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Shadow of the Sun by Taleb Alrefai

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

Saïd Khatibi

The Madness of Despair

Digital images

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

Amjad Nasser (1955–2019)

Fadhil al-Azzawi

The Mariner by Taleb Alrefai (Banipal Books, 2020)

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

Digital Banipal promotion B67

Tayeb Salih

Ahmed Morsi, author of Poems of Alexandria and New York

The Tent Generations

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

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

Sarajevo Firewood

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

Digital Banipal the full archive

Goat Mountain by Habib Selmi

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

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

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

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

Shadow of the Sun by Taleb Alrefai

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

Saïd Khatibi

The Madness of Despair

Digital images

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

Amjad Nasser (1955–2019)

Fadhil al-Azzawi

The Mariner by Taleb Alrefai (Banipal Books, 2020)

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

Digital Banipal promotion B67

Tayeb Salih

Ahmed Morsi, author of Poems of Alexandria and New York

The Tent Generations

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

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

Sarajevo Firewood

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

Digital Banipal the full archive

Goat Mountain by Habib Selmi

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

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

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

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