Banipal Magazine - Issue 4 Henry Zoghaib their bodies left to rot

their bodies left to rot

Michael Augustin

They gather in the corners of our souls

Far from being a microcosm

While the lord was busy by the borders of the wood the bold Gawain kept to his soft bed

Banipal Magazine - Issue 4 Henry Zoghaib their bodies left to rotIssue 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