{"title":"Rabia’a al-Ossaimi","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"banipal-magazine-issue-20","title":"Banipal Magazine - Issue 20","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Banipal \u003c\/strong\u003e takes its name from Ashurbanipal, last great KIssue 20 features the great Iraqi poet, \u003cem\u003eSaadi Youseef\u003c\/em\u003e  \"I have trained myself, hard, to be free\"  In this interview, \u003cem\u003eSaadi Youssef\u003c\/em\u003e speaks about his relations with \u003cem\u003eBadr Shakir al-Sayyab,\u003c\/em\u003e his admiration of the Greek poet \u003cem\u003e Cavafy\u003c\/em\u003e and his enduring passion for translation.  He speaks at length about al-Sayyab and the poets he loves and it was with difficulty that I persuaded him to talk about himself, he is such a modest man.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIraq is the home of modernity in Arab poetry and Saadi Youssef is indeed a rightful inheritor of this unique heritage, and more; through his experimentation and his continual \"learning\" from other literatures he is extending this heritage.  His translator, \u003cem\u003e Khaled Mattawa\u003c\/em\u003e once remarked how rare it was \"to see a poet growing in experimentation as he grows in age\".  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe has lived nearly half his life outside Iraq, but rejects the label of exile in favour of resident of the world, which allows him the independence of mind he requires for writing freely.  Since the mid-1970s Saadi Youssef has been, and still is, hugely influential among younger generations of Arab poets through his way of writing, and as a man with a life-long commitment to justice and human rights.  He is a \"poet of universality and multiple open visions\" noted Lebanese poet \u003cem\u003eAbbas Beydhoun\u003c\/em\u003e, \"enabling us to discover the poetics of the real world\".  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the last fifty years he has published 32 collections of his own poems and translated many works of major international poets and fiction writers.  Now, with the publication of \u003cstrong\u003eWithout an Alphabet, Without a Face\u003c\/strong\u003e, his first major collection in English, translated by \u003cem\u003e Khaled Mattawa\u003c\/em\u003e (Greywolf Press, 2002) English-language readers can get to know \u003cem\u003eSaadi Youssef\u003c\/em\u003e themselves.  We hope a second volume witll be forthcoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITORIAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMahmoud Shukair: Two short stories –\u003cbr\u003eShakira’s Picture and Mordechai’s Moustaches and his Wife’s Cats\u003cbr\u003eMohammed Al-Harthi: Six Poems\u003cbr\u003eIntroduced by Saadi Youssef\u003cbr\u003eRabia’a al-Ossaimi: A poem Family Photo\u003cbr\u003eAhmed El-Madini: A short story The Laws of Absence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdvance Notice \u0026gt; \u0026gt; BANIPAL LIVE First-ever UK Tour of Arab authors 29 October – 13 November 2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIbrahim Saadi: A short story – Confessions of a Man Coming from the Dark\u003cbr\u003eAli Bader: Excerpt from the novel The Naked Feast\u003cbr\u003eAziz Azrhai: Seven Poems\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Shimon: The Hedgehog – a chapter from an autobiographical novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFEATURE ON THE NOVEL IN SAUDI ARABIA\u003cbr\u003eAbdu Khal: Establishing an Aesthetic\u003cbr\u003eAli Zalah: The Progress of the Novel in Saudi Arabia\u003cbr\u003eTurki al-Hamad: Two chapters from Shumaisi\u003cbr\u003eLaila al-Juhni: “Jeddah is Sinking” – an excerpt from The Waste Paradise\u003cbr\u003eYoussef al-Mohaimeed: Two chapters from Traps of Scent\u003cbr\u003eAbdu Khal: Three chapters from Times Spares No One\u003cbr\u003eKhalid Kishtainy: Ghazi Algosaibi A MAN OF MANY PARTS\u003cbr\u003eZainab Hifni: Excerpt from No More Tears\u003cbr\u003eAbdullah al-Taezi: A Note on the Saudi Novel\u003cbr\u003eAbdullah al-Taezi Excerpt from Al-Hafa’ir still Lives\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK REVIEWS\u003cbr\u003ePeter Clark: The first three novels of Naguib Mahfouz – Khufu’s Wisdom, Rhapodis of Nubia and Thebes at War\u003cbr\u003eJames Kirkup: Poems of Chawki Abdelamir L’Obélisque d’Anaïl, Winner of the Max Jacob International Poetry Prize, 2004\u003cbr\u003eMona Zaki: Yawm al-Din [Judgement Day] by Rasha al-Ameer\u003cbr\u003eEmad Fouad: on Paravion by Hafid Bouazza, Winner of Belgium’s 2004 Golden Owl Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLITERARY INFLUENCES\u003cbr\u003eMahmoud Shukair: Hemingway in Palestine ","brand":"Banipal Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040838064,"sku":"1425714615363","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_6df9a0f2-da56-404d-b94f-e480c57dec39.jpeg?v=1752237880"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/rabia-a-al-ossaimi\/mohammed-al-harthi.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}