Banipal 69 - 9 New Novels Tunisian Ali Mosbah

Banipal 69 - 9 New Novels Tunisian Ali MosbahBanipal 69 opens by saluting in texts by two of its major authors, the city of Beirut that was devastated by the calamitous explosion at its port on 4 August: Beirutshima is a resounding and moving poem by the poet Abdo Wazen that describes vividly and painfully the sudden and awful moments of the destruction as tongues of hellfire shot out in a nightmare moment like eternity, in a brilliant translation by Paul Starkey. Elias Khourys essay The City of

ecological and personal preoccupations with which Galician poets have engaged in recent decades

they conjure relationships and exchanges

north and south

I was induced to write unambitious critical pieces in German

— LA Times

They publish

In a heartfelt rejection of 'stiff upper lip' culture

Produced bilingually

but brought with him a new family member: a tiny red-haired girl he found in the forests around Lemberg/ Lviv

since the daffodils

I feel they bear some cultural significance and share similarities with customs in other countries

Bassam Hajjar