About Banipal
The way to the heart of a country is through its literature.
Banipal takes its name from Ashurbanipal, last great king of Assyria and patron of the arts, whose outstanding achievement was to assemble in Nineveh, from all over his empire, the first systematically organised library in the ancient Middle East.
Banipal magazine of modern Arab literature has published hundreds of contemporary authors from all over the Arab world in English translation, every issue a wealth of poetry, fiction, interviews, book reviews, author photographs.
Banipal Books was established in 2004 by Banipal's editor in order to strengthen and expand the work of Banipal Magazine by publishing in book form works by contemporary Arab authors. Its first two titles arrived in 2005, and it now publishes a wide range of poetry and fiction from the Middle East, North Africa and beyond.
"Banipal is almost my chief source of information about current Arabic writing and cultural events. Without Banipal I would be much less well-read. Its past issues constitute an incomparable archive." – Robert Irwin
Featured Titles
 | Banipal 41 - Celebrating Adonis by Samuel Shimon Profiling the first Arab writer to win Germany's prestigious Goethe prize. £10.00 |  | Banipal Magazine - One-Year Subscription by Banipal is an independent literary magazine showcasing contemporary authors and poets from all over the Arab world in English translation. It was founded in 1998 by Margaret Obank and Iraqi author Samuel Shimon. £18.00 |
 | Banipal 42 - New Writing from the Emirates by Samuel Shimon Banipal 42 focuses on the literature being written now in the United Arab Emirates. £7.00 |  | Heavenly Life by Ramsey Nasr The first English-language collection for Ramsey Nasr, the Palestinian-Dutch Poet Laureate of the Netherlands. £7.99 |
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