Issue 4 includes interviews and appreciations on poet Mahmoud Darwish, novelist Albert Cossery, novelist Yusef Habshi al-Ashqar and novelist-playwright Ahmed al-Fagih. Plus works by 11 poets, six fiction-writers and articles on the Arabic Novel.EDITORIAL A door here, a window there - opening up the house of Arab literatureFEATURE ON MAHMOUD DARWISHPoems, interview and appreciationsPoem Without Exile, Who Am I?plus excerpts from The Damascene Ring of the Dove trans. Anton ShammasPoems: We Used to Lack a Present, Four Personal Addresses, Love Song from the Cross and Solo Performance trans. Ibrahim MuhawiDrought trans. Khaled MattawaA Cloud from Sodom trans. Sargon BoulusInterview by Hassouna MosbahiAppreciations by Anton Shammas, Bassam K Frangieh, David Kennedy, Stefan Weidner.FEATURE ON ALBERT COSSERYAlbert Cossery – Appreciation, excerpt and interviewJames Kirkup: introduction and excerpt from the novelThe latest news from al-QahiraShaker Nouri interviews the Egyptian novelistFuad Rifqa: Poemstranslated by Adnan and Paula HaydarYusef Habshi al-Ashqar The Shadow and the EchoExcerpt from his trilogy with appreciation by translator Adnan HaydarPOETRYWadih Sa'adehMaram al-MassriSeema AtallaAhmad KattouahMohammad al-HarthiNezar AndaryHatif JanabiBassem al-MeraibyMohammad al-HussainiAbdulaziz JassimINTERVIEW A writer at nightLibyan author Ahmed Fagih talks with Margaret ObankFICTIONRachid BoudjedraHassan DaoudHussain al-MozanyLaila al-OuhaydibHabib SelmiIman H. YounesThe Arabic NovelFaisal Darraj on the problems besetting Arab novelistsThe Poet and the MagazineSamuel Shimon on Saif al-Rahbi poet and editor of NizwaBOOK REVIEWSSusannah Tarbush: Taha Husain's Education by Abdelrashid MahmoudiStefan Weidner: The Arabic Literary Heritage by Roger AllenBassam K Frangieh: ’Aa’ed ila al-Quds [Returning to Jerusalem] by Issa J. BoullataSamir el-Youssef: Rites of Assent two novellas by Abd al-Hakim QasimMargaret Obank: Bab el-Oued by Merzak AllouachePeter Clark: The Arab writer in English by Geoffrey NashMargaret Obank: Bint Arab by Evelyn ShakirLebanon: Four Journeys to the Past by Roseanne Saad KhalafSusannah Tarbush: Sun on a Cloudy Day by Hanna Mina
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