{"title":"Sinan Antoon","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"banipal-magazine-issue-29","title":"Banipal Magazine - Issue 29","description":"\u003ci\u003eBanipal 29\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with Summer reading, excerpts of novels, features and photo-reports. We pay tribute to the late Iraqi poet \u003cb\u003eNazik al-Malaika\u003c\/b\u003e who revolutionised modern Arabic poetry, and to Moroccan author \u003cb\u003eDriss Chraïbi\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe issue opens with an excerpt from \u003cb\u003eHassan Daoud’s\u003c\/b\u003e novel \u003ci\u003eYear of the Revolutionary New Bread-Making Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, due out in October, his second in English translation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalih Altoma\u003c\/b\u003e introduces a major feature on the pioneer Iraqi novelist \u003cb\u003eGhaib Tu‘ma Farman\u003c\/b\u003e, with excerpts from two of his novels, \u003ci\u003eFive Voices\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMr Ma'ruf's Woes\u003c\/i\u003e – the first time his work has been translated into English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Literary Influences column charts the journey of Palestinian writer, scholar and translator \u003cb\u003eIssa J Boullata\u003c\/b\u003e, while Moroccan poet and literator \u003cb\u003eMohammed Bennis\u003c\/b\u003e is featured in an in-depth interview and poetry in translation by \u003cb\u003eCamilo Gomez-Rivas\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNovelists include Saudi Arabian \u003cb\u003eYousef al-Mohaimeed\u003c\/b\u003e with an excerpt from his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Bottle\u003c\/i\u003e.  Lebanese-Palestinian \u003cb\u003eNabil Abu Hamad\u003c\/b\u003e with an excerpt from \u003ci\u003eThe Cripple\u003c\/i\u003e, Lebanese \u003cb\u003eAbbas Beydoun\u003c\/b\u003e with an excerpt from \u003ci\u003eBlood Test\u003c\/i\u003e, and Iraqi \u003cb\u003eDuna Ghali\u003c\/b\u003e with an excerpt from her novel \u003ci\u003eWhen the Scent Awakens\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoems in translation are from \u003cb\u003eSargon Boulus, Issa Makhlouf, D H Melhem, Amira Abul Husn, Salah al-Hamdani\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSinan Antoon\u003c\/b\u003e.  Just one short story in this issue from \u003cb\u003eWafa Malih\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompleting the issue are Book Reviews, an extensive Books in Brief section, plus photo-reports including the RAWI Arab-American Writers Conference; Banipal’s New York reading for Lebanese poets; and Banipal’s visit to the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditorial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNazik al-Malaika (23 August 1923 – 20 June 2007) – A Tribute\u003cbr\u003eHassan Daoud – Excerpt from the novel Year of the Revolutionary New Bread-Making Machine\u003cbr\u003eSargon Boulus – Eight Poems\u003cbr\u003eYousef al-Mohaimeed – Excerpt from a new novel The Bottle\u003cbr\u003eIssa Makhlouf – Selected Poems\u003cbr\u003eD H Melhem – Two Poems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Influences\u003cbr\u003eIssa J Boullata – Books and I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeature on pioneer Iraqi novelist Ghaib Tu‘ma Farman\u003cbr\u003eSalih Altoma – Introduction\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt from the novel Five Voices [Khamsat Aswat]\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt from Mr Ma‘ruf’s Woes [Alaam al-Sayyid Ma‘ruf]\u003cbr\u003eWilliam M Hutchins Introduction to Mr Ma‘ruf’s Woes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNabil Abu Hamad – Excerpt from the novel The Cripple\u003cbr\u003eAbbas Beydoun – Excerpt from the novel Blood Test\u003cbr\u003eDuna Ghali – Excerpt from the novel When the Scent Awakens\u003cbr\u003eAmira Abul Husn – Fifteen Poems\u003cbr\u003eSalah al-Hamdani – Six Poems\u003cbr\u003eSinan Antoon – A Poem Necropolis\u003cbr\u003eWafa Malih – A short story NO!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeature on Mohammed Bennis\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction and interview by Camilo Gomez-Rivas\u003cbr\u003ePoems from the collections Gift of the Void and Over There You Stay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDriss Chraïbi (1926 – 1 April 2007) – A Tribute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook Reviews\u003cbr\u003eMona Zaki Thieves in Retirement by Hamdi Abu Golayyel\u003cbr\u003ePeter Clark My Name is Salma by Fadia Faqir\u003cbr\u003eJudith Kazantzis I‘jaam – An Iraqi Rhapsody by Sinan Antoon\u003cbr\u003eTarek el-Ariss The Illusion of Return by Samir el-Youssef\u003cbr\u003eZuzana Kratka Cairo Stories by Anne-Marie Drosso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBooks in Brief\u003cbr\u003eNew editions of Nawal el Saadawi’s The Hidden Face of Eve, God Dies by the Nile and Woman at Point Zero; Tales of Juha: Classic Arab Folk Humour; Distant Train by Ibrahim Abdel Megid; The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction, edited by Denys Johnson-Davies; Learning English by Rachid al-Daif translated by Paula and Adnan Haydar; The Journals of Sarab Affan by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra translated by Ghassan Nasr; Streetwise by Mohamed Choukri; Pyramid Texts by Gamal al-Ghitani translated by Humphrey Davies; The Last of the Angels by Fadhil al-Azzawi translated by William M Hutchins; Maryam’s Maze by Mansoura Ez-Eldin trans. Paul Starkey; Wolves of the Crescent Moon by Yousef el-Mohaimed, trans Anthony Calderbank; Women on a Journey between Baghdad and London by Haifa Zangana, translated by Judy Cumberbatch; Being Abbas el Abd by Ahmed Alaidy trans. Humphrey Davies; The Essential Gibran and A Little Book of Love both compiled by Professor Suheil Bushrui; Swimming Toward the Light by Angela Tehaan Leone; Does the Land Remember Me? by Aziz Shihab; Arab Culture and the Novel – Genre, Identity and Agency in Egyptian Fiction, by Muhammad Siddiq; La Part de L’étranger by Kadhim Jihad Hassan; Voices of Exiles : A Study of al-Tayyib Salih and his Work by Ami Elad-Bouskila; Letters from Cairo by Pauline Kaldas; Rituals of Memory in Contemporary Arab Women’s Writing by Brinda Mehta\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Banipal Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040826628,"sku":"1942014615363","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_005cacac-6d13-438d-88c0-0037576d6fa8.jpeg?v=1752237898"},{"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. 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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-39-modern-tunisian-literature","title":"Banipal 39 - Modern Tunisian Literature","description":"Tunisia is known as a popular holiday destination but until now its rich literature has not had the recognition it deserves, except for the poems of Abu Al-Qasim Al-Shabi. 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