{"title":"D H Melhem","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"},{"product_id":"banipal-38-arab-american-authors","title":"Banipal 38 – Arab American Authors","description":"Banipal 38 presents over 150 pages of works of poetry, fiction and memoir by 29 writers from the USA and Canada of Arab origin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir literature is already a subject for university study and although we were wary about using such a label of “hyphenated” identification, the increasingly significant contribution to American and world literature being made by the growing numbers of Arab American authors meant it was high time to focus on their work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this issue – rich new works that are global in impact and offer fresh, sensitive and astute perspectives on the human condition in today’s difficult world. 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Theirs are voices for the 21st century, putting their stamp on multi-heritage, embracing head-on apparent cultural conundrums, voices both irreverent and responsible, deconstructing and satirising the ironies of prejudice.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBanipal 38 also celebrates the flourishing modernist poetry movement in the United Arab Emirates, with works by four of the most important voices on the UAE poetry scene, \u003cb\u003eAhmed Rashid Thani\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eNujoom Al-Ghanem\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eKhalid Albudoor\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eKhulood Al Mu’alla\u003c\/b\u003e, the latter three of whom held the first UK poetry readings of Emirati modernist poetry at the 2010 Ledbury Poetry Festival and at London’s South Bank Centre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlus two of the most talented young Arab authors today: \u003cb\u003eYoussef Rakha\u003c\/b\u003e from Cairo takes readers on a trip to the Rafah border with Gaza; \u003cb\u003eHassan Abdulrazzak\u003c\/b\u003e, author of the successful play \u003ci\u003eBaghdad Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e, with a hilariously intriguing monologue about the Israeli Wall.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePlus 27 pages of book reviews and a six-page photo-report of the recent RAWI conference.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Banipal Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040837032,"sku":"2206414615363","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_331188a6-50bb-46f0-8d91-53a93f6539d2.jpeg?v=1752237881"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/d-h-melhem\/issa-j-boullata.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}