{"title":"Luay Hamza Abbas","description":"Luay Hamza Abbas was born in 1965 in Basra, Iraq. He has a PhD from Basra University (2002), where he teaches literary criticism. He has published his works in literary magazines such as \u003cem\u003eNizwa\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAkhbar al-Adab\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThaqafat\u003c\/em\u003e. He has three collection of short stories (1997, 2000 and 2003) and one novel (2005).","products":[{"product_id":"banipal-magazine-issue-27","title":"Banipal Magazine - Issue 27","description":"Farewell, \u003ci\u003eNaguib Mahfouz!\u003c\/i\u003e The issue opens with tributes to the “writer of the world”, the late Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz, by Banipal’s editor and contributing editors Roger Allen and Peter Clark. Further on in the issue, the well-known Iraqi author Jalil al-Qaisi is remembered by Fadhil al-Azzawi. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFourteen fiction writers dominate this issue, among them ten women authors. Basra is the setting for two disturbing but gripping stories by Iraqi author Luay Hamza Abbas. From Syria, three novelists writing completely different genres of novels: Salim Barakat with mysterious, highly inventive place-names and characters that take the reader into a world of mythology and legend, Nabil Sulaiman with a modern setting and topical references, for instance to Michael Moore and George, in a novel designed to make the reader think; and Nihad Sirees’s \u003ci\u003eA State of Passion\u003c\/i\u003e – an enthralling saga of life among the marginalised in 1930s Syria. There’s an excerpt from Lebananese author Alawiyah Sobh’s acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eDunya\u003c\/i\u003e, and a rich file of diverse short stories – by Salwa Bakr and Sahar Tawfiq from Egypt, Salima Salih from Iraq, Rabia Raihane from Morocco, Hayet Raies from Tunisia, Fatma Yousif al-Ali from Kuwait, and last but not least Ghalia Kabbani from Syria.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe two poets in the issue each present three poems, and then it is on to the TRAVELLING TALE, which is an unusual and profoundly thoughtful view of Beirut through the eyes of Youssef Rakha, a young Egyptian writer and journalist visiting the war-ridden city for the first time, with excerpts from his work \u003ci\u003eBeirut shi Mahal [Beirut, Some Place]\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the Lettre Ulysses Art of Reportage Prize 2006. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTERVIEW WITH AN EDITOR is with Brian Whitaker, the Guardian newspaper’s Middle East editor, in his capacity of founder editor of the Arab Gateway website www.al-bab.com, an entirely altruistic and objective source of information about the Arab world.  Stephen Watts begins a regular review of poetry in translation with Mahmoud Darwish’s \u003ci\u003eWhy Did you Leave the Horse alone?\u003c\/i\u003e and the long-awaited \u003ci\u003eLebanon: Poems of Love and War\u003c\/i\u003e by Nadia Tuéni. Other reviews in include Naguib Mahfouz’s \u003ci\u003eAncient Egyptian Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, and two novels by Egyptian author Ibrahim Aslan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePLUS PHOTO-REPORTS of the Award of the Banipal Arabic Literary Translation Prize, with those for French, German, Italian,  Spanish and Swedish; the Banipal Live 2006 Tour and the Frankfurt Book Fair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBanipal No. 27, Autumn\/Winter 2007\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover artist: Nabil Abu Hamad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditorial – Farewell, Naguib Mahfouz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuay Hamza Abbas\u003c\/b\u003e Two short stories \u003ci\u003eClosing his Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Much-travelled Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlawiya Sobh\u003c\/b\u003e Excerpt from the novel \u003ci\u003eDunya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabia Raihane\u003c\/b\u003e A short story \u003ci\u003eThe Señora\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalim Barakat\u003c\/b\u003e Excerpt from the novel \u003ci\u003eHydrahodahose Caves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eintroduced by \u003cb\u003eIssa J. boullata\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalwa Bakr\u003c\/b\u003e A short story \u003ci\u003eThe River Nile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFadwa al-Qasem\u003c\/b\u003e Two short stories \u003ci\u003eMy Shirt\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Loop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNabil Sulaiman\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e“Dance of the Wicker Basket”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e– an excerpt from the novel \u003ci\u003eHypostases of Day and Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFatma Yousif al-Ali\u003c\/b\u003e Two short stories\u003cbr\u003e– \u003ci\u003eNothing Shameful\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Feminine Ending\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSahar Tawfiq\u003c\/b\u003e A short story \u003ci\u003eTwo Blue-Gum Trees in Giza\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHayet Raies\u003c\/b\u003e A short story \u003ci\u003eAzrael and the Author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalika Moustadraf\u003c\/b\u003e (1963–2006) A short story \u003ci\u003eA Mere Difference\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGhalia Kabbani\u003c\/b\u003e A short story \u003ci\u003eA Cup of Tea with Mrs Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalima Salih\u003c\/b\u003e Two short stories \u003ci\u003eForgiveness Tree\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Revenant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNihad Sirees\u003c\/b\u003e Excerpt from the novel \u003ci\u003eA State of Passion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLamia Makaddam\u003c\/b\u003e: Three Poems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFiras Sulaiman\u003c\/b\u003e: Three Poems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA TRAVELLING TALE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoussef Rakha\u003cbr\u003eExcerpts from \u003ci\u003eBeirut shi Mahal, Beirut – Some Place\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTERVIEW WITH AN EDITOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrian Whitaker, editor of Arab Gateway, www.al-bab.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOBITUARY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFadhil al-Azzawi remembers Jalil al-Qaisi (1936–2006)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOK REVIEWS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen Watts reviews poetry in translation\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Did You Leave The Horse Alone?\u003c\/i\u003e by Mahmoud Darwish\u003cbr\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLebanon: Poems of Love and War\u003c\/i\u003e by Nadia Tuéni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Clark \u003ci\u003eVoices from the Other World: Ancient Egyptian Tales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Naguib Mahfouz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Clark \u003ci\u003eAbdelrahman Munif and Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e by Maher Jarrar\u003cbr\u003eZuzana Kratka \u003ci\u003eThe Heron and Nile Sparrows\u003c\/i\u003e by Ibrahim Aslan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKS IN BRIEF\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEVENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBanipal Translation Prize – First Prizewinner\u003cbr\u003eBanipal Live UK tour – 14-20 August\u003cbr\u003eLeipzig: Adel Karasholi at 70\u003cbr\u003eLondon: Mourid Barghouti Reading\u003cbr\u003eFrankfurt: 2006 Book Fair, 3-8 October ","brand":"Banipal Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040832092,"sku":"1863414615363","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_1c62668f-9f80-4162-a7ec-84555c18d140.jpeg?v=1752237888"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/luay-hamza-abbas\/salim-barakat.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}