haddad: Poems, with appreciation by Tahar Bekri\u003cbr\u003eAbdelhamid Ben Haddouga: excerpt from novel, with appreciation by Brahim Sadi\u003cbr\u003eKateb Yacine: Poems\u003cbr\u003eMohamed Magani: Excerpts from the novel The Butcher’s Asethetic\u003cbr\u003eSalah Khabacha: Poem\u003cbr\u003eAbdel Aziz Gharmoul: Short story The Smell of the Opposition\u003cbr\u003eOthman Loucif: Poems\u003cbr\u003eBashir Mufti: Wardah’s Confessions excerpt from novel\u003cbr\u003eKatarzyna Pieprzak on Assia Djebar\u003cbr\u003eMehdi Charef: continuing excerpt from Alexina’s House\u003cbr\u003eKader Boubekri: poems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS OF BOOKS BY ALGERIAN AUTHORS\u003cbr\u003ePeter Clark Memory in the Flesh by Ahlam Mosteghanemi\u003cbr\u003eJames Kirkup La Serment des barbares by Boualem Sansal\u003cbr\u003eLorraine Pounds Sherazade by Leïla Sebbar\u003cbr\u003eand A tous qui partent by Fatma Z. 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