Magazine o f Modern A r a b L i t e r a t u r e

Feature on Tahar Ben Jelloun with J M G Le Clézio, James Kirkup, Maati Kabbal, Stefan Weidner, Margaret Furniss, Pierre Maury, Mai Ghoussoub, Mona Zaki and Margaret Obank

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IN THIS ISSUE: Haidar Haidar, Bassam K. Frangieh, Etel Adnan, Abdallah Zreka, Ahmed Barakat, Sabri Moussa, Rafik Schami, Ulla Kasten, Yayha al-Qaissi, Issa J Boullata, Saleh alAzzaz, Mai Tilmissany, Roger Allen, Muhsin al-Ramly, Faraj Bou al-Isha, Sabah Zwein, Leila Marouane, Hoda Ablan, Samir el-Youssef, Susannah Tarbush, Peter Clark

TEN IRAQI POETS Salah Niazi, Sargon Boulus, Sadiq al-Sayegh, A K El Janabi, Hashim Shafiq, Adnan Mohsen, Amal al-Jabouri, Muniam Alfaker, Fadhil Sultani and Dalia Riadh

Mahmoud Darwish on poetry and translation