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PUBLISHER: Margaret Obank EDITOR: Samuel Shimon FRONT COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Paola Crociani CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Fadhil al-Azzawi, Sinan Antoon, Issa J Boullata, Peter Clark, William M Hutchins, Imad Khachan, Khaled Mattawa, Anton Shammas, Paul Starkey, Mona Zaki CONSULTING EDITORS Etel Adnan, Roger Allen, Mohammed Bennis, Gamal al-Ghitani, Marilyn Hacker, Erdmute Heller, Herbert Mason, Hassan Najmi, Saif al-Rahbi, Yasir Suleiman, Susannah Tarbush, Stephen Watts EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS: Charis Bredin, Lulu Norman, Maureen O’Rourke ADDITIONAL TRANSLATIONS: Ghenwa Hayek, Robin Moger INTERNS: Emily Danby, Faith Cowling, Bernard Goyder LAYOUT: Banipal Publishing CONTACTS: TEL: +44 (0)20 7832 1350 FAX: +44 (0)20 8568 8509 PUBLISHER: margaret@banipal.co.uk EDITOR: editor@banipal.co.uk INQUIRIES: info@banipal.co.uk SUBSCRIPTIONS: subscribe@banipal.co.uk ADDRESS: 1 Gough Square, London EC4A 3DE PRINTED BY Short Run Press Ltd Bittern Road, Sowton Ind. Est. EXETER EX2 7LW Photographs not accredited have been donated, photographers unknown. Copyright Banipal 43: All material © Banipal, authors, translators and artists. All rights reserved. Contact the publisher for permission to reproduce any of the material published here.
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