{"title":"Mohja Kahf","description":null,"products":[{"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-32","title":"Banipal Magazine – Issue 32","description":"\u003cb\u003eBanipal 32, Summer 2008\u003c\/b\u003e, introduces a number of new voices for the first time published in English. There is the young Egyptian author, \u003cb\u003eMohamed Salah al-Azab\u003c\/b\u003e, who is 27 with already several literary awards to his name. There is \u003cb\u003eAbdulaziz Al Farsi\u003c\/b\u003e, from Oman, with an excerpt from his debut novel, [Weeping Earth . . . Laughing Saturn. Lebanese author \u003cb\u003eAhmad Ali El-Zein\u003c\/b\u003e, has authored four novels and his latest, \u003ci\u003eThe Edge of Oblivion\u003c\/i\u003e, which we excerpt here, is the first volume of a trilogy about fictional hero Abdul Jalil Ghazal. Also from Lebanon is \u003cb\u003eMay Menassa\u003c\/b\u003e, with an excerpt from her novel \u003ci\u003eWalking in the Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, which was short-listed this year for the inaugural Arabic “Booker” prize. From Syrian author and poet \u003cb\u003eMaher Sharafeddine\u003c\/b\u003e comes an excerpt from his debut novel, and from renowned fiction writer and dramatist \u003cb\u003eAbdel Khaliq al-Rikabi\u003c\/b\u003e, one of the few major Iraqi authors to have stayed in the country, an excerpt from his acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eSeventh Day of Creation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBanipal also presents poetry from Syria by three poets writing in three different languages: the late \u003cb\u003eMamdouh Adwan\u003c\/b\u003e in Arabic, \u003cb\u003eMohja Kahf\u003c\/b\u003e who writes in English, and \u003cb\u003eAdel Karasholi\u003c\/b\u003e who writes in German – all of them highly accomplished and published poets. Plus two new poetic voices, the young Egyptian poets \u003cb\u003eAhmad Yamani\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMohamed Metwalli\u003c\/b\u003e. Interview with an Editor is with literary translator from Arabic to German \u003cb\u003eHartmut Fähndrich\u003c\/b\u003e, this year celebrating his 50th translation of Arabic fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Banipal 32, sadly, we pay tribute to \u003cb\u003eDoris Kilias\u003c\/b\u003e, “the voice of Naguib Mahfouz in German”, who died in June 2008, and to the “Voltaire of the Nile” (as the French press called him) Egyptian author \u003cb\u003eAlbert Cossery\u003c\/b\u003e, a friend of Banipal, who died in Paris, also in June. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this issue we present \u003ci\u003ePart 2 of the Feature on Syrian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and look forward to continuing it in the Autumn\/Winter issue with a number of equally important authors. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Travelling Tale\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating walk through Jerusalem observing its shuttered and barred windows, as told by Palestinian author and resident of the city \u003cb\u003eMahmoud Shukair\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook Reviews include the prize-winning novel by Baha Taher \u003ci\u003e[Sunset Oasis]\u003c\/i\u003e, Naomi Shihab-Nye’s \u003ci\u003eTender Spot\u003c\/i\u003e collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eBanquet of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e by Amin Zaoui and the selection in \u003ci\u003eBooks in Brief\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe cover artist is Zena Assi from Lebanon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITORIAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRIBUTE to Albert Cossery 1913–2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMohamed Salah al-Azab – Excerpt from Repeated Stopping\u003cbr\u003eAhmad Ali El-Zein – Excerpt from The Edge of Oblivion\u003cbr\u003eAbdulaziz Al Farsi – Excerpt from Weeping Earth . . . Laughing Saturn\u003cbr\u003eMay Menassa – Excerpt from Walking in the Dust\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRIBUTE to Doris Kilias 1942–2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAhmad Yamani – Two Poems\u003cbr\u003eMohamed Metwalli – Three Poems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFEATURE ON CONTEMPORARY SYRIAN LITERATURE – Part 2\u003cbr\u003eMamdouh Adwan – Four Poems\u003cbr\u003eHaidar Haidar – A short story Pollen\u003cbr\u003eMaher Sharafeddine – The Hand An excerpt from a novel\u003cbr\u003eMohja Kahf – A Poem for Hamsa Newmark’s Sixieth Birthday\u003cbr\u003eAdel Karasholi – Twelve Poems\u003cbr\u003eHaifa Bitar – A short story Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbdel Khaliq al-Rikabi – Excerpt from Seventh Day of Creation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA TRAVELLING TALE\u003cbr\u003eMahmoud Shukair – Windows of Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTERVIEW\u003cbr\u003eHartmut Fähndrich – Arab Literature is now on the map\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK REVIEWS\u003cbr\u003eKhaled Hroub Wahat al-Ghuroub [Sunset Oasis] by Baha Taher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJudith Kazantzis Tender Spot by Naomi Shibab Nye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLulu Norman Banquet of Lies by Amin Zaoui\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll these book reviews can be read online. Click here for full list of online book reviews, originally reviewed in Banipal issues\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOKS IN BRIEF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Banipal Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040831564,"sku":"1971414615363","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/19714_2_04082008_095449.jpeg?v=1752237892"},{"product_id":"banipal-magazine-issue-6","title":"Banipal magazine – Issue 6","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFadhil al-Azzawi: Poems from Bedouins under an Alien Sky _with appreciation by Khaled Mattawa \u003cbr\u003eZakariyya Tamir: Seven short stories \u003cbr\u003eTony Hanania: Excerpt from forthcoming novel Eros Island \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFEATURE ON GHALIB HALASA\u003cbr\u003eFaisal Darraj: The novelist of alienation in daily life \u003cbr\u003eGhalib Halasa: excerpts from the novel Al-Khamasin \u003cbr\u003eGhalib Halasa: short story The Birthday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWaleed Khazendar: Poems, with appreciation by Subhi Hadidi \u003cbr\u003eINTERVIEW with Edwar al-Kharrat \u003cbr\u003eMona Zaki: Saleem Barakat's mezmerising world of language and metaphor \u003cbr\u003eSaleem Barakat: Excerpts from the novel The Crossing of the Flamingo \u003cbr\u003eVénus Khoury-Ghata: Poems \u003cbr\u003eNathalie Handal: Poem excerpt \u003cbr\u003eJuan Goytisolo: The truth of fiction \u003cbr\u003eHassouna Mosbahi: short story The Tortoise \u003cbr\u003eINTERVIEW with Rashid al-Daif \u003cbr\u003eRashid al-Daif: excerpt from the novel Learning English \u003cbr\u003eNabil Naum Gorgy: Short story The Competition \u003cbr\u003eMohja Kahf: Poems \u003cbr\u003eMani’a Said al-’Otaiba: Excerpt from the novel Karima \u003cbr\u003eNujum al-Ghanim: Poems \u003cbr\u003eMehdi Charef: Excerpt from the novel Alexina’s House \u003cbr\u003eIssa J Boullata: Short story Search for Saleema \u003cbr\u003eFawziyya al-Sindi: Poem \u003cbr\u003eTRIBUTE: Bassem K. 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-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. Literature expresses a country’s soul, but the writings of these Arab American authors express both a past and a future world – not one country. 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"},{"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\/mohja-kahf\/najim-a-mustafa.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}