Synopsis
27-page feature on Iraqi fiction with 6 authors including Mohammad Khodayyi, Mahdi Issa al-Saqr and Fuad al-Takarli. 17-page feature, with interview, on Syrian Kurdish novelist-poet Salim Barakat. Fiction from five authors including Rafik Schami and Miral al-Tahawy. Poems from Paul Chaoul. CONTENTS EDITORIAL Towards 2003 FEATURE on IRAQI WRITERS Ferial Ghazoul: A Forest of Symbols – Iraqi Fiction Today Mohammad Khodayyir: A short story Yusif’s Tales Shakir Mustafa on Khodayyir: The grocery store of memory Jabbar Yassin Hussein: Short stories Shakir Mustafa introduces Mahdi Issa al-Saqr Mahdi Issa al-Saqr: two short stories Breaking Away and The Returnee Mayselun Hadi: short story Her Realm of the Real Ibrahim Ahmad: short story The Man with the Umbrella Fuad al-Takarli excerpt from the novel Ring of Sand Paul Chaoul: Poem – excerpt from Leaves of the Absent One introduced and translated by Abdul Kader El Janabi FEATURE on SALIM BARAKAT Subhi Hadidi: Salim Barakat, poet and novelist Salim Barakat: Three poems Salim Barakat: Excerpts from The Iron Grasshopper Tetz Rooke: Understanding the Landscape Salim Barakat: Excerpts from Sound the Trumpet! Salma K Jayyusi: Original, Stunning, Disturbing Salim Barakat: Three poems Interview with Salim Barakat: Criss-crossed realities like a game with no rules by Nasir Mu’nis and Salah Abdel Latif James Kirkup on Barakat’s novel Sages of Darkness with translations of extracts Miral al-Tahawy: Excerpt from her novel Blue Aubergine Habib Tengour: Excerpt from the novel The Old Man of the Mountain Pierre Joris: A poetic voice of the post-colonial era Hadia Sa’id: Three short stories Sayed Ragab: Short story Rat Rafik Schami: Two short stories The Scooter and The Birth BOOK REVIEWS James Kirkup Le Poème de Tyr by Abbas Beydoun with extract Zahia Salhi The trilogy Algerie by Mohammed Dib Tetz Rooke Interpreting the Self ed. Dwight Reynolds Margaret Obank Arabia of the Bedouins by Marcel Kurpershoek Peter Clark The Road from Damascus by Scott C. Davis Three Journeys in the Levant by Shusha Guppy
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