{"title":"Ounsi El Hage","description":null,"products":[{"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. INTERVIEW WITH AN EDITOR is with Hesham Behari of Alhambra Förlag, who publishes Arab authors in Swedish translation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis year has begun on a high note for translating Arab literature, as the editorial reveals, with a first delegation of UK publishers at the annual Cairo Book Fair, the collaboration of the Frankfurt Book Fair team with the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, the announcement of a new International Prize for Arabic Fiction in association with the renowned Booker Prize Foundation, and our sister organization, the Banipal Trust for Arab Literature, announcing that after a successful first year in 2006, the Banipal Prize will be sponsored for the next five years by Omar Saif Ghobash in memory of his late father, and will now be known as The Saif Ghobash – Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation (see www.banipaltrust.org.uk)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur cover artist is the well-known Egyptian painter (and translator from Italian) Adel El Siwi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditorial\u003cbr\u003eMai Ghoussoub – a Tribute\u003cbr\u003eMiral al-Tahawy Excerpt from the novel Gazelle Tracks\u003cbr\u003eFadhil al-Azzawi Excerpt from the novel Cell Block 5\u003cbr\u003eGamal el-Ghitani Excerpt from the novel Pyramid Texts\u003cbr\u003eTaleb Alrefai Excerpt from the novel Samar’s Words\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFEATURE ON LEBANESE POETRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCelebrating Shi’r magazine – Issue No 1,1957\u003cbr\u003eBassam Hajjar\u003cbr\u003eYehia Jaber\u003cbr\u003eJawdat Fakhreddine\u003cbr\u003eJoumana Haddad\u003cbr\u003eSalah Stétié\u003cbr\u003eYoussef Bazzi\u003cbr\u003eSabah Zwein\u003cbr\u003eCharles Chahwan\u003cbr\u003eSuzanne Alwayan\u003cbr\u003eFidel Sbeity\u003cbr\u003eMohammed A S al-Din\u003cbr\u003eZeinab Assaf\u003cbr\u003eGhassan Jawad\u003cbr\u003eBilal Khubbayz\u003cbr\u003eEskander Habache\u003cbr\u003eCharbel Dagher\u003cbr\u003eAkl Awit\u003cbr\u003eInaya Jaber\u003cbr\u003eHenry Zoghaib\u003cbr\u003eWadih Sa’adeh\u003cbr\u003eEtel Adnan\u003cbr\u003eJad El Hage\u003cbr\u003eHassan al-Zein\u003cbr\u003eNazem el-Sayed\u003cbr\u003eVénus Khoury-Ghata\u003cbr\u003eAbdo Wazen\u003cbr\u003eAmal Nawwar\u003cbr\u003eHassan Abdallah\u003cbr\u003eChawki Bazih\u003cbr\u003ePaul Chaoul\u003cbr\u003eAbbas Beydoun\u003cbr\u003eOunsi El Hage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA TRAVELLING TALE\u003cbr\u003eIssa Makhlouf – Journey around the Pyramids\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTERVIEW WITH A PUBLISHER\u003cbr\u003eHesham Bahari, publisher of Alhambra Förlag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK REVIEWS\u003cbr\u003eZuzana Kratka reviews De Niro’s Game by Rawi Hage\u003cbr\u003eJudith Kazantzis reviews Saraya, The Ogre’s Daughter by Emile Habiby\u003cbr\u003eSusannah Tarbush reviews Remember me to Lebanon by Evelyn Shakir\u003cbr\u003eand Dreams of Water by Nada Awar Jarrar\u003cbr\u003eSaadi Youssef reviews Stories from Ancient Iraq retold by Fran Hazelton\u003cbr\u003ePeter Clark reviews Modern Arabic Literature by Paul Starkey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOKS IN BRIEF\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Banipal Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040835252,"sku":"1923714615363","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_df1da92a-399f-4263-aded-4876abd421e8.jpeg?v=1752237883"},{"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-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\/ounsi-el-hage\/tufula.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}