{"title":"Mohammed Bennis","description":null,"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-19","title":"Banipal Magazine - Issue 19","description":"\u003cb\u003e Banipal \u003c\/b\u003e takes its name from Ashurbanipal, last great King of Assyria and patron of the arts, whose outstanding achievement was to assemble in Nineveh, from all over his empire, the first systematically organised library in the ancient Middle East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS:  Feature on Araqi authors; Tribute to Abdelrahman Munif (1933-2004); Tribute to Mohamed Choukri (1935 - 2003); a selection of profiles, poems and short stories; one novel excerpt and book reviews.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRIBUTE to Abdelrahman Munif (1933-2004)\u003cbr\u003efrom Banipal, Abdo Wazen, Abdu Khal,\u003cbr\u003eAbdallah al-Ghathami, Sa’ad al-Bazei, Gamal el-Ghitani\u003cbr\u003eand Ibrahim Abdel Meguid. Interview by Eskandar Habache\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRIBUTE to Mohamed Choukri (1935-2003)\u003cbr\u003ewith photographs from his life with writers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITORIAL\u003cbr\u003eMohammed Bennis – Profile \u0026amp; Poems\u003cbr\u003eJames Kirkup – letter to Mohammed Bennis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGhalia Kabbani A short story Dreams of a Well-Bred Girl\u003cbr\u003eAbdo Wazen Selected Poems\u003cbr\u003eZahir al-Ghafri Selected Poems\u003cbr\u003eMohammed Sof A short story A Very Marginal Man\u003cbr\u003eJoumana Haddad Five Poems\u003cbr\u003eLatifa Baqa – short story Bad Soup!\u003cbr\u003eEbrahim al-Khaldi Two poems\u003cbr\u003eZiad Khaddash A short story The Absence of a Sister\u003cbr\u003eYoussef al-Mohemeed Three Poems\u003cbr\u003eAhmad Nuaimi A short story The Dictator’s Delicacy\u003cbr\u003eHassan Nasr Four Very Short Stories\u003cbr\u003eMarwan Ali A poem\u003cbr\u003eMohja Kahf Two poems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFEATURE ON IRAQI AUTHORS – part 3\u003cbr\u003eFawzi Karim Selected Poems, introduced by Saadi Simawe\u003cbr\u003eKadhim Jihad Essay The Iraqi landscape in the early poems of Badr Shakir al-Sayyab\u003cbr\u003eLutfiyya al-Dulaimi A short story What the Storytellers Did not Tell\u003cbr\u003eGolala Nouri Three Poems\u003cbr\u003eNajim A Mustafa – Tales from Three Bags of Raisins\u003cbr\u003eKadhim al-Hallaq Three Short Stories\u003cbr\u003eAbid Jaafar A short story A Maze of a House\u003cbr\u003eMahmoud Sa’id A short story Bitter Morning\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Shimon Two Poems\u003cbr\u003eSalima Saleh Short story Those Boys\u003cbr\u003eSinan Antoon – Excerpt from novel Diacritics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK REVIEWS\u003cbr\u003eRichard McKane Miracle Maker, selected poems of Fadhil al-Azzawi\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Obank Adama by Turki al-Hamad\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Thwaite Zodiac of Echoes by Khaled Mattawa\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Obank The World’s Embrace by Abdellatif Laâbi\u003cbr\u003eJames Kirkup Continent de douleurs by Fawzi Karim\u003cbr\u003eSusannah Tarbush Fatma by Raja Alem\u003cbr\u003eJames Howarth The Bleeding of the Stone by Ibrahim al-Koni\u003cbr\u003eand Saeed the Pessoptimist by Emile Habiby\u003cbr\u003eShakir Mustafa Where the Rivers Meet by Herbert Mason\u003cbr\u003eMona Zaki Qawarib Jabaliyyah by Wajdi al-Ahdal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLITERARY INFLUENCES\u003cbr\u003eHassouna Mosbahi James Joyce in Tunisia\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Banipal Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040829456,"sku":"1368914615363","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_21d1719f-be0c-47f4-9e54-b7c1026ae578.jpeg?v=1752237895"},{"product_id":"banipal-magazine-issue-5","title":"Banipal Magazine - Issue 5","description":"Major 41-page feature on contemporary Moroccan literature with 20 authors.  PLUS poems by Ounsi el Hage, Badr Shakir al-Sayyab, Nizar Qabbani, Sargon Boulus and four other poets. Works by 5 fiction-writers, and interview with Ghazi Algosaibi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOunsi el-Hage: The Messenger with Hair Long to the Springs\u003cbr\u003e(part 1) with appreciation by A K el-Janabi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBadr Shakir al-Sayyab: Poems – with appreciation by Fadhil Sultani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNizar Qabbani: Poem –\u003cbr\u003ewith review by Stephen Watts of Arabian Love Poems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSargon Boulus: Poem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTERVIEW with Ghazi Algosaibi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFEATURE ON MOROCCAN LITERATURE\u003cbr\u003eMohammed Bennis: Poems\u003cbr\u003ewith appreciation by Subhi Hadidi\u003cbr\u003eMohammed Zefzaf: Short story In the Forest\u003cbr\u003eMahmoud Abdel Ghani: Poem\u003cbr\u003eWassat Mubarak: Poems\u003cbr\u003eAhmed Bouzfour: Two short stories A happening at Bald Mountain and The Indian\u003cbr\u003eDriss Maliani: Poem\u003cbr\u003eIdriss el-Khouri: Short story Black and White\u003cbr\u003eand comment piece In the beginning was the Slander!\u003cbr\u003eHassan Najmi: Poems\u003cbr\u003eIzz al-Din al-Tazi: Short story The Myth of the North\u003cbr\u003eAbd Eddin Hamrouch: Poem\u003cbr\u003eAbdelkarim al-Tabbal: Poems\u003cbr\u003eWafa’a Lamrani: Poems\u003cbr\u003eMona Zaki reviews Driss Chraïbi’s Muhammad\u003cbr\u003eAbdulmajid Ben Jalloun: \"A Moroccan in Manchester\" excerpt from the memoirs Fi’l Tufula [In my Childhood]\u003cbr\u003eJalal Hakmaoui: Poem\u003cbr\u003eAbdulilah Salhi: Poems\u003cbr\u003eAhmed Barakat: Poems\u003cbr\u003eJames Kirkup introduces Mostafa Nissabouri A Metric of the Desert\u003cbr\u003eMostafa Nissabouri: Poems\u003cbr\u003eKacimi, the painter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTERVIEW with Mohamed Choukri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSalah Stetié: Short story The Night of Abu al-Qassim\u003cbr\u003eElias Khoury: Excerpt from the novel Bab al-Shams\u003cbr\u003eAbdullah Taezi: Short story Lord of the Birds\u003cbr\u003eWacini Laradj: Excerpt from the novel Sayedat al-Maqam [Lady of the Tomb]\u003cbr\u003eIssa J Boullata: Short story Without a Court Trial\u003cbr\u003eFatima Mahmoud: Poems\u003cbr\u003eJalil Heidar: Poems\u003cbr\u003eMohja Kahf: Poems\u003cbr\u003eHazim Saghieh: Comment – Separating the author from his text\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK REVIEWS\u003cbr\u003eSamir el-Youssef: Men In the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani\u003cbr\u003ePeter Clark: Return to Childhood by Leila Abouzeid\u003cbr\u003eLorraine Pounds: Unreal City by Tnny Hanania\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Obank: Dear Mr Kawabata by Rashid al-Daif\u003cbr\u003eHartmut Fähndrich: Outremer by Nabil Saleh\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Obank: Grandfather's Tale by Ulfat Idilbi\u003cbr\u003eand The House on Arnus Square by Samar Attar ","brand":"Banipal Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040839828,"sku":"1795214615363","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_b3662b42-6aa3-47d7-920c-0e7be00ef6b7.jpeg?v=1752237878"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/mohammed-bennis\/abdulilah-salhi.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}