Banipal 70 - Mahmoud Shukair, Writing Jerusalem - Mahmoud Shukair - Paperback Bog - Banipal Books - 2021 - Engelsk - Booktok.dk

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Banipal 70 – Mahmoud Shukair, Writing Jerusalem is a rich issue of diverse authors and literary news to inspire and enthuse you in this continuing time of Covid-19. The main feature on Palestinian author Mahmoud Shukair is a gift to the great Jerusalemite on his 80th birthday – which took place in March this year – with articles, short stories, reviews of his two collections in English translation, and his trilogy of novels of Jerusalem family life. Two recent Arabic novels are reviewed and excerpted: At Rest in the Cherry Orchard by Iraqi author Azher Jirjees, and No One Prayed over Their Graves by Syrian author Khaled Khalifa. Also included, a memorable short story “A Bicycle Brings an Old Comrade” by Egyptian author Hassan Abdel Mawgoud. Lebanese author Alawiya Sobh talks to Katia al-Tawil about her latest novel To Love Life , with three chapters excerpted. Guest writer is Gibraltarian poet and translator Trino Cruz, working in both Spanish and English, with selected poems from The Fertile Shore . Plus an interview with the editors of the Maktoob project, which translates and publishes Arabic literature in Hebrew.