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3366 Literature in Yemen today 2 Beirut39 – Selecting the 39 top young Arab writers 6 EDITORIAL – by Youssef Bazzi 10 Alawiyya Sobh – Excerpted from the novel It’s Called Love, translated by Maia Tabet 22 Yahya Taher Abdullah – Five short stories, translated by Elliott Colla 30 Berlin International Literature Festival – Focus on the Arab World LITERATURE IN YEMEN TODAY – PAGE 39 with landscapes and city photos by Paola Crociani 42 Bassam Shamseldin – A short story A Fight to the Finish, translated by Michael Scott 51 Laila Elhan – Three poems, translated by Rasheeda Plenty 54 Habib Abdulrab Sarori – Excerpts from the novel The Bird of Destruction, translated by William M Hutchins 72 Shawqi Shafiq – Seven poems, translated by Sinan Antoon 78 Ali Al-Muqri – Excerpt from the novel Taste Black . . . Smell Black, translated by Tony Calderbank 92 Fathi Abul Nasr – Seven poems, translated by Akram Rhomdan 102 Ahmad Zein – Excerpts from the novel American Coffee, translated by Michael Scott 116 Nadia Alkowkabani – Excerpt from the novel It’s Just Love, translated by Kat Stapley 126 Yasser Abdel Baqi – A short story The Black Cat, translated by Ali Azeriah 134 Abdel Aziz al-Maqalih – Summer Sonnets and other poems, translated by Issa J Boullata 4 BANIPAL 36 – LITERATURE IN YEMEN TODAY
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144 Mohammad al-Shaibani – Three poems, translated by Fadhil al-Azzawi 147 Mohammad al-Qaood – Eight poems, translated by Allison Blecker 150 Sawsan al-Areeqi – Five poems, translated by Suneela Mubayi 154 Nabila al-Zubair – Ten poems, translated by Khaled al-Masri 158 Samir Abdulfattah – An excerpt from the novel The Tale of Mr M, translated by Ali Azeriah 173 Huda Ablan – Two poems, translated by Sinan Antoon 178 Wajdi al-Ahdal – A chapter from the novel A Land without Jasmine, translated by William M Hutchins BOOK REVIEWS 200 Amir Taheri Cockroach by Rawi Hage 203 Susannah Tarbush Sunset Oasis and As Doha Said by Bahaa Taher 208 Alfred Corn The Baghdad Blues by Sinan Antoon BOOKS IN BRIEF 211 Fiction, Poetry and Travel TRIBUTE 214 Anwar al-Ghassani – 1937–2009 by Fadhil al-Azzawi EVENTS 216 Morocco: Assilah Cultural Festival 219 UK: Ledbury Poetry Festival and LRB Bookshop 220 Syria: Al-Sendian Cultural Festival 222 All Contributors 224 To subscribe please turn to this last page A special thanks to authors Ali al-Muqri, Habib Abdulrab Sarori and Yasser Abdel Baqi for their help on the Yemeni feature Friends Thani al-Suwaidi Imad Khashan Maher Sharafeldine Inaam Kachachi Taleb Alrefai Saif al-Rahbi Khaled al-Maaly Faisal Laibi Sahi Fran Hazelton BANIPAL 36 – LITERATURE IN YEMEN TODAY 5

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3366

Literature in

Yemen today

2 Beirut39 – Selecting the 39 top young Arab writers 6 EDITORIAL – by Youssef Bazzi 10 Alawiyya Sobh – Excerpted from the novel

It’s Called Love, translated by Maia Tabet 22 Yahya Taher Abdullah – Five short stories,

translated by Elliott Colla 30 Berlin International Literature Festival

– Focus on the Arab World

LITERATURE IN YEMEN TODAY – PAGE 39

with landscapes and city photos by Paola Crociani 42 Bassam Shamseldin – A short story A Fight to the

Finish, translated by Michael Scott 51 Laila Elhan – Three poems, translated by Rasheeda

Plenty 54 Habib Abdulrab Sarori – Excerpts from the novel The

Bird of Destruction, translated by William M Hutchins 72 Shawqi Shafiq – Seven poems,

translated by Sinan Antoon 78 Ali Al-Muqri – Excerpt from the novel Taste Black . . .

Smell Black, translated by Tony Calderbank 92 Fathi Abul Nasr – Seven poems,

translated by Akram Rhomdan 102 Ahmad Zein – Excerpts from the novel American

Coffee, translated by Michael Scott 116 Nadia Alkowkabani – Excerpt from the novel It’s Just

Love, translated by Kat Stapley 126 Yasser Abdel Baqi – A short story The Black Cat,

translated by Ali Azeriah 134 Abdel Aziz al-Maqalih – Summer Sonnets and other poems, translated by Issa J Boullata

4 BANIPAL 36 – LITERATURE IN YEMEN TODAY

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