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Includes special 56-page feature on contemporary Jordanian literature as Amman celebrates being the UNESCO Arab Capital of Culture in 2002, with 33 authors. PLUS 12-page feature, with interview, on the renowned Egyptian novelist Gamal el-Ghitani. Plus works of poets Mohammad al-Maghut and Abbas Beydhoun, fiction-writer Yasmine Khlat, and poet-author Abdul Kader el-Janabi. CONTENTS: EDITORIAL – After New York and Washington, now Ramallah Mohammad al-Maghut: Selected Poems FEATURE on GAMAL EL-GHITANI – Interview by Nabil Sharaf el-Din – Excerpt from the novel To the Presidential Floor with Translator’s Note by Mona Zaki – A short story: Mystery Woman – Faisal Darraj on The aesthetics of experimental narrative Abbas Beydhoun: Six poems Yasmine Khlat: Excerpt from award-winning novel Despair is a Sin Abdul Kader El Janabi: Profile, Excerpt from memoirs Vertical Horizon, Six poems FEATURE ON JORDANIAN LITERATURE Salah Jarrar: Why Amman, the centre for Arab culture? Fakhri Saleh: Jordan’s literary scene inside out Mu’nis al-Razzaz (1951–2002) The Orbits of Echo – an excerpt from the novel Confessions of a Silencer Fakhri Saleh Farewell to Mu’nis Haydar Mahmoud: Three Poems Zuleikha Abu-Risha: Three Poems ’Arrar: Profile by Noel Abdulahad and Poems Ziad Al-Anany: Four poems Taher Riadh: Two poems Khaled Al-Karaki: The Jordanian Cultural Scene after 1989 Samiha Khreis: Excerpt from novel The Poppy Insaf Qal’ajy: A short story Estrangement Ibrahim Nasrallah: Poems Saoud Qabailat: Excerpt from novel Side Alley Mohammad Shaheen: The magazine Al-Ufuq Al-Jadeed Hashem Gharaibeh: A short story The Lovers’ Ending Mofleh al-Adwan: A short story The Speckled Ones Basma el-Nsour: The Man Who Crossed the Street Mohammad al-’Amry: Four poems Jamal Abu Hamdan: A short story Falha and Dahham Yayha al-Qaissi: A short story The Lonely Supper Hikmat Nawayseh: Excerpt from A Forest of Smoke Jeryes Samawi: A poem Habib al-Zeyoudi: Three Poems Ahmad el-Nsour: Poem – Quiet Days in Amman Elias Farkouh: Excerpt from novel Columns of Dust Zuhayr Abu Shayeb: Two poems Jameelh Amirah: A short story Things Chaotic Issa Batarseh: A poem Hussain Jilaad: Four poems Amjad Nasser: Four Poems Ghalib Halasa: A short story Fear BOOK REVIEWS Samir El-Youssef The Author and his Doubles by Abdelfattah Kilito Susannah Tarbush The Committee and Zaat by Sonallah Ibrahim Yasir Suleiman On Identity by Amin Maalouf Mona Zaki The Tiller of Waters by Hoda Barakat
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