A4 – 80 pages illustrated. Includes major interview with Iraqi poet Sargon Boulus, plus works by renowned poet Adonis and 11 other poets, 9 fiction writers. Reports on Al-Kamel and Al-Saqi publishing houses, and a tribute to the late Syrian playwright Sa’adallah Wannus.

POETRY
Nathalie Handal
Mai Mudhaffar
Amjad Nasser
Hashim Shafiq
Khaled Mattawa
A K El Janabi
Kamal Abu Deeb
Salah Niazi
Ghazi Algosaibi
Khaled Al-Najar
Muhi Al-Din Lazikani
Amjad Nasser

FICTION
Samira Al-Mana
Zakariyya Tamir
Ibrahim Ahmed
Ghalia Kabbani
Wigdan al-Sukhni
Hassouna Mosbahi
Tarek Eltayeb
Abdullah Sakhi
Samira Al-Mana
Samuel Shimon

BOOK REVIEWS
Nathalie Handal: Ismailia Eclipse poetry collection by Khaled Mattawa
Matthias Munsch : The Green Donkey and other short stories by Hassouna Mosbahi
Faisal Darraj: Dregs of the Day by Youssef Qua’id

INTERVIEW A Cultural Mirror
Saqi Books publisher Mai Ghoussoub talks to Banipal

TRIBUTE
Remembering Sa'dallah Wannus
Peter Clark pays tribute to the late Syrian playwright

A Time for Pluralism
INTERVIEW with Iraqi artist Faisal Laibi Sahi

The compassionate condition
Fadhel Sultani on William Trevor

INTERVIEW The Patient Camel
Mona Naggar on Al-Jamel publishing house