Banipal Magazine - Issue 23 by Margaret Obank

The Summer issue of Banipal offers readers a kaleidoscope of works that once dipped into will be hard to put down, presenting authors from Palestine, Iraq, Oman, Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, the Emirates and Yemen, plus cover artist Dima Hajjar from Lebanon.

CONTENTS

Cover artist: Dima Hajjar

Ala’ Hlehel A short story My Husband is a Bus Driver
Mahmoud Darwish A Poem
Not Like a Foreign Tourist Would
Duna Ghali A short story Sip

FEATURE ON Omani poet Saif al-Rahbi
with poems translated by Anton Shammas,
introduction by Fadhil al-Azzawi,
interview by Abdulla al-Harrasi and profiles by
Fakhri Saleh, Eskandar Habache and Khalid al-Maaly

Abdellatif Laâbi Excerpt from Le Fond de la Jarre
Abdelwahab Meddeb Five Poems
Joumana Haddad Article The Forty Thieves of Fire and Me
Hamid al-Iqabi A short story The Banjo Player
Mowaffk al-Sawad Three Poems

FEATURE ON Syrian poet Saniya Salih (1939-1995)
with poems translated by Issa J Boullata,
an introduction by Abed Ismael
and profile by Abdo Wazen

LITERARY INFLUENCES
Fadhil al-Azzawi I Lived a Magical Feast

Thani al-Suweidi Six Poems
Jad el-Hage A chapter from the novel The Myrtle Bush
Suleman Taufiq Fourteen Poems
Abu-Youssef Taha A short story Black Lilies
Abed Ismael Three Poems
Nadiah Alkokabany A short story Fireworks to Celebrate a Deflowering
Haggag Hassan Oddoul A short story Nights of Musk

INTERVIEW WITH AN EDITOR
Peter Ripken, of Literatur Nachrichten

A TRAVELLING TALE
Samuel Shimon Steppenwolf Goes to San Francisco

TRIBUTE
Hisham Sharabi (1927–2005)

BOOK REVIEWS
Peter Clark Modern Arabic Literature in Translation by Salih Altoma and Lexicon Arabischer Autoren by al-Maaly & Nagger
Margaret Obank Anubis by Ibrahim al-Kony
Eleanor Kilroy Tomorrow is Another Day by Khalid Kishtainy

Reviews of Banipal Magazine - Issue 23

	10 February 2006
Reviewer: Kara Keller Bell Publication: Official website of Laura Hird
From a review of Banipal Issue 23 (Summer 2005) The fiction contents of Banipal 23 are every bit as good as the poetry.... I’ve come across a lot of literary magazines in my time and Banipal is without question one of the best I’ve ever seen. The quality of the writing is consistently high and I found the magazine impossible to put down once I started reading it. Banipal is not just for people who already have an interest in modern Arab literature, it can be enjoyed by anyone who loves great poetry and prose. Opening its pages is the start of a great literary adventure. I can’t wait to read the next issue. Kara Keller Bell

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