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John Thorne reports exclusively from the Islamic Maghreb on a resurgence in jihadist militacy, p.8

Also from North Africa: Aboubakr Jamaïï on Morocco’s virtual democratisation, p.11.

Politics: What’s Left for Darfur? by Stephen Twigg, p.12.

The Peter Tatchell Column: In Praise of Somaliland, p.16.

The TF Lane Column: The Islamist as Ironist, p.18.

Visions of a Liberal Future, by Helen Suzman, p.20.

Selective Remembrance, by James Walston, p.22.

Letter from Ghana, by Nana Akua, p.23.

Salvation in the Sahara, by John Thorne, p.24.

The Presidential Circus, by Simon Radford, p.28.

Israel at Middle Age, by Benny Morris, p.30.

Writing & Society: On Myth, by Marina Warner, p.36.

Poetry and the English Imagination, by Bryan Appleyard, p.50.

New Short Fiction: Ripening-time, by Olivia McCannon, p.32. Girl in the Refrigerator, by Etgar Keret, p. 35.

Theatre: Reservoirsof Blood, by John Lennard, p.54.

New Music: Snake in the Grass by Robert Fokkens, p.56.

Ballet: Zero Degrees for Collaboration, bySarah Frater, p.58.

Visual Art: Art Against the Inevitable in Sudan, by Niccolóó Milanese, p.59.

Film: Out of Africa, by Catherine Bray, p.60.

Regular features: 07 Letters 19 Charity Spotlight:

Gillian Slovo &

Treatment Action Campaign

Zackie Achmat

26 Future of Feminism: Notes on Being a Michele Wallace Black Feminist in Englewood, New Jersey 62 Bacchus Peter Richards 63 Ceres Mark Daniel 64 Final Thoughts: ‘The Public’ William Hazlitt

The Anatole Kaletsky Column: The Resource Curse, p.15.

Book reviews –non-fiction: Hugh Tancred on Iain Bamforth’s The Good European, p.41.

Michael Hamburger on Güünter Grass’ Peeling the Onion, p.42.

Simon Kovar on Bin Laden’s Messages to the World, p.44.

Ronald Wright on Benjamin Woolley’s Savage Kingdom, p.45.

Simon Kovar on the ippr’s Beyond Liberty, p.46.

Ross Wilson on Ann Wroe’s Being Shelley, p.48.

Book reviews –fiction: Susanna Hislop on Benjamin Markovits’ Imposture, p.38.

Nii Ayikwei Parkes on Chris Abani’s Virgin of the Flames, p.39.

Winter 2007 Liberalism & Authority

PLUSSpecial dispatch from the American presidential primaries Sarah Churchwell on ‘liberal’ Hollywood & the Oscars at 80

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Poetry

01 It’s Heart that Discerns

Shmu’el HaNagid translated by Peter Cole

09 Prison

Moshe Natan trans. Peter Cole

Heart’s Hollow

Shelomo Ibn Gabirol trans. Peter Cole

10 Could Kings Right a People Gone Bad? Shmu’el HaNagid trans. Peter Cole 13 The Multiple Troubles of Man Shmu’el HaNagid trans. Peter Cole Apologies Niccolóó Milanese 17 Dream of a Field Carrie Etter And So It Came to Nothing Shelomo Ibn Gabirol trans. Peter Cole Wasted Summer Ben Markovits Casa de Pilatos Ben Markovits 18 The Physician Yosef Ibn Zabara trans. Peter Cole 21 On David Constantine’s Poem Jack Mapanje 27 Rebellion Nii Ayikwei Parkes The Cold Heap Ruth Padel 29 Fieldston Fall Ben Markovits 32 Weak with Wine Moshe Ibn Ezra trans. Peter Cole 33 Rain Ben Morgan 34 That Girl Emerged Todoros Abulafia trans. Peter Cole That Day While I Had Him Yehuda Halevi trans. Peter Cole 35 Chiasmus for a Doe Sa’adia Ibn Danaan trans. Peter Cole 37 Rembrandt: David and Uriah David Broadbridge 43 Don’t Turn Round Güünter Grass trans. Michael Hamburger 47 At the Treasury Shmu’el HaNagid trans. Peter Cole 48 Ode on the Death of Shelley Lucien Zell 49 Almandine Carrie Etter 51 The Great Divide Ian Parks 55 My Ex Yosef Ibn Zabara trans. Peter Cole 64 Palindrome for a Patron; or, Caution: Yehuda Alharizi This Door Swings Both Ways trans. Peter Cole

Poetry Reviews:

43 Beasts of Nalunga by Jack Mapanje

Niccolóó Milanese

42 Talking to the Dead by Elaine Feinstein Fiona Sampson

POETRYCONTRIBUTORS

DAVIDBROADBRIDGEis an Associate Tutor at Canterbury Christ Church University.

PETERCOLE’Stranslations of Hebrew poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain are published in The Dream of the Poem. They are reproducted with kind permission of Princeton University Press.

CARRIEETTERlecturesin creative writing at Bath Spa University.

MICHAELHAMBURGER’s final collection of poems, Circling the Square, is published by Anvil.

JACKMAPANJE’s Beasts of Nalunga is published by Bloodaxe Books.

BENMARKOVITS’ new novel, Imposture, is reviewed on p.38.

NICCOLÓÓMILANESEis a director of European Alternatives.

BENMORGANlectures and teaches at University College, Oxford.

RUTHPADEL’s The Poem and the Journeyis published by Chatto.

NII AYIKWEI PARKESis a novelist and performance poet, and Senior Editor at flipped eye publishing.

IANPARKS’ latest collection, Shell Island , is published by Waywiser.

LUCIENZELLis a Prague-based poet and musician.

POETRYSUBMISSIONSAREINVITED

FORFUTUREISSUESOFTHELIBERAL Poets should send up to ten poems, either electronically (as separate Word attachments) or in hard copy, to the editor at the email or postal address listed on p.2.

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