she enters the mind of the artist with tremendous empathy
he meditates on the apple tree: ‘crouched down as if something brutal had happened / for the sweetness to come’
He too has to flee
Combining faithful translation with innovative re-workings and poems from alternative viewpoints
Salah el-Moncef: Al Dente Excerpt from a novel in progress
Banipal 46 - 80 New Poems Laura Watkinson she enters the mind ofBanipal 46 80 New Poems is back to 224 pages and its main theme takes the pulse of new poetry with works by 14 poets who reflect the diversity and dynamism in Arab life and society today Taha Adnan, Fadhil al Azzawi, Salah Faik, Hussein Habasch, Mohamed al Harthy, Musa Hawamdeh, Heind R. Ibrahim, Hassab al Sheikh Jafar, Vnus Khoury Ghata, Khaled Mattawa, Philip Metres, Dunya Mikhail, Khaled Najar and Amjad Nasser. The issue opens with the debut novel