Banipal Magazine - Issue 4 Henry Zoghaib Far from being a microcosm

Far from being a microcosm

That this fact eludes many involved in the music today is a major cause of concern

their bodies left to rot

translated from the Dutch

Banipal Magazine - Issue 4 Henry Zoghaib Far from being a microcosmIssue 4 includes interviews and appreciations on poet Mahmoud Darwish, novelist Albert Cossery, novelist Yusef Habshi al Ashqar and novelist playwright Ahmed al Fagih. Plus works by 11 poets, six fiction writers and articles on the Arabic Novel. EDITORIAL A door here, a window there opening up the house of Arab literature FEATURE ON MAHMOUD DARWISH Poems, interview and appreciations Poem Without Exile, Who Am I? plus excerpts from The Damascene Ring