Banipal Magazine - Issue 744 page feature on contemporary Algerian literature, feature on poet Saadi Youssef, works by 7 other poets and works by 5 f iction writers. Tribute to novelist Hani al Raheb. CONTENTS FEATURE ON SAADI YOUSSEF Poems, with appreciations from Khaled Mattawa, Stefan Weidner, James Kirkup, Abbas Beydhoun Mahmoud Shukair: Testimony, and Ten Short Stories Amjad Nasser: Poems Fawziyya Abu Khalid: Poems Abdo Wazen: Poems Nasser al Dhaheri: Short story The

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Arabic Writers in Sweden

Michelene Wandor is a poet

He was awarded first prize in the Poetry Wales competition and his poetry was shortlisted for an Eric Gregory Award

From the dark waters of the Styx to the circling birds of the Mabinogion

Dima Wannous and Manhal Sarraj

Margaret Obank: Dear Mr Kawabata by Rashid al-Daif

The kingdom of the undead

Fereydun Refiq Hilmi

I am picking up both a boldness

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