Camera Obscura
Bath of Gold
Al-Matmourah
Rosewater
Exit
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Magazine of Modern Arab Literature
9 New NovelsMohammed Eissa al-Mu’adab, Rula Jurdi, Hassouna Mosbahi, Ghalya Al Said, Shaima al-Watani, Rabia Djelti, Hammour Ziada, Noura Mohammad Faraj, Ezzedine Choukri Fishere
SALUTING BEIRUT ABDO WAZEN: BEIRUTSHIMA ELIAS KHOURY: CITY OF STRANGERS
JABRA IBRAHIM JABRA LETTERS TO DENYS JOHNSON-DAVIES
TRIBUTE TO SHIMON BALLAS
INTERVIEW WITH PUBLISHER GHASSAN FERGIANI
Painting by Mohamed Melehi
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10 Editorial
SALUTING BEIRUT 12 Abdo Wazen: Beirutshima, a poem, translated by
Paul Starkey 20 Elias Khoury: The City of Strangers, translated by
Humphrey Davies
35 FEATURE – 9 NEW NOVELS
Hammam al-Dhahab (Bath of Gold) by Mohammed Eissa al-Mu’adab 35 The novel, reviewed by Katia al-Tawil 39 Jawhar – an excerpt, translated by Chip Rossetti
Fi ‘ulbat al-dhaw’ (Camera Obscura) by Rula Jurdi 54 The novel, reviewed by Peiyu Yang 56 Chapter 3 of the novel, translated by Maia Tabet
La Nasbah fi al-Nahr Marratayn (We never swim in the same River Twice) by Hassouna Mosbahi 74 The novel, reviewed by William M Hutchins 77 Aziz, a chapter from the novel, translated by
William M Hutchins Junoun al-Ya’s (The Madness of Despair) by Ghalya Al Said 87 The novel, reviewed by Katia al-Tawil 90 Chapter 1 of the novel, translated by Raphael Cohen Al-Matmourah (The Buried) by Shaima al-Watani 104 The novel, reviewed by Mohamed al-Mubarak 106 An excerpt from the novel, translated by Christina Phillips Qalb al-Malak al-Aali (Heart of the Robot Angel) by Rabia Djelti 115 The novel, reviewed by Sara Slim 118 Chapters from the novel, translated by Sara Slim
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