Selections

Selections of poems and fiction, sampling the richness and variety of the hundreds of authors in the issues. Plus a chance to hear and see a few of the authors in performance.


Selected Issue: Banipal 74, Celebrating Khalida Said and Modern Arabic Poetry (Summer 2022)

POETRY


Liana Badr

Poem – Words on the Run from the Thrall of Night

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INTERVIEWS


Etel Adnan (1925–2021)

Etel Adnan Interview by Nouri Al-Jarrah

In homage to Etel Adnan, who died on 14 November 2021, and who had been a consulting editor of Banipal almost since its inception, we publish this interview online after its publication in Banipal 74 (Summer 2022). The interview with Etel Adnan was made by poet and editor Nouri Al-Jarrah 25 years ago when he was founder editor of Al-Katiba magazine. 

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INTERVIEWS


Khalida Said

Literary critic Khalida Said talks to Dima Choukr

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