{"title":"Fadhil al-Azzawi","description":"Fadhil al-Azzawi is a prolific, radical Iraqi poet and novelist who has lived in exile in Berlin since 1977.","products":[{"product_id":"banipal-magazine-issue-24","title":"Banipal Magazine - Issue 24","description":"Issue 24 of \u003cem\u003eBanipal\u003c\/em\u003e includes excerpts from novels by Hanan al-Shaykh and Vénus Khoury-Ghata plus an extract from \u003cem\u003eThe World of Saddam Hussein\u003c\/em\u003e. There are short stories by Ahmed Bouzfour,  the late Samir Naqqash, and Ali al-Kasimi, and by Huzamah Habayeb, Haifa Bitar, Jamila Omairah, Aroussia Naluti and Salwa al-Neimi. \u003cem\u003eTHE TRAVELLING TALE\u003c\/em\u003e is an extract from Mohamed al-Makhzangi’s \u003cem\u003eMemories of a Meltdown\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE INTERVIEW WITH AN EDITOR is with Stefan Weidner of the Goethe Institute’s Fikrun wa Fann magazine. Reviews include Mouloud Feraoun’s \u003cem\u003eThe Poor Man’s Son, The Yacoubian Building, A Wall Between Two Darknesses, Abdullah’s Secrets, The Land Border and Damascus: Taste of a City\u003c\/em\u003e.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIssue 24 announces the new prize for published literary translation from Arabic into English, which will be awarded for the firs time in 2006.  The prize will be £2,000 and will be awarded to the translator of a published translation in English of a full-length, imaginative and creative Arabic work of literary merit published in the 35 years prior to submission of the translation.  Entries can have been published anywhere in the world but must be available for purchase in the U.K.  The prize has been set up by \u003cem\u003eBanipal\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine and the Banipal Trust for Arab Literature, which was founded last year to support and celebrate the publication of Arab authors in English translation and the production of live literature events in the U.K. with Arab authors.  The Patron for the first year of the Banipal Prize is \u003cstrong\u003eMohammed Ahmad Al-Sowaidi\u003c\/strong\u003e, Secretary-General of the Cultural Foundation of Abu Dhabi.  A poet and well-know patron of the arts, he explained that \"the aim of sponsoring the prize in its first year is to participate in building bridges between Arab culture and the Western reader\".    For more information email: editor@banipal.co.uk \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover artist: Mohamed Melehi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITORIAL – Announcing the Banipal Translation Prize\u003cbr\u003eHanan al-Shaykh Excerpt from her novel\u003cbr\u003eHikayati Sharhun Yatool [My Story is Too Long to Tell]\u003cbr\u003eAhmed Bouzfour A short story The Ostrich Hunter\u003cbr\u003eSaadi Youssef A poem New Orleans\u003cbr\u003eMahdi Haydar Excerpt from The World of Saddam Hussein\u003cbr\u003eAroussia Naluti A short story “You taught me to love life, Father”\u003cbr\u003eLukman Derky A poem O Syria\u003cbr\u003eFadhil al-Azzawi A poem Unsuccessful Film\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamar Yazbek Excerpt from Salsal [Clay]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSalwa al-Neimi A short story The Siesta\u003cbr\u003eMajid Addam From the poem On the Street, I repeat “Good Night”\u003cbr\u003eVénus Khoury-Ghata Excerpt from A House at the Edge of Tears\u003cbr\u003eAli al-Kasimi A short story Circles of Sorrow\u003cbr\u003eMonzer Masri Three Poems\u003cbr\u003eHuzamah Habayeb A short story One Afternoon\u003cbr\u003eAkl Awit Three Poems\u003cbr\u003eHaifa Bitar A short story My Name is Alaa\u003cbr\u003eSamir Naqqash A short story Tantal\u003cbr\u003eJessica Bloom on Samir Naqqash Language, Dialects and Identity\u003cbr\u003eJamila Omairah A short story Wild Mint\u003cbr\u003eJoumana Haddad A poem The Return of Lilith\u003cbr\u003eShaker Laibi Six Poems\u003cbr\u003eRachida Madani A poem from Tales from a Severed Head\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA TRAVELLING TALE\u003cbr\u003eMohamed Makhzangi Excerpt from Memories of a Meltdown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTERVIEW WITH AN EDITOR\u003cbr\u003eStefan Weidner, of Art \u0026amp; Thought\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK REVIEWS\u003cbr\u003eJames Kirkup The Poor Man’s Son by Mouloud Feraoun\u003cbr\u003eEleanor Kilroy The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany\u003cbr\u003eHussain al-Mozany [A Wall Between Two Darknesses] by Balqis\u003cbr\u003eSharara \u0026amp; Rifat Chadirji; [Abdullah’s Secrets] by Habib Selmi\u003cbr\u003e[The Land Border] by Maysalun Hadi;\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Obank Damascus: Taste of a City\u003cbr\u003eby Marie Fadel as told to Rafik Schami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEleanor Kilroy The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool: A Syrian Journey by Marius Kociejowski","brand":"Banipal Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040826420,"sku":"1664714615363","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_4d1ee4e5-c164-4735-b728-390c1d86212b.jpeg?v=1752237899"},{"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-39-modern-tunisian-literature","title":"Banipal 39 - Modern Tunisian Literature","description":"Tunisia is known as a popular holiday destination but until now its rich literature has not had the recognition it deserves, except for the poems of Abu Al-Qasim Al-Shabi. Banipal 39 – Modern Tunisian Literature features over 150 pages of poetry and fiction by Tunisian authors, plus an introduction to the country’s literary pioneers with profiles, and book reviews.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBanipal 39 – Modern Tunisian Literature includes newly translated works of the foremost poet in the Arab world, Adonis. Also fiction from major authors Fadhil al-Azzawi and Mekkawi Said, and poems from upcoming British-Lebanese poet Omar Sabbagh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlus a tribute to the late Taher Wattar (1936-2010), and to critic Farouk Abdel-Kader (1938-2010).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlus Book Reviews: Albert Cossery – \u003ci\u003eThe Jokers\u003c\/i\u003e, Habib Selmi – \u003ci\u003eThe Scents of Marie-Claire\u003c\/i\u003e, Mahmoud Darwish – \u003ci\u003eJournal of an Ordinary Grief\u003c\/i\u003e, Inaam Kachachi – \u003ci\u003eThe American Granddaughter\u003c\/i\u003e, Hédi Kaddour – \u003ci\u003eTreason\u003c\/i\u003e, Mohamed Mansi Qandil – \u003ci\u003eMoon over Samarqand\u003c\/i\u003e and Hayan Charara’s Arab American poetry anthology, \u003ci\u003eInclined to Speak\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Banipal Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040828100,"sku":"2216314615363","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_b55af476-40f5-4d8e-a9ea-42ee9940e0d7.jpeg?v=1752237896"},{"product_id":"banipal-magazine-issue-28","title":"Banipal Magazine - Issue 28","description":"Every issue now we seem to be saying farewell to a well-known Arab literary figure. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis time, we open sadly with a tribute to \u003cb\u003eMai Ghoussoub\u003c\/b\u003e, the London-based Lebanese co-founder of Al Saqi Books, writer and artist, who died so suddenly in February. We dedicate our major feature on Lebanese poetry to her memory. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLebanese poets occupy an extremely important place in the Arab poetry scene, both contemporaneously and historically; this feature presents selected works by 32 poets celebrating, at the same time, the 50 years’ anniversary of the first issue of the revolutionary \u003ci\u003eShi’r\u003c\/i\u003e poetry magazine. Among the poets are those well-known outside the Arab world such as Ounsi el-Hage, Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Abbas Beydoun, Abdo Wazen, Paul Chaoul and Salah Stétié, and many others who hopefully soon will be.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFiction writers from Egypt, Iraq and Kuwait begin the issue. In Gamal el-Ghitani’s modernist masterpiece \u003ci\u003ePyramid Texts\u003c\/i\u003e, being published by AUC Press, the enigmatic power of the pyramids is skilfully interwoven with threads of Islamic history and Sufi mysticism in a quest for wisdom and enlightenment. Miral al-Tahawy’s latest novel \u003ci\u003eGazelle Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e is an enthralling first-person narration that unravels unexpected stories from an old family photograph; Fadhil al-Azzawi’s novel set in an Iraqi jail, \u003ci\u003eCell Block 5\u003c\/i\u003e, and reprinted in 2000, was made into a film in Syria. The narrator in Taleb Alrefai’s novel \u003ci\u003eSamar’s Words\u003c\/i\u003e is a young Kuwaiti woman, trapped and frustrated by society’s traditional ways. We look forward to seeing the latter three fully published in English. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe TRAVELLING TALE is a thoughtful walk around the pyramids by Lebanese poet, writer and cultural advisor Issa Makhlouf. 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Frangieh: The Last Exile of Abdul Wahab al-Bayati \u003cbr\u003eKareem Abed: Poems \u003cbr\u003eOunsi el-Hage: Last stanzas of The Messenger with her Hair Long to the Springs \u003cbr\u003eSaadia Mufarreh: Poems \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK REVIEWS \u003cbr\u003eMargaret Obank: Ports of Call by Amin Maalouf \u003cbr\u003eJames Kirkup: Arab authors published in French \u003cbr\u003eSamir el-Youssef: The Hill of Gypsies and other stories by Said al-Kafrawi \u003cbr\u003eSusannah Tarbush: The Tent by Miral al-Tahawy \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEVENTS \u003cbr\u003eAlgiers: Arab Study Days of Literature and Poetry \u003cbr\u003eCopenhagen: Arab-Danish Cultural Festival","brand":"Banipal Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040836048,"sku":"2007314615363","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_16c2f07f-e69f-4675-98c8-eb84d1b193c2.jpeg?v=1752237883"},{"product_id":"banipal-42-new-writing-from-the-emirates","title":"Banipal 42 - New Writing from the Emirates","description":"Banipal 42 focuses on the literature being written now in the United Arab Emirates. 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Germany\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHinrich von Haaren – 'Slow Tree of Joy', a short story translated by the author \u003cbr\u003eAnnika Scheffel – 'Pretty Big', a short story translated by Stefan Tobler\u003cbr\u003eElke Schmitter – Excerpt from the novel \u003ci\u003eMinor Misdemeanours\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by Rachel McNicholl\u003cbr\u003eUlf Stolterfoht – Selected Poems, translated by Ken Cockburn\u003cbr\u003eVolker Kaminski – 'The Top Project', a short story translated by Katy Derbyshire\u003cbr\u003eThomas Lehr – Excerpt from the novel \u003ci\u003eSeptember: Fata Morgana\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by Katy Derbyshire\u003cbr\u003eAntonia Baum – Exceprt from the novel \u003ci\u003eCompletely Lifeless, Preferably Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by Simon Pare\u003cbr\u003eJoachim Sartorius – Excerpt from the novel \u003ci\u003ePrinces' Island\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by Stephen Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlice Johnson: In a Fertile Desert, Modern Writing from the United Arab Emirates (selected, translated and introduced by Denys Johnson-Davies)\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Obank: \u003ci\u003eMy Early Days\u003c\/i\u003e by Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammad al-Qasimi\u003cbr\u003eNorbert Hirschhorn: Two Libyan Novels – \u003ci\u003eHomeless Rats\u003c\/i\u003e by Ahmed Fagih and \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of a Disappearance\u003c\/i\u003e by Hisham Matar\u003cbr\u003eSusannah Tarbush: \u003ci\u003eOne Day in April\u003c\/i\u003e by Jad El Hage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooks in Brief\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hashish Waiter, The Traveler and the Innkeeper, So You May See, Sabra Zoo, Abduction, Professor Hanaa, The Last Storytellers, The Granta Book of the African Short Story, The Present Tense of the World, Mediterraneans\/ Méditerranéenes: Our Mothers, Disordered World: Setting a New Course for the Twenty-first Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLast Page: Najwa Binshatwan - 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