133 Fayez Ghazi reviews the novel Dhilal al-‘A’ilah
(Shadows of the Family) by Mahmoud Shukair 136 Mahmoud Shukair: Excerpt from Shadows of the
Family, translated by Karen McNeil and Miled Faiza 154 Hannah Somerville reviews Mordechai’s Moustache and his Wife’s Cats and other stories by Mahmoud Shukair, translated by Issa J Boullata, Elizabeth Whitehouse, Elizabeth Winslow and Christina Phillips 158 Susannah Tarbush reviews Jerusalem Stands Alone by Mahmoud Shukair, translated by Nicole Fares 162 Mahmoud Shukair: 26 Micro Stories, translated by
Mayada Ibrahim 172 Ibrahim Nasrallah reviews Faras al-'A’ilah (The Family
Mare) by Mahmoud Shukair 176 Mahmoud Shukair: The Phantom, a short story,
translated by Paul Starkey 182 GUEST WRITER
Trino Cruz The Fertile Shore, selected poems INTERVIEW 198 Interview with the editors of Maktoob, the project for translation of Arabic literature into Hebrew BOOK REVIEWS 203 Joselyn Michelle Almeida reviews Fugitive Atlas:
Poems by Khaled Mattawa 208 Stephanie Petit reviews De Weekendmiljonair
(The Weekend Millionaire) by Abdelkader Benali 212 Becki Maddock reviews Agadir by Mohammed
Khaïr-Eddine, translated by Pierre Joris and Jake Syersak LITERARY AWARD 218 American translator Kay Heikkinen wins the Saif
Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation 222 CONTRIBUTORS
Khaled Khalifa
Hassan Abdel Mawgoud
Trino Cruz
Kay Heikkinen
Book reviews
Maktoob Project: Arabic Hebrew Translations
Book reviews
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