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Sarajevo Firewood

Fadhil Al-Azzawi's Beautiful Creatures by Fadhil al-Azzawi (Banipal Books, 2021)

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Tayeb Salih

Taleb Alrefai, author of Shadow of the Sun and The Mariner

Mahmoud Shukair – see special feature of Banipal 70 (Spring 2021)

The Stone Serpent, Barates of Palmyra’s Elegy for Regina his Beloved by Nouri Al-Jarrah

Things I Left Behind by Shada Mustafa, translated by Nancy Roberts

Shadow of the Sun by Taleb Alrefai

Poems of Alexandria and New York by Ahmed Morsi (Banipal Books, 2021)

Habib Selmi, author of Goat Mountain and 3 times shortlisted for the IPAF

Mansi A Rare Man in His Own Way by Tayeb Saleh (Banipal Books, 2020)

Birds of Nabaa, A Mauritanian Tale by Abdallah Uld Mohamadi Bah

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Goat Mountain by Habib Selmi

Denys Johnson-Davies (1922–2017) 70 years translating Arabic literature

The Mariner by Taleb Alrefai (Banipal Books, 2020)

The Madness of Despair

Fadhil al-Azzawi

Amjad Nasser (1955–2019)

The Tent Generations

Ahmed Morsi, author of Poems of Alexandria and New York

Saïd Khatibi

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Sarajevo Firewood

Fadhil Al-Azzawi's Beautiful Creatures by Fadhil al-Azzawi (Banipal Books, 2021)

Digital images

Tayeb Salih

Taleb Alrefai, author of Shadow of the Sun and The Mariner

Mahmoud Shukair – see special feature of Banipal 70 (Spring 2021)

The Stone Serpent, Barates of Palmyra’s Elegy for Regina his Beloved by Nouri Al-Jarrah

Things I Left Behind by Shada Mustafa, translated by Nancy Roberts

Shadow of the Sun by Taleb Alrefai

Poems of Alexandria and New York by Ahmed Morsi (Banipal Books, 2021)

Habib Selmi, author of Goat Mountain and 3 times shortlisted for the IPAF

Mansi A Rare Man in His Own Way by Tayeb Saleh (Banipal Books, 2020)

Birds of Nabaa, A Mauritanian Tale by Abdallah Uld Mohamadi Bah

Digital Banipal the full archive

Goat Mountain by Habib Selmi

Denys Johnson-Davies (1922–2017) 70 years translating Arabic literature

The Mariner by Taleb Alrefai (Banipal Books, 2020)

The Madness of Despair

Fadhil al-Azzawi

Amjad Nasser (1955–2019)

The Tent Generations

Ahmed Morsi, author of Poems of Alexandria and New York

Saïd Khatibi

Digital Banipal promotion B67
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