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Modern Tunisian Literature

4 EDITORIAL 6 Adonis – Poems from “Printer of the Planets’ Books”,

translated by Khaled Mattawa 14 Fadhil al-Azzawi – From the novel The Traveller and the

Innkeeper, translated by William M. Hutchins 23 Rafik Schami – An excerpt from the novel The

Calligrapher’s Secret, translated by Anthea Bell 28 Omar Sabbagh – Poems 31 Mekkawi Said – My Father’s White Shawl, a short story,

translated by Leri Price MODERN TUNISIAN LITERATURE 40 Hassouna Mosbahi – Outstanding Figures in 20th Century

Tunisian Culture 44 Abu al-Qassim al-Shabi 1909–1934 – Portrait 46 The Taht Essour Literary Group 48 Habib Selmi, Excerpt from the novel The Women’s

Orchards, translated by Maia Tabet 60 Amel Moussa – Poems, translated by Khaled al-Masri 64 Rachida el-Charni – The Way to Poppy Street, a short story, translated by Piers Amodia 68 Moncef Ouahibi – Poems, translated by Sinan Antoon 74 Walid Soliman – Einstein’s Last Hour, a short story translated by Jayson Casper 80 Samir Ayadi 1947–2008 – Portrait 82 Noura Bensaad – A chapter from the novel When Birds

Dream, translated by Lulu Norman 87 Mansour M’henni – Selected Poems, translated by

Keith Bosley 92 Hassouna Mosbahi – The Ashes of Life, an excerpt from the novel, translated by Leri Price 100 Ezzedine Madani – Portrait 102 Amina Saïd – Two Poems, translated by Marilyn Hacker 106 Mohamed Ghozzi – Selected Poems, translated by Issa

J Boullata 111 Faouzia Aloui – A Living Corpse, a short story translated by Ghenwa Hayek 118 Salah Eddine Boujah – Portrait 119 Saleh al-Dames – The Blacktop Bar, a short story

2 BANIPAL 39 – TUNISIAN LITERATURE translated by Ghenwa Hayek 124 Ines Abassi – Three Poems, translated by Allison

Blecker 128 Tahar Bekri – A Sequence-in-Progress, translated by

Marilyn Hacker 132 Nouredine Betayeb – Four Poems, translated by John

Peate 136 Miled Faiza – Two Poems, translated by Karen McNeil and Tristan Cranfield 138 Adam Fet’hi – Selected Poems, translated by Camilo

Gomez-Rivas 143 Kamel Riahi – An excerpt from the novel The Gorilla –

Last of the Leader’s Children, translated by Peter Clark 148 Brahim Dargouthi – The Story of the Fisherman Who

Continues to Search, translated by Issa J. Boullata 154 Moncef Mezghanni – Poems translated by Sinan Antoon 158 Mohamed Ali Yousfi – Thresholds of Paradise, excerpts from the novel, translated by Thomas Aplin 166 Hassan Ben Othman – The Berlin Wall, a short story translated by Ali Azeriah 174 Saghir Oulad Ahmed – A poem The Will, translated by

Tristan Cranfield 183 Fawzia Zouari – Essay: Time’s running out for

Scheherazade, translated by Judith Landry BOOK REVIEWS 189 Lulu Norman The Jokers by Albert Cossery 193 Olivia Snaije The Scents of Marie-Claire by Habib Selmi 197 Norbert Hirschborn Inclined to Speak by Hayan Charara 200 André Naffis-Sahely Journal of an Ordinary Grief by

Mahmoud Darwish 202 Zuzana Kratka The American Granddaughter by Inaam

Kachachi 204 Stephen Watts Treason by Hédi Kaddour 207 Susannah Tarbush Moon over Samarqand by Mohamed

Mansi Qandil TRIBUTES 210 Taher Wattar – 1936–2010 212 Farouk Abdel-Kader – 1938–2010 214 BOOKS IN BRIEF Fiction and Non-Fiction EVENTS 220 Emirati poets at UK Festivals, Ledbury and London 222 CONTRIBUTORS

Thani al-Suwaidi

Inaam Kachachi

Taleb Alrefai

Khaled al Maaly

Fran Hazelton

Friends

Imad Khashan

Hassouna Mosbahi

Saif al Rahbi

Faisal Laibi Sahi

Ahmad Hisso

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